Occupational and industrial psychology

Offering a holistic take on an emerging field, this edited collection examines how heroism manifests, is appropriated, and is constructed in a broad range of settings and from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.

Offering a holistic take on an emerging field, this edited collection examines how heroism manifests, is appropriated, and is constructed in a broad range of settings and from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.

First published in 1989, Guards Imprisoned provides an in-depth look into the work and working life of prison guards as they perceive and experience it.

First published in 1989, Guards Imprisoned provides an in-depth look into the work and working life of prison guards as they perceive and experience it.

Recent financial crises and other high-profile mismanagement cases have brought a spotlight to the quality of leader character in the business sector.

Recent financial crises and other high-profile mismanagement cases have brought a spotlight to the quality of leader character in the business sector.

Organizational change is a reality of 21st-century working life, but what psychological effects does it have on individual workers, and what coping strategies can be used to mediate its impact?

Organizational change is a reality of 21st-century working life, but what psychological effects does it have on individual workers, and what coping strategies can be used to mediate its impact?

In this fascinating and practical book, Garet Newell and Simon Paul Ogden show how the Feldenkrais Method can be used by coaches and managers as a resource to improve both the performance of individuals and the health and wellbeing of the people they work with.

In this fascinating and practical book, Garet Newell and Simon Paul Ogden show how the Feldenkrais Method can be used by coaches and managers as a resource to improve both the performance of individuals and the health and wellbeing of the people they work with.

Compliance with federal equal employment opportunity regulations, including civil rights laws and affirmative action requirements, requires collection and analysis of data on disparities in employment outcomes, often referred to as adverse impact.

Compliance with federal equal employment opportunity regulations, including civil rights laws and affirmative action requirements, requires collection and analysis of data on disparities in employment outcomes, often referred to as adverse impact.

Through the focus on organizational space, using the reception and significance of the seminal work on the subject by sociologist Henri Lefebvre, this book demonstrates why and how Lefebvre's work can be used to inform and elaborate organisational studies, especially in view of the current interest in the "e;socio-material"e; dimension of organisations.

Through the focus on organizational space, using the reception and significance of the seminal work on the subject by sociologist Henri Lefebvre, this book demonstrates why and how Lefebvre's work can be used to inform and elaborate organisational studies, especially in view of the current interest in the "e;socio-material"e; dimension of organisations.

This practical text offers management students as well as professionals a comprehensive guide to an essential management function: the use of power and authority to achieve specific objectives.

This practical text offers management students as well as professionals a comprehensive guide to an essential management function: the use of power and authority to achieve specific objectives.

The modern workplace is often thought of as cold and rational, as no place for the experience and expression of emotions.

The modern workplace is often thought of as cold and rational, as no place for the experience and expression of emotions.

Social values are central to people's lives, guiding behaviors, and judgments, and defining who we are.

Social values are central to people's lives, guiding behaviors, and judgments, and defining who we are.

Many decisions in our lives are decisions we make as consumers and buyers.

Gain a clear and authoritative introduction to human behaviour in the workplaceWork Psychology, 7th edition, by Arnold, Coyne, Randall and Patterson is an accessible and fascinating examination of human behaviour in today's workplace, written by authors who are all experts in their fields.

Gain a clear and authoritative introduction to human behaviour in the workplaceWork Psychology, 7th edition, by Arnold, Coyne, Randall and Patterson is an accessible and fascinating examination of human behaviour in today's workplace, written by authors who are all experts in their fields.

For undergraduate courses in Human-Factors Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering Psychology, or Human-Factors Psychology.

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Aims to help policy makers, stakeholders, practitioners and teachers in psychology and education provide more effective interventions in educational contexts.

Aims to help policy makers, stakeholders, practitioners and teachers in psychology and education provide more effective interventions in educational contexts.

Demonstrates how to apply swift, even flow to practice in order to improve productivity and improve how companies run.

Demonstrates how to apply swift, even flow to practice in order to improve productivity and improve how companies run.

This original analysis of the complex dynamics of high-risk fields offers five compelling case studies of critical incidents from initiation to crisis resolution.

This original analysis of the complex dynamics of high-risk fields offers five compelling case studies of critical incidents from initiation to crisis resolution.

Develop powerful leadership skills with this concise guide to managing multigenerational and culturally diverse teams.

This book argues that the science of reasoning will prove most useful if focused on studying what human reasoning does best - understanding people.

This is the first academic book to examine the long running hit series Grand Designs, which occupies a significant place in the popular imagination internationally.

This book interrogates the current reputation of Psychology, both as an industry and as part of the academy.

Researchers have found that the accelerated pace of modern office life is taking its toll on productivity, employee engagement, creativity and well-being.

Government policies, marketing campaigns of banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, and consumers' protective actions all depend on assumptions about consumer financial behavior.

This book suggests that the solution to the current leadership crisis lies in leaders' self-cultivation process, emanating from their deepest values and culminating in their contribution to the common good.

Introducing the first macro-sociological perspective on the concept of creativity this book includes a review of ten domains which have studied creativity.

Evaluating the ways in which we construe consumer choice, this book examines the psychology, methods and realities of the role it plays for today's consumer.

The toughness model proposed in this book incorporates psychological research and neuroscience to explain how a variety of toughening activities - ranging from confronting mental and physical challenges to meditation - sustain our brains and bodies, and ultimately build our mental and psychological capacities degenerated by stress and by aging.

This groundbreaking Handbook brings together leading international experts in creativity and culture research to provide an overview of current debates.

Social support and sleep are both health promoting factors and important in the prevention of illness and sick-leave.

This book proposes a revised theory of agency, drawing on ideas from behavioural economics and built on more robust assumptions about human behaviour than the standard principal-agent model.

How important is it to be a reflective practitioner in education today?

Insecure temporary employment is growing in Europe, but we know little about how being in such jobs affects political preferences and behaviour.

The environment is part of everyone's life but there are difficulties in communicating complex environmental problems, such as climate change, to a lay audience.