Occupational Industrial Psychology category: 1464 books
Elements of Human Performance
Reaction Processes and Attention in Human Skill
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This book presents a review of research on reaction processes and attention as it has evolved over the last 40 years in the context of the information processing tradition in cognitive psychology. It is argued and demonstrated that issues of reaction processes and attention are closely interconnected....
Everyday Ethics
A Case Study Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
This book expands the current discussion on ethics, addressing the gap between "headline" ethics cases, which are often extreme and taken from a business context, and the everyday ethical challenges that we all face in school, work, relationships, and communities. Case studies throughout...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Research on the reliability and validity of assessment centers (ACs) has been ongoing for at least 50 years and continues to this day. The assessment center method is a technique or process that is used to assess individual performance and potential. One of the most heavily researched topics over...
by Anna Nauen, Lisa Rieder
Language: German
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: German
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Arbeit, Betrieb, Organisation und Wirtschaft, Note: 1,0, Hochschule Fresenius; Köln (Fachbereich Wirtschaft und Medien), Veranstaltung: Rezeption und Darstellung wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die von Seligman...
Motivation and Emotion in Sport
Reversal Theory
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Why did Michael Jordan quit basketball and take up baseball? Why was Martina Navratilova so successful as a professional tennis player? These and many other questions about aspects of motivation and emotion in sport are addressed in this book which is newly available in paperback. Reversal theory's...
by Jérôme Savajols
Language: French
Release Date: June 28, 2007
Language: French
Release Date: June 28, 2007
Ce livre présente un ensemble de techniques concrètes, et faciles à mettre en oeuvre pour conduire efficacement vos projets en entreprise. Basés sur les travaux de la PNL (Programmation Neuro Linguistique), ces outils sont issus de la modélisation des situations de réussite. A partir d'exemples...
In Defense of Troublemakers
The Power of Dissent in Life and Business
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
An eminent psychologist explains why dissent should be cherished, not feared
We've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased,...
Managing Motivation
A Manager's Guide to Diagnosing and Improving Motivation
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2008
This slim motivation guidebook was written to bridge the gap between the academic research on motivation and to present it in a form that is useful to the practicing manager. In essence, the book presents a theory of motivation and how to use it without ever mentioning the word "theory"....
Employee Engagement Through Effective Performance Management
A Practical Guide for Managers
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
This book is a practical guide for managers to increase and support employee engagement through stronger performance management tools and techniques. In this second edition, Edward Mone and Manuel London incorporate new developments in the field, including discussion of issues about the value of challenging...
by Dr. Carl A. Wickland M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Thirty Years Among the Dead, first published in 1924, details Swedish-American GP and psychiatrist Carl Wickland’s experiences as a psychical researcher.
After moving to California in 1918, Wickland began to turn away from conventional medical psychology and moved toward the belief that psychiatric...
The Caricature of Love
A Discussion of Social, Psychiatric, and Literary Manifestations of Pathologic Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Originally published in 1957, this book by renowned American psychiatrist Hervey M. Cleckley focuses on two chief themes: sexual disorder and its influences, and a critical examination of some concepts of sexuality which are prominent today in psychiatry and psychology.
Revisiting Taylor. L'organizzazione scientifica del lavoro: il libro che ha sconvolto un secolo
L'organizzazione scientifica del lavoro: il libro che ha sconvolto un secolo
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Quale significato ha avuto storicamente il taylorismo e che cosa ne resta oggi? La riproposta di un testo di riferimento fondamentale, accompagnato dalle riflessioni attuali di studiosi di varie discipline.
Minding the Markets
An Emotional Finance View of Financial Instability
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Tuckett argues that most economists' explanations of the financial crisis miss its essence; they ignore critical components of human psychology. He offers a deeper understanding of financial market behaviour and investment processes by recognizing the role played by unconscious needs and fears in all investment activity.
Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations
Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
How can application of a positive lens to understanding social change and organizations enrich and elaborate theory and practice? This is the core question that inspired this book. It is a question that brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers interested in change and organizations...