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25 - Computational Modeling in Industrial-Organizational Psychology

from Part IV - Computational Modeling in Various Cognitive Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2023

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Jeffrey B. Vancouver
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Ron Sun
Ron Sun
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
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This chapter describes computational models developed to represent basic and applied phenomena of interest to I-O psychology. The basic phenomena of interest relate to motivational, learning, and decision-making processes. The applied phenomena relate to selecting, training, evaluating, retaining, and managing employees. These employees may work in teams, be leaders of others, or engage in action, information sharing, and decision making relevant to organizational outcomes. A computational control systems architecture is used in many of the more basic models, and agent-based modeling as well as control systems modeling are used for the more applied models.

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motivationcontrol systemsleadershippersonnel decisionsteamsagent-based models
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The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Cognitive Sciences , pp. 836 - 861
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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