Occupational psychology is the study of human behaviour in the workplace. Occupational psychology is particularly associated with: employers’ recruitment selection methods (for example, selecting someone who is the right psychological fit for the job); improving productivity (for example, staff motivation); and employees coping with stress.
Work stress has led to nearly half of UK workers to look for a new job, according to new research...
For a team to function well and achieve the right outcomes in an effective manner, it needs good chemistry. Psychometrician...
Evidence shows that leadership style has a major impact on levels of employee stress. Juliette Alban-Metcalfe, an occupational psychologist and...
A recent occupational psychology conference covered topics including web-based interventions for mental health, taking time off from smartphones and workplace...
Key lessons for employers to take away from last week's CIPD annual conference in Manchester highlighted by Martin Couzins...
The pros and cons of remote working have been widely discussed in the media over the last few years. While...
Something like two-thirds of UK employers ban employees from online social networking at work. To some extent, this action is...
Prof Coggon, president of Faculty of Occupational Medicine, explains why occupational health practitioners need to be concerned with employees’ ill...
There’s a danger that coaches could find themselves dealing with issues best handled by counsellors or psychotherapists. Anyone commissioning coaching...
Some people’s personalities mean they will get very little from e-learning, according to research conducted by psychometric testing specialist SHL....
Three in 10 people are unhappy working in HR, according to a Personnel Today poll. Ninety-three of the 305 respondents...
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is widely used in training and L&D. But how appropriately?
Rowing across the Atlantic pushed Olympic gold medal-winning rower James Cracknell to draw on reserves of mental strength he never...
Good news for HR as it gets labelled one of five least boring job options for graduates.
Meaningless jobs are a thing of the past for majority of UK's workers.
