Training and Professional Practice in Work and Organizational Psychology

Abstract

oducing scientific knowledge is a permanent challenge for the theoretical, methodological and technological development of science. In turn, disseminating this knowledge in society, through training processes and professional activities, is a necessary and relevant condition for the development of professions (Cruz et al., 2021). Science and profession are social and historical institutions, which have become inseparable. This has become more apparent since the 19th century, with the dissemination of the role of scientific rationality in understanding reality, and with technical and technological advances (Cupani, 2005). Both result from individual and collective efforts to systematize knowledge, building understanding of perspectives and strategies in the search for solutions to human challenges. They act as components of a “transmission leash”, one frequently transferring power to the other, although there is no integral interdependence between them. For example, research projects can be based on problems of professional practice and this can benefit from the findings of these projects.