Emerald Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Dr. Robert L. Dipboye received his Ph. D. from Purdue University. He has held faculty positions in several business schools and psychology departments, including Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences at Rice University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Central Florida. He served on the editorial boards of several journals including the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Applied Psychology where he was Associate Editor. He is a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Association. In addition, he has worked as a consultant with major corporations.

This book surveys the field of industrial and organizational psychology and its research, theory, and applications, emphasizing the scientific nature of the field and illustrating its relevance to current events. It discusses the history and development of the field; research methods; organizational topics, including work motivation, attitudes, groups, social structure, social processes, leadership, and stress; and personnel topics, including work analysis, employee selection, training, and performance appraisal.

• Preface Chapter 1. A History of I/O Psychology Chapter 2. Research methods in I/O Psychology  Chapter 3. Work motivation Chapter 4. Work-related attitudes in organizations Chapter 5. Occupational stress Chapter 6. Social process in organizations Chapter 7. Social structures in organizations Chapter 8. Groups and teams in organizations  Chapter 9. Leader emergence and effectiveness in organizations Chapter 10. Work analysis Chapter 11. Criterion development, performance appraisal and feedback  Chapter 12. Employee training and development Chapter 13. Principles of employee selection Chapter 14. Constructs and methods in employee selection Chapter 15. Epilogue Appendix: What is I/O psychology