Applied Psychology in Human Resource Management
5th Edition
Published on 11. December 1997
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-13-834228-9 (ISBN)
Description
For upper-level, specialized courses in Human Resources Management or Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Interdisciplinary and research-based in approach, this text integrates psychological theory with tools and methods for dealing with human resource problems in organizations and for making organizations more effective and more satisfying as places to work. It reflects the state of the art in personnel psychology and the dramatic changes that have recently characterized the field, and outlines a forward-looking, progressive model toward which HR specialists should aim.
Interdisciplinary and research-based in approach, this text integrates psychological theory with tools and methods for dealing with human resource problems in organizations and for making organizations more effective and more satisfying as places to work. It reflects the state of the art in personnel psychology and the dramatic changes that have recently characterized the field, and outlines a forward-looking, progressive model toward which HR specialists should aim.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
987 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-834228-9 (9780138342289)
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Content
1. Organizations, Work, and Applied Psychology.
2. The Law and Human Resource Management.
3. People, Decisions, and the Systems Approach.
4. Criteria: Concepts, Measurement, and Evaluation.
5. Performance Appraisal.
6. Measuring and Interpreting Individual Differences.
7. Validation and Use of Individual Differences Measures.
8. Fairness in Employment Decisions.
9. Analyzing Jobs and Work.
10. Strategic Human Resource Planning.
11. Recruitment.
12. Initial Screening.
13. Decision Making for Selection.
14. Managerial Selection.
15. Classification and Differential Placement.
16. Training and Development: Considerations in Design.
17. Training and Development: Implementation and the Measurement of Outcomes.
18. Ethical Issues in Human Resource Management.
Appendix A. Scientific and Legal Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures - Checklists for Compliance.
Appendix B. An Overview of Correlation and Linear Regression.
Appendix C. Decision Trees for Statistical Methods.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
2. The Law and Human Resource Management.
3. People, Decisions, and the Systems Approach.
4. Criteria: Concepts, Measurement, and Evaluation.
5. Performance Appraisal.
6. Measuring and Interpreting Individual Differences.
7. Validation and Use of Individual Differences Measures.
8. Fairness in Employment Decisions.
9. Analyzing Jobs and Work.
10. Strategic Human Resource Planning.
11. Recruitment.
12. Initial Screening.
13. Decision Making for Selection.
14. Managerial Selection.
15. Classification and Differential Placement.
16. Training and Development: Considerations in Design.
17. Training and Development: Implementation and the Measurement of Outcomes.
18. Ethical Issues in Human Resource Management.
Appendix A. Scientific and Legal Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures - Checklists for Compliance.
Appendix B. An Overview of Correlation and Linear Regression.
Appendix C. Decision Trees for Statistical Methods.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.