Xavier University IndustrialOrganizational Psychology

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Xavier UniversityIndustrial-Organizational
Psychology

• Mark S. Nagy, Ph.D.
• Director, I-O Psychology MA Program

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Xavier UniversitysI-O Psychology Program

• Masters of Arts Degree
• Full-Time Students Only
• 43 Credit Hours
• Genuine Adherence to the Scientist-Practitioner
  Focus
• Require a Masters Thesis
• Require an Applied Internship

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Xavier UniversitysI-O Psychology Program

• Average 10 Students Per Year Total of About 20
  Students at One Time
• Two Full-Time Dedicated Faculty to I-O Psychology
• Dr. Mark Nagy (Louisiana State Univ., 1995)
• Dr. Morrie Mullins (Michigan State Univ., 2000)
• Total of 16 Full-Time Faculty in Department

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Xavier UniversitysI-O Psychology Program

• All Students (9) Completed Courses in 2004
• Fully Expect that All Students (8) Will Complete
  Courses in 2005
• Five of Nine Students Completed Thesis by Summer,
  2004
• Expect that Four of Eight Students Will Complete
  Thesis by Summer, 2005

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Sample Curriculum

• 1st Semester, 1st Year 10 Credit Hours
• Advanced Stats I
• Adv. Computer Stats I
• ProSeminar
• Assessment Techniques in I-O Psychology

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Sample Curriculum

• 2nd Semester, 1st Year 9 Credit Hours
• Advanced Stats II
• Adv. Computer Stats II
• Organizational Psychology
• Personnel Psychology

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Sample Curriculum

• 1st Semester, 2nd Year 12 Credit Hours
• Training Development
• Performance Appraisal
• Thesis Hours
• Elective (3 Hours)

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Sample Curriculum

• 2nd Semester, 2nd Year 9 Credit Hours
• Seminar in I-O Psychology
• Thesis Hours
• Internship Hours

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Research I-O Psychology at Xavier University

• Students Free to Pursue Own Research Interests
• Past/Present Theses
• Correlation between Organizational Justice
  OCBs
• Reactions to Pay Increases
• Emotional Intelligence Contextual Performance

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Research I-O Psychology at Xavier University

• Past/Present Theses
• Reliability/Validity of 2 vs. 5 Responses
• Antecedents of Workplace Incivility
• Personality and Achievement Motivation
• Organizational Justice and Pre-Training
  Motivation

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Type of Jobs or Positions Of Graduates

• Management Consultant
• Human Resources Generalist
• Organizational Development Specialist
• Executive Recruiter
• Research Analyst
• Doctoral Student