Psychology in the Work Context

by Bergh, Ziel

• ISBN13: 9780199048069
• ISBN10: 0199048061
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-08-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Psychology in the work context 5e is an introductory text for students of industrial and organisational psychology. The book provides a comprehensive conceptual framework for understanding work behaviour and relationships at work and equips the student with a theoretical framework form which to analyse issues in the work place.

Table of Contents

PART I: Schools of thought and organisational psychology
1. Theoretical perspectives in psychology
2. Fields of study and practice areas in industrial and organisational psychology
PART II: Individual behavioural processes
3. The biological basis of behaviour
4. Human development across the life span
5. Learning
6. Perception
7. Cognition
8. Motivation and emotion
PART III: Social behaviour and processes
9. Attitudes and values
10. Pro-social behaviours, aggression and conflict
11. Group behaviour and other social processes in organisations
12. Leadership and entrepreneurial behaviour
PART IV: Personality in the work context
13. The nature of personality and fundamental assumptions in personality study
14. Personality in unconscious processes
15. Personality by learning
16. Personality recognised in traits
17. Personality through self-experience
18. Personality through cognitive constructions
PART V: Employee and organisational well-being
19. Psychological well-being
20. Psychological disorders and work-adjustment problems
PART VI Psychological methodologies
21. Assessment of personality and individual differences
22. Research and other methods in psychology
Bibliography
Glossary (English/Afrikaans)
Index (English)