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Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2 volume set)

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Industrial and organizational psychologists help develop strategies that optimize human potential and build better organizations by focusing on behavior within the specific environmental, technological, and social environment of the workplace. Bottom line, I/O psychologists contribute to an organization’s success by resolving its human problems and improving the performance and well-being of its people.

With more than 400 entries, the Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology presents a thorough overview of the cross-disciplinary field of industrial and organizational psychology for students, researchers, and professionals in the areas of psychology, business, management, and human resources. In two volumes, readers are provided with state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts.

Key Features

• Covers cutting-edge topics such as terrorism at work and cyber-loafing as well as timeless topics such as employee selection techniques, performance management, leadership, diversity, career development, compensation and work rewards, conflict resolution, ergonomics, teams, group dynamics, workplace safety, judgment and decision making, life/work balance, motivation, job satisfaction, training programs, workplace stress and health, and much more! Contributors represent the foremost faculty, journal editors, practitioners, and professional society leaders from through out the world. They provide a historical and contemporary perspective on the topic in a reader-friendly manner that stresses both science and practical application.
• Extensive cross-listing allows the reader to identify common threads among topics. Entries conclude with references and lists of further readings and web sites. Offers contributions from major subfields shaping I/O Psychology today, including social psychology, industrial relations, communication studies, organizational sociology, human factors, occupational health, and management
• Provides a Reader’s Guide topical table of contents and an integrated set of unique appendices designed for an aspiring I/O psychologist.

Key Themes

• History Ethical and Legal Issues
• Research Methods
• Measurement Theory and Statistics
• Understanding and Assessing Individual Differences
• Employment, Staffing, and Career Issues
• Developing, Training, and Evaluating Employees
• Productive and Counterproductive Employee Behavior
• Motivation and Job Design
• Leadership and Management
• Groups, Teams, and Working with Others
• Employee Well-Being and Attitudes
• Organizational Structure, Design, and Change
• Professional Organizations and Related Fields

 

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Your Inner Coach: A Step-by-step Guide to Increasing Personal Fulfilment and Effectiveness

Ian McDermott, Wendy Jago

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The Inner Coach is a practical and inspiring new book from the authors of The NLP Coach. NLP master practitioner and executive coach Ian McDermott and NLP practitioner and psychotherapist Wendy Jago combine their expertise to provide a step-by step self-coaching guide. They show you how you can make the most of all of yourself once you learn how to access and harness the hidden power of your unconscious mind. Discover how to: - tune into and trust dimensions of yourself other than those of conscious and rational processing - make the most of your gut feelings, dreams and intuitions - use simple NLP tools and techniques to access your subconscious mind and provide vision and direction in your life. - Access and use your inner wisdom to deliver insights, resolve problems, enhance creativity, improve decision making, increase confidence and communication skills - use the right questions to achieve powerful and profound results - discover your uniqueness and become your own inner coach

Culture and Leadership Across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies (Lea's Organization and Management)

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Culture and Leadership Across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies is the second major publication of GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness), a groundbreaking, large-scale project on international management research featuring contributions from nearly 18,000 middle managers from 1,000 organizations in 62 countries, perhaps the largest project of its kind ever undertaken. This volume effectively presents a complex collection of global research addressing the culture of particular countries, leadership qualities within those countries, and recommendations on how managers should conduct business in countries other than their own.

A massive effort with a cross-cultural focus and broad international appeal, this book explores:
*how leadership is conceptualized and enacted in its cultural milieu;
*quantitative data including middle manager questionnaires, unobtrusive measurement, and participant observation data;
*qualitative research from interviews, focus groups, and media analyses; and
*theoretical and methodological pitfalls that arise in the effort to develop universal management theories.

This book is a coherent and well-organized presentation of the findings of the GLOBE Project and will appeal to scholars in leadership, management, international business, cultural studies; and also to practicing managers.

The Psychology of Goals

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Bringing together leading authorities, this tightly edited volume reviews the breadth of current knowledge about goals and their key role in human behavior. Presented are cutting-edge theories and findings that shed light on the ways people select and prioritize goals; how they are pursued; factors that lead to success or failure in achieving particular aims; and consequences for individual functioning and well-being. Thorough attention is given to both conscious and nonconscious processes. The biological, cognitive, affective, and social underpinnings of goals are explored, as is their relationship to other motivational constructs.

Aviation Psychology in Practice

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This work seeks to extend the boundaries of aviation psychology in two ways: by broadening the focus beyond the flight deck to the whole aviation system; and by discussing relevant theoretical developments. This book addresses: the relationship between what goes on in the flight deck and the wider organizational context; critical safety issues associated with human factors in aircraft maintenance and grounding; learning from aviation accidents and the need to be supported by more systematic human factors investigation and research; human factors of accident survival as well as accident prevention; theories of crew coordination and decision-making and the stresses of the real world; and thorough training.

Architecture of Fear

Nan, ed. Ellin, Nan Ellin

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Architecture of Fear examines the ways in which the contemporary landscape is shaped by our society's preoccupation with fear, as apparent in home design, security systems, gated communities, semi-public spaces (shopping malls, theme parks, casinos, office atriums), zoning regulations, and cyberspace. This fixation also manifests itself in efforts to provide public parks but control the problem of homelessness. The essayists in Architecture of Fear explain that such disjointed efforts exacerbate rather than eradicate the sources and perception of fear and insecurity. Thus, in contrast to alarmist, apocalyptic treatments, the contributors offer concrete, level-headed suggestions for proaction, not reaction, to counter both real (actual crime) and perceived (media-magnified) problems in contemporary society.

Contributors Edward J. Blakely and Mary Gail Snyder, John Chase, Michael Dear and Jurgen von Mahs, Fred Dewey, Nan Ellin, Dora Epstein, Steven Flusty, Udo Greinacher, Jane Harrison, Richard Ingersoll, Charles Jencks, Peter Marcuse, Kevin Sites, Sharon Sutton, Lois Takahashi, Anne Troutman, David Turnbull, Margaret Wertheim, Richard Sennett, and Julius Shulman approach the topic of architecture and fear from a variety of angles: "Building Paranoia," "Addressing Fear through Community Empowerment," "Cyburbanism as a Way of Life," and "Walls of Fear and Walls of Support," to name just a few.

Psychodynamics Organization (Labor And Social Change)

Larry Hirschorn

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The changing character of organizational life in the post-industrial world has caused organizational psychoanalysis to reemerge as a vital discipline. Modern technologies and the global economy continue to create new sources of anxiety and risk. In this volume, fifteen essays demonstrate how social irrationality shapes organizational life. The contributors focus on problems in productivity and morale; issues of anger and aggression as well as hope and mutuality in organizations; and troubling changes associated with growth or cutbacks. Richly drawn case studies (of a law firm, a factory, an oil refinery, a coal mine, among others) are framed by more theoretical discussion.

Organizational Life

Edward Cell

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Many managers learn to harden their hearts and to act against their integrity under the pressures of organizational life. They find themselves treated more as means than as persons, and learn to treat others in this way. In "Organizational Life," Edward Cell endeavors to help managers understand their actions more fully, and to determine how they can best learn to be more true to themselves in their work without unduly handicapping their chances for vocational success. Cell's observations are grounded in a perspective on human nature that draws from humanism, symbolic interactionism, and existentialism. "Organizational Life" will be of great interest to those who are concerned about the alienating aspects of their own organizational life, as well as to those who anticipate facing these conditions in the future.

The Dark Side of Behaviour at Work: Understanding and Avoiding Employees Leaving, Thieving and Deceiving

Adrian Furnham, John Taylor

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Corporations of every size have experience of employees who are guilty of lying, stealing, sabotage, hacking, destruction of files and data, and more than a few corporations have been, and continue to be, devastated by the activities of whistleblowers. Profits, secrets and staff morale are all threatened. This book provides a background to the psychology of deviance and offers practical advice about identifying the causes of and prescriptions for reversing disloyalty.

A Handbook Of Work And Organizational Psychology: Work Psychology (Handbook of Work & Organizational Psychology)

P.j.d. Drenth

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Work Psychology, the second volume of the Handbook of work and Organizational Psychology, concentrates on issues related to the direct relationship between the worker and the organization and on his or her task or function. This could be termed the classical tradition of work psychology, including human factors, psychology and ergonomics. This volume provides a comprehensive update on new issues and studies in this core area. Subjects like safety, occupational stress, workload and absenteeism due to sickness are tackled. Chapters discuss particular types of workers on whom psychologists have focused attention more recently: the older worker, the unemployed, and the foreign worker. Moving away somewhat from the 'micro-world' of the individual worker, models of human economic behaviour and the development of social indicator systems are also explored.