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41. The Russian Theory of Activity

    Current Applications To Design and Learning

    By Gregory Bedny, David Meister

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    The opening of the former Soviet Union to the West has provided an opportunity to describe Russian human factors/ergonomics and to compare American theories and methods with it. Although this book is principally dedicated to describing the theory of activity as it applies to issues of design and...

    Published May 31st 1997 by Psychology Press
42. Team Performance Assessment and Measurement

    Theory, Methods, and Applications

    Edited by Michael T. Brannick, Eduardo Salas, Carolyn W. Prince

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    This book began at a conference on team performance measurement held at the University of South Florida. Several participants at the conference felt that a book on team performance measurement would be of interest to a broader audience, and they began looking for authors in diverse disciplines....

    Published May 31st 1997 by Psychology Press
43. Improving Training Effectiveness in Work Organizations

    Edited by J. Kevin Ford

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    This compelling volume presents the work of innovative researchers dealing with current issues in training and training effectiveness in work organizations. Each chapter provides an integrative summary of a research area with the goal of developing a specific research agenda that will not only...

    Published September 30th 1996 by Psychology Press
44. Stress and Human Performance

    Edited by James E. Driskell, Eduardo Salas

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    The pace of life in our high technology world has quickened. Industries that do not become more efficient, often by requiring a faster production turnaround with less slack, are superseded. Because of this, workers face an environment in which they must perform under more time pressure and under...

    Published April 30th 1996 by Psychology Press
45. Benchmark Tasks for Job Analysis

    A Guide for Functional Job Analysis (fja) Scales

    By Sidney A. Fine, Maury Getkate

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Human resource practitioners are repeatedly faced with the challenge of effectively using language to clearly describe the work performed on a job. Functional Job Analysis--an internationally recognized and respected job analysis method --has been meeting this challenge for more than forty years....

    Published August 31st 1995 by Psychology Press
46. Police Psychology Into the 21st Century

    Edited by Martin I. Kurke, Ellen M. Scrivner

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    As we approach the 21st century, there is a discernable shift in policing, from an incident-driven perspective to a proactive problem solving stance often described as "community policing." In this volume a panel of 21 psychologists examine the changing directions in policing and how such changes...

    Published June 30th 1995 by Psychology Press
47. Personnel Selection and Assessment

    Individual and Organizational Perspectives

    Edited by Heinz Schuler, James L. Farr, Mike Smith

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    The impetus for this volume came from the editors' belief that most current research and thinking about personnel selection and assessment in organizations considered only the perspective of the employer. The job applicant seeking to join the organization or the employee being considered for...

    Published May 31st 1993 by Psychology Press
48. Contemporary Career Development Issues

    Edited by Robert F. Morrison, Jerome Adams

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Based on the thesis that individuals develop not in isolation, but in a direction consistent with both personal needs and the needs of the surrounding environment, this volume concentrates on the development of adults in their careers within organizations. The organizational and individual...

    Published April 30th 1991 by Routledge
49. Human Error

    Cause, Prediction, and Reduction

    By John W. Senders, Neville P. Moray

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    This volume examines the nature of human error -- its causes and origins, its classifications, and the extent to which it is possible to predict and prevent errors and their impact. One of the first texts to deal with this topic in detail, it draws into a single cohesive account contributions from...

    Published February 28th 1991 by CRC Press
50. Psychology in Organizations

    integrating Science and Practice

    Edited by Kevin R. Murphy, Frank E. Saal

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    This book deals with two key questions. First, is there a firm scientific basis for the major applications of psychology in organizations? Second, does the practice of psychology in organizations contribute in any meaningful way to psychological research? This text attempts to answer these...

    Published June 30th 1990 by Psychology Press