Jack is an organizational development executive at Techzone Communications, an international communications and technology company. He has completed his PhD in I/O psychology and has been working at Techzone for seven years. Although he did research during his PhD studies, he has not been involved in research since that time.
- Do you think Jack can be considered a scientist-practitioner? Discuss why or why not.
- Describe the scientist-practitioner model for I/O psychologists advocated by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
- Why do you think the scientist-practitioner model is useful in I/O psychology?
- How might a model, in which scientists and practitioners are distinct, be problematic?
- How is the scientist-practitioner model demonstrated throughout the history of I/O psychology?
- What is the value of I/O psychologists to organizations and workers?
- Describe at least two key ethical issues faced by I/O psychologists.