International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Volume 23: 2008
International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
1. Edition January 2008
336 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology has been published for over 20 years, attracting contributions from leading researchers and producing a number of citation classics. Every volume provides scholarly and state-of-the-art overviews of developments across a wide range of areas in I/O psychology. Each chapter offers a comprehensive and critical survey of a chosen topic, supported by a bibliography.
This is the twenty-third in the most prestigious series of annual volumes in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. The series provides authoritative and integrative reviews of the key literature of industrial psychology and organizational behaviour. The chapters are written by established experts and topics are carefully chosen to reflect the major concerns in both the research literature and in current practice.
This twenty-third volume continues the series' tradition of providing scholarly, up to the minute reviews and updates of theory and research across a wide range of established areas and emerging issues problems, including: the psychology of careers in industrial-organizational settings, leadership development, employee recruitment, health protection and promotion in the workplace, and politics and politicians at work. Each chapter offers a comprehensive and critical survey of the chosen topic, and each is supported by a valuable bibliography. For advanced students, academics and researchers, as well as professional psychologists and managers, this remains the most authoritative and current guide to new developments and established knowledge in the field of industrial and organizational psychology.
Contributors.
Editorial Foreword.
1. The Psychology of Careers in Industrial and Organizational Settings: A Critical but Appreciative Analysis (John Arnold and Laurie Cohen)
2. Employee recruitment: Current Knowledge and Directions for Future research (James A. Breaugh, Therese H. Macan, and Dana M. Grambow)
3. Age and Learning in Organizations (Margaret E. Beier)
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Politics and Politicians at Work (Jo Silvester)
5. Building Better Workplaces through Individual Perspective taking: A Fresh Look at a Fundamental Human Process (Sharon K. Parker, Paul W.B. Atkins, and Carolyn M. Axtell)
6. The Dawning of a New Era for Genuine Leadership Development (Bruce J. Avolio and Adrian Chan)
7. Health Protection and Promoting in the Workplace: A review and Application of Vale and Regulatory Focus Perspectives (Lois E. Tetrick and Michael T. Ford)
8. Personality as a Predictor of Work-Related behavior and Performance: Recent Advances and Directions for Future Research (Giles St. J. Burch and Neil Anderson)
Index.
Contents of Previous Volumes.
J. Kevin Ford is a Professor of Psychology at Michigan Sate University. H is major research interest involve improving training effectiveness through efforts to advance our understanding of training needs assessment, design, evaluation and transfer. he also concentrates on understanding change dynamics n organizational development efforts and building continuous learning and improvement orientations within organizations. He has published over 50 articles and chapters and four books relevant to industrial and organizational psychology. Currently he serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and Human Performance. He is an active consultant with private industry and the public sector on training, leadership and organizational change issues. Kevin is a Fellow of the American Psycho9logical Association and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. he received his BS in psychology from the University of Maryland and his MA and PhD in psychology from the Ohio State University. Further information about Kevin and his research and consulting activities can be found at http://www.io.psy.msu.edu/jkf.
