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Title:
The oxford handbook of personnel psychology
Series:
Oxford handbooks
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
Physical Description:
xiii, 654 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780199234738

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Summary

Summary

The field of Personnel Psychology is broadly concerned with the study of individual differences and their consequences for the organization. As human resource costs continue, for most organizations, to be the single largest operating cost (50-80% of annual expenditure), achieving optimal performance from individual employees is of paramount importance to the sustained development and financial performance of any organization. The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology brings together contributions from leading international scholars within the field to present state-of-the-art reviews on topical and emergent issues, constructs, and research in personnel psychology. The book is divided into six sections:· Individual Difference and Work Performance,· Personnel Selection,· Methodological Issues,· Training and Development,· Policies and Practices,· Future Challenges.While the Handbook is primarily a review of current academic thinking and research in the area, the contributors keep a strong focus on the lessons for HR practitioners, and what lessons they can take from the cutting-edge work presented.


Author Notes

Susan Cartwright is a Chartered Psychologist and Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She is Professor of Organizational Psychology in the Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester, UK.Susan is currently the President of the British Academy of Management and a Fellow of the British Academy of Management. She is a past Editor of the Leadership and Organization Development Journal and a current Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management.Susan has authored 13 books, over 40 scholarly articles and 30 book chapters. Her main research interests lie in the area of occupational stress and well being, human aspects of mergers and acquisitions and emotional intelligence. She was Editor of the Volume V of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management on Human Resource Management (Blackwell, 2005) and Co-Editor, with Cary L. Cooper and Christopher Early, of The International Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate (Wiley, 2001). Cary L. Cooper is Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health in Lancaster University Management School and Pro Vice Chancellor (External Relations) at Lancaster University. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Royal Society of Medicine, and the Royal Society of Health.Cary was the founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behaviour and is Co-Editor of Stress and Health. In 1998, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award for his contribution to management science from the US Academy of Management.Cary is the author of over 100 books on occupational stress, women at work, and industrial and organizational psychology and has written over 400 scholarly articles.


Table of Contents

Susan Cartwright and Cary L. CooperAdrian FurnhamPeter J. Jordan and Neal M. Ashkanasy and Catherine S. DausJeff W. Johnson and Sarah A. HezlettIain L. DenstenAndreas Rauch and Michael FreseOlga F. Voskuijl and Arne EversNeal Schmitt and Jessica FandreMelinda BlackmanFilip Lievens and Liesbet De Koster and Eveline SchollaertDave BartramKevin R. MurphyJ. Kevin Ford and Ruchi SinhaStephen A. WoodsPeter B. SmithBeryl Hesketh and Barbara GriffinGary P. Latham and Silvia Dello RussoSuzan Lewis and Ian RoperLaura M. Graves and Gary N. PowellStaale Einarsen and Stig Berge Matthiesen and Lars Johan HaugeE. Kevin Kelloway and C. Gail Hepburn and Lori FrancisAnn Marie Ryan and Jennifer WesselKerr InksonDonald Hislop and Carolyn Axtell and Kevin DanielsYitzhak Fried and Ariel S. Levi and Gregory Laurence
List of Figuresp. viii
List of Tablesp. ix
About the Editorsp. x
List of Contributorsp. xi
Intructionp. 1
Part I Individual Differences and work performancep. 5
1 Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities at Workp. 7
2 Emotional Intelligence: Rhetoric or Reality?p. 37
3 Modeling the Influence of Personality of Individuals at Work: A Review and Research Agendap. 59
4 Leadership: Current Assessment and Future Needsp. 93
5 A Personality Approach to Entrepreneurshipp. 121
Part II Personnel Selectionp. 137
6 Job Analysis and Competency Modelingp. 139
7 Validity of Selection Proceduresp. 163
8 The Effective Interviewp. 194
9 Current Theory and Practice of Assessment Centers: The Importance of Trait Activationp. 215
10 The Advantages and Disadvantages of On-line Testingp. 234
Part III Methodological Issues261
11 Models and Methods for Evaluating Reliability and Validityp. 263
12 Advances in Training Evaluation Researchp. 291
13 Job Performance Measurement: The Elusive Relationship Between Job Performance and Job Satisfactionp. 317
Part IV Training and Developmentp. 341
14 Cross-cultural Differences in Personnel Psychologyp. 343
15 Selection and Training for Work Adjustment and Adaptabilityp. 366
16 The Influence of Organizational Politics on Performance Appraisalp. 388
Part V Policies and Practicesp. 411
17 Flexible Working Arrangements: From Work-Lifeto Gender Equity Policiesp. 413
18 Sex and Race Discrimination in Personnel Decisionsp. 438
19 Bullying and Harrassment at Workp. 464
20 Labor Relationsp. 496
21 Fairness in Selection and Recruitment: A Stigma Theory Perspectivep. 517
Part VI Future Challengesp. 543
22 The Boundaryless Careerp. 545
23 The Challenge of Remote Workingp. 564
24 Motivation and Job Design in the New World of Workp. 586
Name Indexp. 613
Subject Indexp. 635
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