I-O Psych Memes

Soooo close
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Sometimes data analysis just goes sideways on ya.
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A cross-loading item is associated with two or more categories, so it’s not a clean measure of any category. Byeee!
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When you’re new to I-O psych, it’s easy to fill your head with visions of how you’re going to save the world of work. But then you get out there and realize how difficult that is.
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Personality is not destiny, just tendency.
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It’s a tough time of the year to make thesis progress but keep chipping away. You’d be surprised what you can get done in even 30m.
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I know it’s not just me enjoying the data visualization component of Spotify Wrapped posts!

It was hard to choose what to include - what would you have on yours?
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I’m sure there are other options - what are your faves?
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The common thread in these memes is that the onboarding process is important for new employees to feel confident and secure
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Once you have your data, it sure is tempting to jump straight to testing your hypotheses
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A good boss can protect you some from a toxic culture, but usually not 100%.
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Another guest spot from Dr. Roy, reminding us to be careful about “rewarding” top performers with more work!


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Another guest spot from Dr. Roy, reminding us to be careful about “rewarding” top performers with more work!


(Sorry for the late post - it didn’t have the right dimensions and Instagram was crabby about it)

I-O psychologists are curious about workplaces: the people, the processes, the social environment, the built environment, etc. - but mostly the people.
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I don’t get to the bottom image mood right away. It’s discontinuous: I’m good right up until I’m not.
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I’m not saying I don’t appreciate a good qualitative study. I’m just saying I prefer doing quantitative data analysis.
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I haven’t had a lot of luck with getting funding for my research, but it isn’t that expensive, and no funding means my timeline is my business
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Good luck explaining what you do to family and friends this Thanksgiving!
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I’m looking forward to teaching intro to I-O psych again next semester. I hope they are ready for this!
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Data collection is exciting and a little nerve wracking
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People can be quick to blame employee ignorance for problems, thinking training will solve everything. A good needs analysis will help ID the real problem.
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Petition to get rid of reverse-coded items - they often don’t behave well anyway
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It’s important to design a hiring process that is clear & fair, because as soon as you make the offer, that candidate has the power to reject your offer.
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Individual-focused interventions are not appropriate when they are the ONLY interventions being offered. Address the source of stress too!
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Lots of feelings here. Anything I should add?
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People who brag about how stressed they are do not impress me, they depress me.
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Primary stress interventions try to address stress at its source, and they are more effective than secondary or tertiary ones that help you cope better or manage your symptoms.
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Psychological safety needs to be felt by the least powerful person on the team, not manifested by leaders trying to speak it into existence
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Sometimes those statistics classes have you feeling like you added a LOT of content in your head
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Not only do we identify problems in the workplace, we feel compelled to tell you about them
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I think it is a bit automatic for I-O’s to observe and identify problems at work.
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Let me consult my file to see what this situation requires
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Attention checks are questions included in a survey to help w**d out people who are not taking the survey seriously
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People change, companies change, industries change… this is a very dynamic business we are engaged in.

So many people believe objective data (like counting products made/shift) are unbiased for their purposes, but that is often not the case.

We would rather not experience schadenfreude - we’d rather be co-celebrating the client’s success. But sometimes schadenfreude will have to suffice.

Lit reviews always seem to have that chaotic feeling in the middle

Changing the organizational culture is tough work, and more than one new executive has fallen by the wayside for a failed attempt