Applied Psychology Series
About the Book Series
Bridging both academic and applied interests, the Applied Psychology Series offers publications that emphasize state-of-the-art research and its application to important issues of human behavior in a variety of societal settings. To date, more than 50 books in various fields of applied psychology have been published in this series.
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Improving Training Effectiveness in Work Organizations
1st Edition
Edited
By J. Kevin Ford
February 29, 2016
This compelling volume presents the work of innovative researchers dealing with current issues in training and training effectiveness in work organizations. Each chapter provides an integrative summary of a research area with the goal of developing a specific research agenda that will not only ...
Personnel Selection and Assessment: Individual and Organizational Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Heinz Schuler, James L. Farr, Mike Smith
February 29, 2016
The impetus for this volume came from the editors' belief that most current research and thinking about personnel selection and assessment in organizations considered only the perspective of the employer. The job applicant seeking to join the organization or the employee being considered for ...
Stress and Human Performance
1st Edition
Edited
By James E. Driskell, Eduardo Salas
January 20, 2016
The pace of life in our high technology world has quickened. Industries that do not become more efficient, often by requiring a faster production turnaround with less slack, are superseded. Because of this, workers face an environment in which they must perform under more time pressure and under ...
The Russian Theory of Activity: Current Applications To Design and Learning
1st Edition
By Gregory Bedny, David Meister
May 07, 2015
The opening of the former Soviet Union to the West has provided an opportunity to describe Russian human factors/ergonomics and to compare American theories and methods with it. Although this book is principally dedicated to describing the theory of activity as it applies to issues of design and ...
Psychology in Organizations: integrating Science and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Kevin R. Murphy, Frank E. Saal
April 23, 2015
This book deals with two key questions. First, is there a firm scientific basis for the major applications of psychology in organizations? Second, does the practice of psychology in organizations contribute in any meaningful way to psychological research? This text attempts to answer these ...
Functional Job Analysis: A Foundation for Human Resources Management
1st Edition
By Sidney A. Fine, Steven F. Cronshaw
August 12, 2014
This book was written to address the need for timely, thorough, practical, and defensible job analysis for HR managers. Under continuing development over the past 50 years, Functional Job Analysis (FJA) is acknowledged by major texts in HR and industrial/organizational psychology as one of the ...
Heavy Work Investment: Its Nature, Sources, Outcomes, and Future Directions
1st Edition
Edited
By Itzhak Harpaz, Raphael Snir
August 01, 2014
The book deals with the concept of Heavy Work Investment (HWI) recently initiated by Snir and Harpaz. Since its introduction the interest in the general HWI model has increased considerably. The book illustrates the development of HWI conceptualization, theory, and research. It deals with the ...
The Power of Feedback: Giving, Seeking, and Using Feedback for Performance Improvement
1st Edition
By Manuel London
July 15, 2014
This follow up to the 2003 edition of Job Feedback by Manuel London is updated to cover new research in the area of organizational management. This edition bridges a gap in research that now covers cultural responses to employer feedback, feedback through electronic communications, and how ...
Diversity Ideologies in Organizations
1st Edition
Edited
By Kecia M. Thomas, Victoria C. Plaut, Ny Mia Tran
January 02, 2014
Since the increased attention toward diversity in the workplace, the concepts of "diversity initiatives" and "diversity management" have become a common place in many conversations among academics and practitioners alike. The diversity movement in the workplace originated from the increased ...
Bullying in the Workplace: Causes, Symptoms, and Remedies
1st Edition
Edited
By John Lipinski, Laura M. Crothers
August 05, 2013
Bullying in the workplace is a phenomenon that has recently intrigued researchers studying management and organizational issues, leading to such questions as why it occurs and what causes such harassment. This volume written by experts in a wide range of fields including Industrial and ...
Validity Generalization: A Critical Review
1st Edition
Edited
By Kevin R. Murphy
May 01, 2013
This volume presents the first wide-ranging critical review of validity generalization (VG)--a method that has dominated the field since the publication of Schmidt and Hunter's (1977) paper "Development of a General Solution to the Problem of Validity Generalization." This paper and the work that ...
Green Organizations: Driving Change with I-O Psychology
1st Edition
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By Ann Hergatt Huffman, Stephanie R. Klein
March 27, 2013
This book is a landmark in showing how industrial-organizational psychology and related fields contribute to environmental sustainability in organizations. Industrial-organizational psychology embraces a scientist/practitioner model: evidence-based best practice to solve real-world issues. ...