Description:

Balances treatment of both practice and research, providing the student with an understanding of the whole field of I/O psychology. The author establishes connections between concepts, both within and across various chapters, making important concepts and findings in the field more understandable.

Course Description: Appropriate for a one-semester introduction to industrial/organizational psychology at the jr./sr./graduate level. Taught mostly out of the psychology department, may fit some management instructors' approach to organizational behavior

Features:

• International Perspective Provides information concerning practice and research in I/O psychology from many countries outside of the U.S., The author is careful to point out that some instances or practices are true only in the U.S. Example: I/O psychology outside the U.S. (ch.1,) legal issues in selection outside the U.S. (ch. 6.)

• I/O Psychology in Practice Each essay profiles a psychologist at work in the field of I/O psychology, giving the student insight into how the I/O is applied in the working world. One profile per chapter in chapters 3 through 14. Example: Jeanne Carsten's study of turnover problems among tellers at a bank (ch. 10)

• Increased Emphasis on Work Behavior Stresses the significance of understanding behavior in order to study organizations, devoting an entire, separate chapter to behavior (ch.10). Example: Discusses satisfaction as only one of many factors in absence and turnover, while other texts discuss absence and turnover as a reaction to job satisfaction.

• Research in Detail Beyond the studies cited in the main text, boxes that showcase a study in greater detail, reinforcing a main idea of the chapter, appear in chapters 3 through 14. Example: Improving the Accuracy of Performance Evaluations (ch. 4).

Supplements:

• Instructor's Manual
  13252-7
  Objectives; suggested lecture outlines highlighting student problem areas and potential solutions; discussion topics; suggested student readings; sample test questions

• Computerized Test Bank
  13253-5 (IBM)
  13061-6 (MAC)
  Questions from IM in computerized format, allows instructor to create/change questions