Behavioral Science—Some Current Issues in Organizational-Industrial Psychology (II)

Seven Interfaces issues ago (November, 1973), I reviewed in this column some then current psychological issues, and discussed their implications for management science. In preparation for this column, I independently reviewed some issues discussed in The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, which is sent quarterly to all those affiliated with that Division of APA. Later, after deciding to summarize three areas of discussion in this column, I looked back to 1973. Perhaps it is not surprising, but the issues were the same! Covered are the following areas: (1) The meaning of work and work productivity, (2) Organizational Assessment: Human Resource Accounting, (3) Equal Employment Opportunity, and (4) Hawthorne (Really) Revisted!