Research Scholar, Management, Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur, M.P.
Online published on 12 May, 2017.
This article attempt to know the contribution of occupational psychology in training & development. Is the occupational psychology practically involve in training? This is not surprising training involves Attitude, knowledge and Skill and all these are central issue in psychology. Training is one of the core skills of occupational psychology. People with qualifications in and experience of occupational psychology have been employed in different capacities in training and development roles in organizations. An occupational psychology perspective is extremely beneficial in helping the practitioner to understanding how training relates to other intervention aimed at improving job performance.
The article attempt to provide a basic for making useful training interventions within organizations with the help of occupational psychology. Occupational psychologists are keenly interested in employee training for a number of reasons. For one, new employees often need instruction about the job or the organization's particular rules, procedures, or facilities and working environment. Another reason is that training involves the application of theories and techniques of human learning development. Occupational psychologists are rarely trainers, but they can be heavily involved in establishing training needs through the job analysis and organization requirement as well as employee attitude.
The focus of this paper is to develop appropriate understanding of using Occupational psychology within organization with respect to issue of Training & Development. Find weather the Training change the employees psychology towards their work and what is the measures for the effective training through occupational psychology. The study is based on secondary data available from journals, articles, research paper, books and website.
Occupational Psychology, Training and Development, Employee Psychology, Employee Efficiency, Employee Empowerment