March 2011
Article
Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice

Meeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer

Format:Print
| Pages:6

Abstract

In this article, the authors discuss person-centric work psychology, a paradigm developed by H. M. Weiss and D. E. Rupp regarding daily work life psychology. They cited three challenges of the paradigm such as the collection, and analysis of data, the certainty of the quality of data sources, and the use of individual introspection to build a psychological science. They add that people's responses in daily life deals with emotions, perceptions and motivation.

Keywords

Employees; Social Psychology; Emotions; Perception; Motivation and Incentives

Citation

Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "Meeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology." Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice 4, no. 1 (March 2011): 116–121.