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      Training the industrial and organisational psychologist as counsellor: Are we doing enough?

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          ORIENTATION: Industrial and organisational (I-O) psychologists are responsible for workplace counselling. Workplace counselling requires specific skills and training for the I-O psychologist. RESEARCH PURPOSE: The main aim of the study was to explore the role of training the I-O psychologist as workplace counsellor. MOTIVATION FOR THE STUDY: Studies show that the I-O psychologist does not feel adequately prepared for their role as workplace counsellor. It is important to explore which skills and training are needed to equip the I-O psychologist as counsellor. RESEARCH APPROACH, DESIGN AND METHOD: A qualitative research design with convenience and snowball sampling was used to identify I-O psychologists (n = 22) from different business sectors in Gauteng and North-West. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather data and content analysis was utilised to extract themes and sub-themes from the results. MAIN FINDINGS: The findings showed that the participants know about the process of counselling, but they did not feel adequately prepared for their role as workplace counsellors. From the findings, recommendations for the training of future I-O psychologists are made. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: This study adds to the knowledge about ensuring that the I-O psychologist is equipped during their training for the workplace to address the counselling needs of employees in the workplace in South Africa. CONTRIBUTION/VALUE-ADD: This study contributes towards ensuring that the I-O psychologist is sufficiently prepared for their role as workplace counsellor by making knowledge available regarding the skills required by I-O psychologists to be applied in practice.

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                Journal
                acom
                Acta Commercii
                Acta Commer.
                University of Johannesburg (Johannesburg )
                1680-7537
                2015
                : 15
                : 1
                : 1-12
                Affiliations
                [1 ] North-West University, South Africa
                Article
                S1684-19992015000100011
                10.4102/AC.v15i1.253
                b3b53bf0-13a6-46d4-b315-057a95b4bb40

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Self URI (journal page): http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1684-1999&lng=en
                Categories
                Business
                Economics
                Industrial Relations & Labor

                General economics,Labor & Demographic economics,Business & Corporate economics
                Industrial-organisational (I-O) psychologist,Skills and competencies,Qualitative research,Training,Counsellor

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