Famous Studies

Although organizational psychology isn't very well known outside of academia, some of the studies and experiments at its foundations have been covered in the popular press and are mentioned in higher education business and psychology classes. Decades after their inception, these landmark endeavors continue to intrigue us. They also continue to remind us that the science that studies the work of work has much to offer organizations and their employees.

Zimbardo's prison experiments
And the devil in most of us

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The Whitehall studies:
Nailing the dangers of stress

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Oticon and change: Spaghetti Doesn't stick to the wall forever

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The Hawthorne experiments
And voluntary restriction of labor

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Hochschild's emotional labor
with Delta flight attendants

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Hofstede's cross-cultural
IBM employee attitude surveys

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