An Introduction to Work and Organizational Psychology: A European Perspective

by Editor: Nik Chmiel (Sheffield University)

• ISBN13: 9780631206767
• ISBN10: 0631206760
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This new textbook provides the first truly integrated introduction to work and organizational psychology with a European focus aimed specifically at psychology students. Nik Chmiel has brought together top contributors from the UK and Europe to provide a comprehensive, in-depth account of European work and organizational psychology. Highly accessible to students, each chapter opens with an introduction to the topic and goes on to discuss both the theory and current arguments surrounding each issue. Chapters also include points for discussion as well as suggestions for further reading. Introduction to Work and Organizational Psychology will prove an invaluable introductory text for those wishing to teach the subject from an in-depth, European perspective.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Part I Introduction	1	(42)
History and Context for Work and Organizational Psychology	3	(17)
Nik Chmiel
Roles and Methods	20	(23)
T. E. Carruthers
Part II People at Work	43	(136)
Job Analysis and Design	45	(24)
Catherine D. Lees
John L. Cordery
Personnel Selection	69	(31)
Neil Anderson
Nicole Cunningham-Snell
Training	100	(25)
John Patrick
Performance Appraisal: Assessing and Developing Performance and Potential	125	(23)
Clive Fletcher
Job Stress and Health	148	(31)
Pascale Le Blanc
Jan de Jonge
Wilmar Schaufeli
Part III Human Factors at Work	179	(96)
Workload and Task Allocation	181	(25)
Andrew J. Tattersall
Work Environments and Performance	206	(25)
G. Robert J. Hockey
The Design and Use of Work Technology	231	(24)
P. E. Waterson
Safety at Work	255	(20)
Nik Chmiel
Part IV Organizations at Work	275	(110)
Leadership and Management	277	(25)
Viv Shackleton
Peter Wale
Motivation in the Workplace	302	(25)
Jeremy J. Foster
Teams: the Challenges of Cooperative Work	327	(20)
Kerrie L. Unsworth
Michael A. West
Organizational Change and Development	347	(38)
Barbara Senior
Part V Issues for Work and Organizational Psychology	385	(55)
Against All Odds: Managing Diversity	387	(20)
Rebecca Lawthom
Job Performance and the Ageing Workforce	407	(17)
Peter Warr
The Changing Nature of Work	424	(16)
Michael Frese
Glossary	440	(9)
Bibliography	449	(54)
Index	503