Person-Centric Work Psychology: Additional Insights on its Tradition, Nature, and Research Methods

Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4 (2011), 105–108

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Songqi Liu

Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business

Yujie Zhan

University of Maryland

Mo Wang

University of Florida - Department of Management

Date Written: March 2011

Abstract

In the focal article, Weiss and Rupp (2011) argued for a person-centric focus on conducting research in industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology. According to them, it is fundamentally important to study work from a subjective stance to understand workers' lived-through experiences. We agree with the focal article's emphasis on adopting a more person-centric perspective in I-O psychology research. In this commentary, we provide some additional insights into the tradition, nature, and research methods of person-centric work psychology.

Suggested Citation

Liu, Songqi and Zhan, Yujie and Wang, Mo, Person-Centric Work Psychology: Additional Insights on its Tradition, Nature, and Research Methods (March 2011). Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4 (2011), 105–108, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2639345

Songqi Liu

Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business ( email )

P.O. Box 4050
Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
United States

Yujie Zhan

University of Maryland ( email )

College Park
College Park, MD 20742
United States

Mo Wang (Contact Author)

University of Florida - Department of Management ( email )

United States

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