Psychology / Industrial & Organizational Psychology

Evidence-Based Productivity Improvement: A Practical Guide to the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES)

by Robert D. D. Pritchard, Sallie J. J. Weaver & Elissa Ashwood

This new book explains the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement system (ProMES) and how it meets the criteria for an optimal measurement and feedback system. It summarizes all the research that has been...

Personal Relationships: The Effect on Employee Attitudes, Behavior, and Well-being

by Lillian Turner de Tormes Turner de Eby & Tammy D. D. Allen

We know that positive, fulfilling and satisfying relationships are strong predictors of life satisfaction, psychological health, and physical well-being. This edited volume uses research and theory on the need...

Rethinking the Knowledge Controversy in Organization Studies

by Walter R. Nord & Ann F. Connell

Recently the field of organization studies has been plagued by intense, disruptive controversy about what counts as knowledge. This book, written by the major researchers and voices in the field of organization...

Error in Organizations

by David A. Hofmann & Michael Frese

Despite the significance and prevalence of errors in organizations, there has been no attempt within the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology to create a single source summarizing what we know...

Theories of Team Cognition

by Eduardo Salas, Stephen M. Fiore & Michael P. Letsky

Cognitive processes in teams have been a valuable arena for team researchers to explore. Team cognition research advances and informs a variety of disciplines, including cognitive and social sciences, engineering,...

Brief Coaching

by Chris Iveson, Evan George & Harvey Ratner

Brief Coaching offers a new approach to coaching by considering how the client will know when they have reached their goal, and what they are already doing to get there. The coach aims to work towards the solution...

Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations

by Laura Morgan Roberts & Jane E. Dutton

In the new world of work and organizations, creating and maintaining a positive identity is consequential and challenging for individuals, for groups and for organizations. New challenges for positive identity...

Multiteam Systems

by Stephen J. Zaccaro, Michelle A. Marks & Leslie DeChurch

This book examines an emerging organizational form called the multi-team system (MTS). This type of aggregation is being increasingly adopted by organizations and agencies that need to respond to complex strategic...

Brand Meaning

by Mark Batey

How a company 'positions' a brand is not necessarily how the consumer perceives that brand. Brands allow marketers to add meaning to products and services, but it is consumers who ultimately determine what a...

Nepotism in Organizations

by Robert G. Jones

There is a huge elephant in the room: organizational decisions are often based on family relationships, rather than on the 'rational' approach advocated by many professionals. Textbooks on Human Resources, Management,...

The Employee-Organization Relationship

by Lynn M. Shore, Jacqueline A-M. Coyle-Shapiro & Lois E. Tetrick

"Employee-organization relationship" is an overarching term that describes the relationship between the employee and the organization. It encompasses psychological contracts, perceived organizational support,...

Practicing Positive Psychology Coaching: Assessment, Activities and Strategies for Success

by Robert Biswas-Diener

Discover proven strategies for applying positive psychology within your coaching practice

Written by Robert Biswas-Diener, a respected researcher, psychologist, life and organizational coach, and expert in positive...

Sociology, Work and Organization

by Tony Watson

Sociology, Work and Organisation builds on the five popular and successful editions of Sociology, Work and Industry. The new text is outstanding in how effectively it explains the value of using the sociological...

Developing Potential Across a Full Range of Leadership TM

by Bruce J. Avolio & Bernard M. Bass

This case book focuses on the leadership style of the key players. The 29 cases were chosen to present all facets of a model of leadership, stating that the most effective leaders are both transformational and...