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21. Work Motivation in Organizational Behavior, Second Edition

    By Craig C. Pinder

    This second edition of the best-selling textbook on Work Motivation in Organizational Behavior provides an update of the critical analysis of the scientific literature on this topic, and provides a highly integrated treatment of leading theories, including their historical roots and progression...

    Published July 21st 2008 by Psychology Press
22. Diversity Resistance in Organizations

    Edited by Kecia M. Thomas

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    This is a groundbreaking volume that provides informed, balanced yet frank discussion of US workplace diversity and diversity resistance issues. The chapters in this book put a name on behaviors and practices that have existed in the workplace for a long time, yet until recently have had no...

    Published November 14th 2007 by Psychology Press
23. Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management

    Edited by Michael M. Harris

    Series: Series in Organization and Management

    Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management, a book in LEA’s Organization and Management Series, provides a sophisticated, in-depth examination of research in international human resource management (IHRM). Editor Michael M. Harris compiles research in IHRM that is otherwise...

    Published November 12th 2007 by Psychology Press
24. Applied Measurement

    Industrial Psychology in Human Resources Management

    Edited by Deborah L. Whetzel, George R. Wheaton

    An updated version of Deborah Whetzel and George Wheaton's earlier volume, this text is a well-organized sourcebook for fundamental practices in industrial psychology and human resources management. Applied Measurement describes the process of job analysis and test development with practical...

    Published February 28th 2007 by Psychology Press
25. Performance Measurement

    Current Perspectives and Future Challenges

    Edited by Winston Bennett, Charles E. Lance, David J. Woehr

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Over the course of the past few years, teaching, research, and practice has underscored the importance of performance measurement and criterion development as topics of great interest, considerable debate, and some misunderstanding. It has also become clear that the field needs to address a...

    Published April 27th 2006 by Psychology Press
26. Essentials of Personnel Assessment and Selection

    By Robert M. Guion, Scott Highhouse

    Essentials of Personnel Assessment and Selection discusses the essentials that managers and other well-educated people should know about the assessment processes so widely used in contemporary society--and so widely not understood. It emphasizes that good prediction requires well-formed hypotheses...

    Published January 30th 2006 by Psychology Press
27. Situational Judgment Tests

    Theory, Measurement, and Application

    Edited by Jeff A. Weekley, Robert E. Ployhart

    Series: SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series

    Situational Judgment Tests advances the science and practice of SJTs by promoting a theoretical framework, providing an understanding of best practices, and establishing a research agenda for years to come. Currently, there is no other source that provides such a comprehensive treatment of...

    Published December 15th 2005 by Psychology Press
28. Assessment Centers in Human Resource Management

    Strategies for Prediction, Diagnosis, and Development

    By George C. Thornton III, Deborah E. Rupp

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    The theme permeating this book on assessment centers is "continuity and change", describing what has remained the same and what has changed in the 50-year history of the assessment center method. One of the important changes explored is the evolution of the goals of assessment center programs and...

    Published December 1st 2005 by Psychology Press
29. Handbook of Organizational Justice

    Edited by Jerald Greenberg, Jason A. Colquitt

    Matters of perceived fairness and justice run deep in the workplace. Workers are concerned about being treated fairly by their supervisors; managers generally are interested in treating their direct reports fairly; and everyone is concerned about what happens when these expectations are violated....

    Published March 9th 2005 by Psychology Press
30. 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