Occupational Psychology Depicted In The Wolf Of Wall Street

The movie The Wolf of Wall Street portrays a man and his love for money and power, while creating an organization to achieve his dreams. The main character, Jordan Belfort, has a dream of being rich and the way to reach that dream was becoming a stockbroker on Wall Street. Jordan makes a fortune by creating a brokerage firm. This multi-million-dollar company ultimately employed and trained many employees and became an empire on Wall street. Industrial-organizational psychology brings perspective on organizational issues that the characters in the movie go through. Industrial-organizational psychology is the study of the development and application of scientific principles within the workplace (Spector 2012). Many of the concepts that are explored in industrial-organizational psychology appear in the movie such as occupational stress, job satisfaction and job motivation.
Occupational Stress In the occupational stress process, job strains play a role in the negative reactions that an employee experiences due to different stressors (Spector 2012). Job strains can be categorized in three different reactions, such as psychological, physical and behavioral reactions. There are different responses and outcomes that come from these three different reactions. Some of those
Work-family conflict is a form of conflict where the demands of work interferes with the demands of the family (Spector 2012). The demands of an organization, such as the long working hours or flexibility, causes conflict within the family. As it did in Jordyn’s case. Jordyn experienced work-family conflict with his first and second wife. With his first wife, Jordyn was constantly looking for jobs and once he began creating his own organization, it required him to work long hours and focus on expanding his work. This caused the lack of involvement with his first wife, second wife and his