I'm always impressed by the messiness of organizational psych topics. Economic stress is a mess. Social support is a big mess. Social cohesion is a shit show.

I love psychology.

#hottake #iopsych #orgpsych

This week, I attended a lab meeting where we discussed the need for AI contribution statements for academic writing. (Albada & Woods, 2024)

This is fraught. While most people are talking about plagiarism and losing the ability to write without using AI, the real discussion is happening somewhere else—how to stay relevant in a world where AI will do everything.

AI’s threat to white-collar jobs just got more real | Eric Levitz | Vox
https://www.vox.com/politics/478794/ai-economy-claude-code-jobs-openai-anthropic

#ai #iopsych #orgpsych

AI’s threat to white-collar jobs just got more real

You’ve become increasingly replaceable.

Vox

How is #leadership judged for organizational sacrifice?

In preregistered experiments (N > 2k), sacrificing an employee's #wellbeing for the sake of the team/organization was deemed much less moral and warm, but not much less competent.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70018

#OrgPsych #Ethics

Quite interesting conversation between Clara Mattei and Raj Patel on the role of cheap food and labor in capitalism.

I just realized that Dr. Mattei is here at TU. Huh.

Hunger Is the Point: The Capitalist Food System Explained | Raj Patel
https://youtu.be/zQbUJGdfqMI

#tulsa #utulsa #economics #orgpsych #iopsych

Hunger Is the Point: The Capitalist Food System Explained | Raj Patel

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This should be studied more in I-O psych. All the factors listed here impact us in multiple ways, and those effects don’t stop at the door to our workplace. The spillover effects are sometimes obvious, but often denied legitimacy at work—which can compound the strain and outcomes for both workers and their families.

#iopsych #psychology #orgpsych https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/115866206845784474

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Illness doesn’t start and end in the body. Medical sociology studies how inequality, racism, poverty and policy decisions literally get under the skin, shaping who gets sick, who gets better care and who is left waiting. https://theconversation.com/illness-is-more-than-just-biological-medical-sociology-shows-how-social-factors-get-under-the-skin-and-cause-disease-270258 #health

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Scrum won’t fix a toxic culture. Kanban can’t patch over poor leadership. Jira tickets don’t generate trust. People first. Tools second. #Agile #Scrum #OrgPsych
Psychological safety isn’t a buzzword. It’s the difference between: “I spotted a risk” vs. “I'll stay quiet”. Agile dies without the first one. #Agile #Scrum #OrgPsych
In Agile, flow matters. In org psych, motivation drives flow. No motivation, therefore no flow. Protect purpose, trust, and meaning if you want real progress. #Agile #Scrum #OrgPsych