Industrial & Organizational Psychology

Welcome!! Wondering just what the heck is Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychology? Well, go ahead and explore where this website can take you. You'll find I/O Psych is a lot more interesting and relevant to your life than you might have imagined.

Already an experienced professional?  You'll find tons of valuable resources.  Take a look around, and enjoy!

I/O Psychology & Related Sites 

Great sites for interesting I/O-related information.

• Course supplements for students enrolled in Dr. McCarthy's classes.
• I/O Documents of all kinds...not only Dr. McCarthy's creations,

but also links to other top-notch recommendations.
• Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology  can launch you to all sorts of I/O stuff. Terrific resource!
• Academy of Management offers information on a variety of topics of interest to I/O Psychology.
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has a homepage, and SHRM's newsletter and their cover a range of I/O issues.
• SHRM Chapter at Indiana University Southeast is also chock full of great links and HR stuff of interest to everyone.
• Human Resources Management Resources on the Internet is another extensive HRM-oriented site, with links to assorted subtopics (e.g., General HR Info, HR Development & Training, Org Mgmt & Theory, and Business Psychology).
• is a growing resource for info on human relations in the workplace.
• Human Resource Links Aplenty would be a good name for this extensive (and regularly updated) listing of sites from TCM covering a broad spectrum of I/O interests.
• Big Dog's HRD Links Page makes it far less ruff to fetch tons of quality human resources development information . . . see for yourself why this page (and its parent site) has gained acclaim.
• Internet Survival Guide of I/O Psychology can connect you with still more I/O psych sites.
• George Mason University's I/O Links come to you courtesy of one of the top-tier I/O graduate schools.
• Graduate Programs in I/O Psychology and related fields. Master's and Doctoral I/O programs are listed by state (and for Canada), as are Doctoral programs for related fields such as Human Resources and Organizational Behavior. Thanks to SIOP for offering the best online compilation of this information. 

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More Great Places to Explore Psychology 

These are a few of places I recommend for getting information on a variety of topics in psychology. You'll find stuff on all kinds of psychology . . . and likely discover that psychology includes so much more than you ever realized.

• Check out why psych grads are so well equipped for many types of work. Here's an article describing the diversity of skills gained in psychology which are highly valued by employers for a wide range of careers.
• American Psychological Association (APA) takes you to all sorts of great stuff in psychology, including an intriguing page on psychology in daily life.
• American Psychological Society  is yet another impressive place for psy stuff.
• PsychSite bills itself as a launch pad to many different psychology resources...and, wow, can it ever!
• Psycholinks America links you to quite an assortment of psychology sites as well.
• PsychWeb is a search engine that can catapult you to lots of psych info.
• Psych Student Resources gets you all sorts of helpful stuff, including tips on writing psych papers and the APA Style Manual, tips on applying to grad school, and more.
• PsychCrawler is also a psychology search engine (run by APA) you can use to look for psych-related information.
• Yahoo Psychology is one more option for a search engine you can use to find more information on virtually any topic of interest in psychology. 

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Just for Fun 

• Did you hear the one about...? Sample a little psychology humor, then try some I/O psych office humor, and finally, a few more psycho chuckles.
• Green Bay Packers news. Okay, so this isn't psychology. I'm just a fan from birth who's glad to share the green n' gold spirit.
• Hey you dog lovers, meet my two pals...Rocky and Kanga.
• My personal definition of success (borrowed from Ralph Waldo Emerson).

Middle Tennessee State University has a lot to offer those interested in I/O and other areas of psychology.  See for yourself why our I/O Master's Program is rapidly gaining national recognition for excellence.  We're one of the few universities to offer a Bachelor's degree in I/O as well.  You'll find us 25 miles south of Nashville in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Last updated: 8 May 2000
URL: http://www.mtsu.edu/~pmccarth

Send comments to: PMCCARTH@mtsu.edu(I'd be glad to hear from you!)