Raymond A. Katzell

From then to now: The development of industrial-organizational psychology in the United States.

This article reviews the development of industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology in the United States since its beginnings at about the turn of the century. The history is divided into periods, within which are described topics, roles, and forces, with the goal of explaining as well as describing developments. Among the conclusions are that I-O psychology is a dynamic field that has been making contributions both to the science of behavior and to industrial society and that those contributions have been underestimated by some and possibly overestimated by others. Among the problems still facing the field is the disjunction between science and practice

Job attitudes of black and white workers: Male blue-collar workers in six companies.

Abstract A 74-item attitude questionnaire was administered in six companies to 101 black and 87 white male blue-collar employees holding similar jobs in the same company. Differences between the two ethnic groups were not marked, both in terms of job satisfaction and in other respects; Where there were differences the black workers were usually slightly more favorable. However, the picture was not uniform across the different companies.

Pay vs. Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction

PEOPLE WORK FOR MANY REASONS, but primarily because they like their jobs (involving notions like &dquo;commitment&dquo; and &dquo;intrinsic satisfaction&dquo;) and/or because of the instrumentality of their jobs in getting something else that they want, including security, prestige, approval, and, most notably, money. The question of why people want money is not at all as simple as it would seem at first glance, and a number of theories have been invoked to answer it. Opsahl and Dunnette* and Lawler concluded their reviews of that literature with the belief that the most useful approach is