Julian Barling is Associate Dean and Professor at the Queen′s School of Business. He is responsible for rhe Ph.D,M.Sc and Research programs in the School of Business. Dr. Barling is author of of several books, including Employment, Stress and Family Functioning (1990,Wiley & Sons), The Union and Its Members: A Psychological Approach (with Clive Fullagar and Kevin Kelloway, 1992, Oxford University Press), and Changing Employment Relations: Behavioral and Social Perspectives (with Lois Tetrick, 1995, American Psychological Association), andYouth and Employment (with Kevin Kelloway, forthcoming, American Psychological Association). Dr. Barling served as co-editor (with Kevin Kelloway) of the Sage Publication series ,Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior, is consulting editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Stress Medicine and the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. From 1989-1991, he was the chairperson of the Advisory Council on Occupational Health and Safety to the Ontario Minister of Labour. In 1995 and 1997, he received the annual awards for "Excellence in Research" from the School of Business, Queen’s University.

“Barling and Cooper have compiled a collection on micro-organizational behavior issues that heavily overlap with key human resource management topics. Numerous headings within each chapter enhance readability. This is a good volume for researchers looking for comprehensive literature reviews.”

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONIntroduction - Cooper and BarlingPART TWO: INDIVIDUAL ATTACHMENT TO, AND DISENGAGEMENTS FROM, WORKPsychological Contracts - Coyle-Shapiro and ParzefallCommitment in the Workplace - Meyer, Jackson and MaltinPast, Present and FutureTaking Stock - SpreitzerA Review of More Than 20 Years of Research on Empowerment at WorkTwo Decades of Organizational Justice - ColquittFindings, Controversies and Future DirectionsTrust in Management - KorsgaardAn Interpersonal PerspectiveOrganizational Citizenship Behavior - Spitzmuller, Dyne and IliesA Review and Extension of Its Nomological NetworkTeams at Work - Williams and AllenDysfunctional Workplace Behavior - RobinsonAbsenteeism and Presenteeism - JohnsNot at Work or Not Working WellJob Insecurity - ProbstVoluntary Employee Turnover - Boswell, Ren and HinrichsDeterminants, Processes and Future DirectionsUnemployment and Retirement - Beehr and BennettPART THREE: PRACTICES, PROCESSES AND PERFORMANCEEmotions at Work - GrandeyA Review and Research AgendaConflict in Workgroups - Jehn and RispensA Boundaryless Perpective on Careers - GreenhausA Century of Compensation Research - BloomEmployee Motivation - Latham and LockeLeadership - Judge et alA Multilevel Conceptualization of Organizational Politics - Lux et alKnowledge Work - Jackson and HongHigh Performance Work Systems - Iverson, Zatack and McCraeWork Design - Vough and ParkerStill Getting StrongerJob Performance - Sonnetag, Volmer and SpychalaPART FOUR: WORK, STRESS AND WELL-BEINGWork-Family Conflict - Grzywacz and ButlerSexual Harassment in Organizations - Cortina and BeardahlA Decade of Research in ReviewWork Stress - Jex and YankelevichEmployee Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use - FroneScope, Causes and Organizational ConsequencesPsychology of Workplace Safety - Carroll and TurnerA Thematic Review and Some PossibilitiesLabour Organizations - Yue, Kelloway and FrancisDiscrimination - NkomoPART FIVE: INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETYCross-Cultural Research in Organizational Behavior - Gardner and Earley Mergers and Acquisitions - CartwrightWhy 2 + 2 Does Not Always Make 3Organizational Change - Rafferty and GriffinNon-Standard Work ArrangementsMeaning, Evidence and Theoretical Perspectives PART SIX: FUTURE DIRECTIONSWork and Well-Being - Carson and BarlingPositive Organizational Scholarship - Dutton and Glynn