Applied Psychology Series

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31. Developing Organizational Simulations

    A Guide for Practitioners and Students

    By George C. Thornton III, George C. Thornton III, Rose Hanson, Rose A. Mueller-Hanson

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    This book provides a concise source of information on effective and practical methods for constructing simulation exercises for the assessment of psychological characteristics relevant to effectiveness in work organizations. Simulation exercises present the examinee with descriptions of complex...

    Published August 31st 2003 by Psychology Press
32. Misbehavior in Organizations

    Theory, Research, and Management

    By Yoav Vardi, Ely Weitz

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    For many years, scholars aligned with mainstream research paradigms that make up organizational behavior (OB) have been leaning toward the more positive depiction of organizational reality. To better understand people's behavior in the workplace, they must also explore misbehavior. Organizational...

    Published July 31st 2003 by Psychology Press
33. Job Feedback

    Giving, Seeking, and Using Feedback for Performance Improvement, 2nd Edition

    By Manuel London

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    This book demonstrates how managers can be more effective in gathering and processing performance information about subordinates, making ratings on performance appraisals and multisource feedback surveys, and feeding back this information in a way that is nonthreatening and leads to productive...

    Published June 30th 2003 by Psychology Press
34. Ethics and Values in Industrial-Organizational Psychology

    By Joel Lefkowitz

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Ethics and Values in Industrial-Organizational Psychology is one of the first books to integrate work from the fields of moral philosophy, moral psychology, IO Psychology and political and social economy, as well as business. It sets out to provide a "framework for moral action" and presents...

    Published April 30th 2003 by Psychology Press
35. Individual Assessment

    As Practiced in Industry and Consulting

    By Kristin O. Prien, Kristin O. Prien, Jeffery S. Schippmann

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Individual Assessment is a professional practice important to Human Resource Managers, Executives and anyone making decisions about employees. Finally, we now have a clear, practical guide with methodologically-grounded descriptions of how to successfully do it. The authors have put together a...

    Published March 31st 2003 by Psychology Press
36. Multiple Commitments in the Workplace

    An Integrative Approach

    By Aaron Cohen

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    The growing interest in multiple commitments among researchers and practitioners is evinced by the greater attention in the literature to the broader concept of work commitment. This includes specific objects of commitment, such as organization, work group, occupation, the union, and one's job. In...

    Published December 31st 2002 by Psychology Press
37. Leadership Development

    Paths To Self-insight and Professional Growth

    By Manuel London

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Leadership Development explores how leaders gain and use self-knowledge for continuous improvement and career development and describes how leaders help themselves and the people with whom they work, understand themselves, and become more self-determined, continuous learners, and make the most of...

    Published August 31st 2001 by Psychology Press
38. How People Evaluate Others in Organizations

    Edited by Manuel London

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Evaluating and making decisions about other people are key aspects of doing business, especially for managers and human resource professionals. Industrial and organizational psychologists devise systematic methods to remove human errors in judgment, such as biases and stereotypes. However many...

    Published March 31st 2001 by Psychology Press
39. Justice in the Workplace

    From theory To Practice, Volume 2

    Edited by Russell Cropanzano

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Justice in the Workplace acts as a central reference point for application of organizational justice and helps human resource managers relate the importance of justice to their work environments. Forming much of this book's content, outcomes, processes, and interpersonal treatment are three...

    Published November 30th 2000 by Psychology Press
40. Women and Men in Organizations

    Sex and Gender Issues at Work

    By Jeanette N. Cleveland, Margaret Stockdale, Kevin R. Murphy, Barbara A. Gutek

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    The gender and racial composition of the American workforce is rapidly changing. As more women in particular enter the workforce and as they enter jobs that have traditionally been dominated by men, issues related to sex and gender in work settings have become increasingly important and complex....

    Published December 31st 1999 by Psychology Press