What is I-O?

Industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology is the scientific study of the workplace. Rigor and methods of psychology are applied to issues of critical relevance to business, including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection, training, organizational development, performance, and work-life balance.

Jennifer Norton, M.S.

Jennifer Norton is a research consultant affiliated with North Carolina State University and the National Center for O*NET Development.  She has worked on O*NET projects for more than 12 years and has researched areas including work task content, occupational taxonomy issues, high-growth industries, new and emerging technologies, occupational-special tools and technologies and cross-occupational work activities.  Her work related to “Greening” of O*Net products and tools includes co-authorship of:  Greening of the World of Work:  Implications for the O*NET-SOC and New and Emerging Occupations (2009); Greening of the World of Work:  Revisiting Occupational Consequences (2012), the O*NET Green Book of References (2011).  She has also participated in the O*NET Green Task Development Project and the O*NET Green Competency effort.  These projects enable O*NET to reflect the most up to date information on the green economy and green occupations.  In addition, she has co-authored a chapter in the upcoming book Green Organizations:  Driving Change with I/O Psychology (Ann Huffman and Stephanie Klein, Eds.)  Ms. Norton received an M.S. in Industrial Organizational Psychology from North Carolina State University.  On a personal level, she is doing her part for environmental sustainability and carbon footprint reduction by working entirely from a home office.

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