Stakeholders in the field of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, has called for the involvement of its professionals in all organisations, to promote and build successful workplaces in the country.
They made the call at the 2022 National Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting, organised by the Nigerian Association of Industrial and Organisational Psychologist (NAIOP), on Monday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the conference has as theme; “Engaging and Managing Employees for Sustainable Organisational Development”.
Prof. Andrew Zamani, a guest speaker at the event, said that Industrial and Organisational Psychologist were critical to any work place.
According to him, there is still low recognition to their advantages as they help managers at all levels to select, support, motivate and train employees.
“What makes organisations is the human beings and by extension we are thinking about how we make humans more relevant and active in these organisations.
“There is a very low recognition for what psychologist can do in human organisations, most times they are relegated to human resource development and that is all, but there is a lot more.
“Nigerian organisations can benefit a lot more if psychologist are involved in planning, performance appraisal, job placement or employee assistance.
“There is a lot that we stand to benefit as a people to make Nigerian work organisations, the best that they ought to do,” he said.
Also speaking, Prof. Benjamin Ehijie, National Coordinator, NAIOP, said Industrial and Organisational Psychologists were important, as they help to increase the productivity of any organisation.
“These are people who are trained on how to manage the human factor in any organisation.
“There have been so many organisations phasing out of existence these days in Nigeria and the main thing that leads to it is basically the employees.
“When employees are not properly engaged in their jobs, then they will not put in the best that they are supposed to do.
“This is because we see the human factor of production as the most vital, no matter how technological developed an organisation is, these things have to be manned by human beings.
“So once the human factor fails, the organisation stands a chance of falling,” he said.
Ms Rita Aniah, a participant, said the conference had exposed her to know how to be effective and productive in one’s workplace.
“Basically the world needs organisation, we need teams and groups and this aspect of psychology directs one to know what to do.
“The conference has been an eye opener and we welcome more of such,” she added.