Current Trends

Current Trends

It is important to learn where to go to find current issues and relevant "hot topics" in your field of study. For this assignment, you will explore an industry website. The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Inc., is Division 14 of the American Psychological Association and Organizational Affiliate of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

Part I:
Review the following pages for the recent workplace trends according to SIOP:

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). (2018). SIOP announces top 10 workplace trends for 2018 (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://www.siop.org/Research-Publications/Items-of-Interest/ArtMID/19366/ArticleID/1712/SIOP-Announces-Top-10-Workplace-Trends-for-2018

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). (2018). It’s the same only different (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://www.siop.org/Research-Publications/Items-of-Interest/ArtMID/19366/ArticleID/1639/It%E2%80%99s-the-Same-Only-Different

Once you read both SIOP articles, do the following:

• Briefly describe the topic that you found most interesting
• Reflect on why you believe you are interested in this topic
• Explain how you would go about learning more about the new trend

Part II:

Now, investigate the "Current TIP Issue" via the https://www.siop.org/Research-Publications/TIP (Links to an external site.) page. 

Pick one article or section of the TIP journal that is of most interest to you. Once you've read the article or section, do the following:

• Describe your choice and why it was interesting to you.
• Share at least two things that you learned from your selection.

The paper should be in APA style and be a minimum of 1500 words.