Abstract
This article analyses different ways by which Psychology has approached the world of work, promoting debate on whether these strategies constitute a unique or unified approach. Focusing on the branches Social Psychology of Work and Organizational Psychology, we aimed at understanding the history of these two traditions, their origins, and their role in the contemporary context. It was concluded that they have different approaches and understandings of the world of work, and that their historical processes, as well as their representation today, have very little in common. This indicates that they do not belong to the same field. Establishing boundaries between different approaches of Psychology that focus on work, enables the identification of their specificities and reveals the diversity of their objects of study, theoretical framework, methodological proposals, and the political aspects involved in their studies or interventions.
Keywords:
Managerial discourse; Critical psychology; Organizational psychology; Social psychology; Work