Occupational Psychology: What It Is and How It Works

  Occupational psychology is a relatively new specialty of the behavioral sciences. In general terms, it’s the branch that studies and applies psychological theories and principles to the behavior of individuals in the framework of work. This field is also called labor psychology, and until recently, it was known as industrial psychology. The journal Psicología desde el Caribe explains that it was assimilated as a subdiscipline at the end of the 19th century with the premise of favoring society from the analysis of the roles of workers in an organization, contemplating their performance and the conditions that influence it. However,…