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Compare and contrast the role of an I/O professor with that of a practicing I/O psychologist. What activities do they share in common? What distinguishes the two professions from each other?

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One of the key differences between the role of an industrial organizational psychology professor, and a practicing industrial organizational psychologist, is the fact that an industrial organizational psychology professor teaches the theoretical concepts surrounding industrial organizational psychology as a science, to a student body. A practicing industrial organizational psychologist applies the ...

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