Creating a more productive and healthier workforce is a balancing act. In a field as rapidly expanding and diverse as I/O psychology, it's not easy finding a book with just the right balance. Fortunately, Paul Spector's Fourth Edition of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice is up to the job. A balance between cutting-edge topics and core material This Fourth Edition covers both the core material as well as newly emerging topics and cutting-edge findings. Inside, you'll find 125 new references, as well as the latest thinking on team job analysis, drug testing, group problem solving, group diversity, cross-cultural issues in leadership, and more. A balance between research and practice The text's balanced presentation of research and practice equips you with an understanding of the whole field. This balanced approach helps you see the relationship between the science and application of I/O psychology. You'll find detailed summaries of current research, including international studies. In addition, cases introduce you to the wide array of settings and applied work that involve I/O psychologists. A balance between employee performance and well-being I/O psychology isn't just about how the organization can use psychology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its workforce; it's also about improving the health of the workforce. This Fourth Edition provides more balance between these two over-arching areas of the field. Connect to online resources from the author's classroom. The author's website features class notes from his I/O psychology course, practice exams, internet exercises, I/O career information, and links to I/O instructor and student resources. Go to www.wiley.com/college/spector for help presenting and studying the material in your textbook, and use these resources to go beyond the text.Part One: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Research Methods in I/O Psychology Part Two: Assessment of Jobs, Performance and People Chapter 3: Job Analysis Chapter 4: Performance Appraisal Chapter 5: Assessment Methods for Selection and Placement Part Three: Selecting and Training Employees Chapter 6: Selecting Employees Chapter 7: Training Part Four: The Individual and the Organization Chapter 8: Theories of Employee Motivation Chapter 9: Feelings About Work Chapter 10: Productive and Counterproductive Employee Behavior Chapter 11: Occupational Health Psychology Part Five: The Social Context of Work Chapter 12: Work Groups and Work Teams Chapter 13: Leadership and Power in Organizations Chapter 14: Organizational Development and Theory References GlossaryCreating a more productive and healthier workforce is a balancing act. In a field as rapidly expanding and diverse as I/O psychology, it’ s not easy finding a book with just the right balance. Fortunately, Paul Spector’ s Fourth Edition of "Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice is up to the job.
A balance between cutting-edge topics and core material
This Fourth Edition covers both the core material as well as newly emerging topics and cutting-edge findings. Inside, you’ ll find 125 new references, as well as the latest thinking on team job analysis, drug testing, group problem solving, group diversity, cross-cultural issues in leadership, and more.
A balance between research and practice
The text’ s balanced presentation of research and practice equips you with an understanding of the whole field. This balanced approach helps you see the relationship between the science and application of I/O psychology. You’ ll find detailed summaries of current research, including international studies. In addition, cases introduce you to the wide array of settings and applied work that involve I/O psychologists.
A balance between employee performance and well-being
I/O psychology isn’ t just about how the organization can use psychology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its workforce; it’ s also about improving the health of the workforce. This Fourth Edition provides more balance between these two over-arching areas of the field.
Connect to online resources from the author’ s classroom.
The author’ s website features class notes from his I/O psychology course, practice exams, internet exercises, I/O career information, and links to I/O instructor and student resources. Go to www.wiley.com/college/spector for help presenting and studying the material in your textbook, and use these reSpector provides a clear and readable overview of the industrial and organizational psychology field, covering both the traditional core topics and the new cutting-edge developments. The book presents the important concepts and findings that I/O psychologists use to help enterprises handle issues concerning their employees. The Fourth Edition also integrates new and emerging topics throughout the chapters such as emotional intelligence, justice, cross-cultural differences in leadership, diversity and group performance, drug testing, stress interventions, and politics.Providing students with an understanding of the entire field of industrial/organisational psychology, this second edition balances the treatment of both practice and research."This Fourth Edition covers both the core material as well as newly emerging topics and cutting-edge findings. Inside, you'll find 125 new references, as well as the latest thinking on team job analysis, drug testing, group problem solving, group diversity, cross-cultural issues in leadership, and more."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved