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Work and Organizational Psychology: An Introduction with Attitude
By Christine E. Doyle
493 pages
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- Psychology Press
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- Hove, England
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- 2003
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Synopsis
In this unique text, Christine Doyle provides the student with a cutting-edge introduction to the field of work and organizational psychology. The main focus is on recent changes that have occurred in the world of work, incorporating their causes, consequences, proposed solutions to the associated problems, and above all, the challenges they pose for work and organizational psychology.Among the topics covered are motivation at work, the concept of stress, and the causes of individual accidents and ...
In this unique text, Christine Doyle provides the student with a cutting-edge introduction to the field of work and organizational psychology. The main focus is on recent changes that have occurred in the world of work, incorporating their causes, consequences, proposed solutions to the associated problems, and above all, the challenges they pose for work and organizational psychology.Among the topics covered are motivation at work, the concept of stress, and the causes of individual accidents and organizational disasters. Solutions to such problems might include lifelong learning and training, performance management, career development, and employee assistance programmes.This lively, provocative, and highly readable book will be an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of work and organizational psychology, as well as business management students, managers and anyone with an interest in human resources management.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Figures ix
- Acknowledgements x
- 0 - Read Me…(It's All in the Subtitle, or I'D like to Disagree with Aristotle's Principle of Moderation in All Things) 1
- 1 - What's It All About…? (Introduction to Work and Organizational Psychology) 8
- 2 - All Change…the Past and Future of Work- Organizational Change and Development 39
- 3 - Why Work? (Or Life, the Universe, and Everything!)- Employee Relations and Motivation 77
- 4 - A Study of Stress- Design of Environments and of Work 111
- Suggested Further Reading 158
- 5 - The Ironies of Automation and Other Disasters- Human-Machine Interaction 159
- Suggested Further Reading 204
- 6 - Lifelong Learning- Training and Development 205
- Suggested Further Reading 256
- 7 - Getting the Right People (And Keeping Them)- Selection and Assessment 257
- 8 - Getting the Best from the Best- Appraisal and Career Development 310
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Figures ix
- Acknowledgements x
- 0 - Read Me…(It's All in the Subtitle, or I'D like to Disagree with Aristotle's Principle of Moderation in All Things) 1
- 1 - What's It All About…? (Introduction to Work and Organizational Psychology) 8
- 2 - All Change…the Past and Future of Work- Organizational Change and Development 39
- 3 - Why Work? (Or Life, the Universe, and Everything!)- Employee Relations and Motivation 77
- 4 - A Study of Stress- Design of Environments and of Work 111
- Suggested Further Reading 158
- 5 - The Ironies of Automation and Other Disasters- Human-Machine Interaction 159
- Suggested Further Reading 204
- 6 - Lifelong Learning- Training and Development 205
- Suggested Further Reading 256
- 7 - Getting the Right People (And Keeping Them)- Selection and Assessment 257
- 8 - Getting the Best from the Best- Appraisal and Career Development 310
- Suggested Further Reading 352
- 9 - How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Work- Counselling and Individual Development 353
- 10 - Where Do We Go Now? (Well, I Wouldn't Start from Here…) 379
- Suggested Further Reading 414
- References 416
- Author Index 459
- Subject Index 467