organizational psychology

British  

noun

1. the study of the structure of an organization and of the ways in which the people in it interact, usually undertaken in order to improve the organization

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Example Sentences

The danger is that these platitudes ignore human and organizational psychology, the real thoughts buried in the workplace.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the companies that purchased his furniture—or one of the many imitations offered by his competitors—were more often drawn to his design because of economics rather than organizational psychology.

From The Wall Street Journal

She quit her job, found a new one at a legal assistance organization and eventually went to grad school to focus on organizational psychology.

From Los Angeles Times

Christopher Wiese, an assistant professor of industrial organizational psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology who studies commuting, said the “quality” of commutes depends less on the time they require than on how peaceful and predictable they are.

From Seattle Times

“There has been a big, big fight about this,” says Klaus J. Templer, an organizational psychology consultant formerly of the Singapore University of Social Sciences.

From Scientific American