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Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice, 6th Edition, International Student Version
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Jan 2012, Pages: 464
Are your students getting bogged down trying to memorize the material in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, rather than focusing on understanding the concepts of the field and how they interrelate?
Unlike any other book of its kind, Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice provides an extensive and clear overview of the field, without overwhelming today’s I/O Psychology student. Author Paul Spector provides readers with (1) cutting edge content and includes new and emerging topics, such as occupational health and safety, and (2) a global perspective of the field.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice, 6th Edition is available in alternate versions (eBooks and custom) for professors and students.
New to this Edition
- Over 170 new references have been made, with almost all of them from 2007 or later
- NEW content on the development of I/O (or occupational psychology) in the UK which emerged at the same time as in the U.S.
- Topics such as Alcohol and Stress, Bullying/Mobbing, Emotional Labor, History of I/O in the UK, Humanitarian Work Psychology, Incivility, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Respites, and Violence Prevention Climate are NEW to this edition or can be considered to have been substantially updated
Hallmark Features:
- Paul Spector provides a global perspective on the field and includes important information about I/O outside of the U.S.
- Learning By Doing exercises actively engage students with material in the chapter, these exercises ask students to address or answer a particular I/O question and range from interviews to observational activities.
- Research in Detail adds insight through a study that is relevant to topics covered in the chapter.
- International Research examples highlight a study that was done in another country to illustrate how international the field of I/O has become.
- I/O Psychology in Practice’ cases were chosen to represent the wide variety of settings and applied work that involves I/O psychologists. These Case Studies describe how a practicing I/O psychologist was able to help an organization with a problem.
- A special Appendix contains a guide for those students interested in applying to I/O graduate school and includes details about; preparing for an I/O career, how to apply, what programs look for, and how to choose the right program for them.
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