Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Researchand Practice 3rd Ed.

Table of Contents

 

Part One: INTRODUCTION          

Chapter 1  Introduction                                                                            

Chapter 2  Research Methods in I/O Psychology                                     

Part Two: Assessment of Jobs, Performance, and People                 

Chapter 3  Job Analysis                                                                           

Chapter 4  Performance Appraisal                                                           

Chapter 5  Assessment Methods for Selection and Placement                   

Part Three: Selecting and Training Employees                                     

Chapter 6  Selecting Employees                                                               

Chapter 7  Training                                                                                  

Part Four: The Individual and the Organization                                  

Chapter 8  Theories of Employee Motivation                                            

Chapter 9  Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment                     

Chapter 10  Productive and Counterproductive Employee
Behavior                                                                                                  

Chapter 11  Occupational Health Psychology                                           

Part Five: The Social Context of Work                                                         

Chapter 12  Work Groups and Work Teams                                           

Chapter 13  Leadership and Power in Organizations                                 

Chapter 14  Organizational Development and Theory                               

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Part One: Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction  

What is I/O Psychology?

Activities and Settings of I/O Psychologists

History of the Field of I/O Psychology 

I/O Psychology Around the World 

What It Takes to Be an I/O Psychologist

I/O Psychology as a Profession

I/O Psychology as a Science  

Internet Resources for I/O Psychologists and Students

Ethics of the I/O Field  

Current Trends Affecting the Field

            Technology

            Internationalization

            Skilled Labor Shortages

            Occupational Health Psychology

Chapter Summary  

Chapter 2 Research Methods in I/O Psychology 

Research Questions 

Important Research Design Concepts

Variables  

Research Setting 

Generalizability 

Control 

Random Assignment and Random Selection

Confounding 

Research Designs 

The Experiment  

Survey Designs 

Observational Designs  

Measurement  

Classical Measurement Theory  

Reliability 

Validity  

Statistics  

Descriptive Statistics 

Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion 

Correlation  

Regression 

Inferential Statistics

Meta-Analysis  

Ethics of Research 

Chapter Summary  

Part Two: Assessment of Jobs, Performance, and People  

Chapter 3 Job Analysis  

What Is Job Analysis?  

The Job-Oriented Approach  

The Person-Oriented Approach 

Purposes of Job Analysis  

Career Development  

Legal Issues  

Performance Appraisal

Selection 

Training

Research Uses of Job Analysis 

Sources of Job Analysis Information  

Who Provides the Information?  

How Do People Provide Job Analysis Information? 

Perform Job  

Observe  

Interview 

Questionnaire 

Multiple Methods

Methods of Job Analysis 

Job Components Inventory

Functional Job Analysis

Occupational Information Network, O*NET 

Position Analysis Questionnaire  

Task Inventories  

Choosing a Job Analysis Method 

Reliability and Validity of Job Analysis Information 

Reliability  

Validity  

Job Evaluation 

Comparable Worth

Future Issues and Challenges 

Chapter Summary 

I/O Psychology in Practice  

Chapter 4 Performance Appraisal 

Why Do We Appraise Employees?

Administrative Decisions  

Employee Development and Feedback

Criteria for Research  

Performance Criteria 

Characteristics of Criteria 

Actual Versus Theoretical Criteria 

Contamination, Deficiency, and Relevance 

Level of Specificity  

Criterion Complexity  

Dynamic Criteria  

Methods for Assessing Job Performance 

Objective Measures of Job Performance  

Subjective Measures of Job Performance

Graphic Rating Forms  

Behavior-Focused Rating Forms  

Development of Behavior-Focused Forms 

     Cognitive Processes Underlying Ratings

Models of the Rating Process  

Content of Subordinate Effectiveness  

     Rater Bias and Error  

Halo Errors 

Distributional Errors  

     Control of Rater Bias and Error

Error-Resistant Forms to Assess Performance  

Rater Training to Reduce Errors 

     Factors That Influence Job Performance Ratings

     360 Degree Feedback

                                           The Impact of Technology on Performance Appraisal

Legal Issues in Performance Appraisal  

Future Issues and Challenges  

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice  

Chapter 5 Assessment Methods for Selection and Placement  

Job-Related Characteristics  

Psychological Tests  

Characteristics of Tests  

Group Versus Individual Administered Tests 

Objective Versus Open-Ended Tests  

Paper-and-Pencil Versus Performance Tests 

Power Versus Speed Tests 

Ability Tests  

Cognitive Ability Tests  

Psychomotor Ability Tests 

Knowledge and Skill Test 

Personality Tests  

Emotional Intelligence Tests

Integrity Tests  

Vocational Interest Tests  

Biographical Information  

Interviews  

Work Samples 

Assessment Centers 

Electronic Assessment

Electronic Administration of Psychological Tests 

Tailored Testing  

Future Issues and Challenges  

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice

Part Three: Selecting and Training Employees  

Chapter 6 Selecting Employees  

The Planning of Human Resource Needs 

Recruiting Applicants  

Selecting Employees  

How Do We Select Employees?  

Conducting a Validation Study  

Step 1: Conduct a Job Analysis  

Step 2: Specify Job Performance Criteria  

Step 3: Choose Predictors  

Step 4: Validate the Predictors 

Step 5: Cross-Validate  

Validity Generalization  

How Predictor Information is Used for Selection  

Multiple Hurdles  

Regression Approach 

Alternatives to Conducting Validation Studies 

Getting Applicants to Accept and Keep Job Offers

The Utility of Scientific Selection  

How Valid Selection Devices Work  

Baserate  

Selection Ratio 

Validity  

How Valid Predictors Increase Success Rates  

Computing the Utility of Scientific Selection 

International Differences in Selection Practices

Legal Issues  

Legal Selection in the United States 

Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection  

Essential Functions and Reasonable Accommodation 

Affirmative Action  

Legal Selection Outside the United States 

Future Issues and Challenges  

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice 

Chapter 7 Training  

Needs Assessment 

Objectives  

Training Design  

Trainee Characteristics 

Design Factors That Affect Transfer of Training  

Feedback  

General Principles 

Identical Elements  

Overlearning  

Sequencing of Training Sessions 

Work Environment  

Training Methods  

Audiovisual Instruction  

Autoinstruction  

Conference   

Lecture  

Modeling  

On-the-Job Training  

Role Playing  

Simulations  

Electronic Training

Mentoring

Delivery of a Training Program  

Evaluation  

Set Criteria  

Choose Design  

Pretest-Posttest  

Control Group  

Choosing Measures of the Criteria  

Collect Data  

Analyze and Interpret Data

Future Issues and Challenges 

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice  

Part Four: The Individual and the Organization  

Chapter 8  Theories of Employee Motivation  

What Is Motivation?  

Work Motivation Theories 

Need Theories  

Need Hierarchy Theory  

ERG Theory  

Two-Factor Theory  

Reinforcement Theory  

Expectancy Theory  

Self-Efficacy Theory 

Equity Theory  

Goal-Setting Theory  

Action Theory

Future Issues and Challenges 

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice  

Chapter 9  Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment  

The Nature of Job Satisfaction  

How People Feel About Their Jobs: Americans and Nonamericans

The Assessment of Job Satisfaction  

Job Descriptive Index (JDI) 

Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ)  

Job in General Scale (JIG)  

Is Global Satisfaction the Sum of Facets? 

Antecedents of Job Satisfaction  

Environmental Antecedents of Job Satisfaction 

Job Characteristics  

Role Variables  

Work-Family Conflict  

Pay  

      Personal Antecedents of Job Satisfaction  

      Personality  

     Gender  

     Age  

     Cultural and Ethnic Differences  

      Person-Job Fit  

Potential Effects of Job Satisfaction 

Job Satisfaction and Job Performance 

Job Satisfaction and Turnover 

Job Satisfaction and Absence 

Health and Well-Being  

Job and Life Satisfaction  

Effects of Employee Job Satisfaction and Emotional Labor on Organizational Performance

Organizational Commitment  

Assessment of Organizational Commitment  

Organizational Commitment and Other Variables  

Future Issues and Challenges  

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice  

Chapter 10  Productive and Counterproductive Employee Behavior  

Productive Behavior: Job Performance  

Ability and Performance  

Motivation and Performance  

Personal Characteristics and Performance  

The “Big Five’’ and Performance  

Locus of Control and Performance  

Age and Performance  

Environmental Conditions and Job Performance  

Job Characteristics and Performance  

Incentive Systems and Performance  

Design of Technology  

Displays and Controls  

Computer-Human Interaction  

Organizational Constraints  

Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) 

Counterproductive Behavior: Withdrawal  

Absence  

Lateness

Turnover  

Counterproductive Behavior: Aggression, Mobbing, Sabotage, and Theft 

    Mobbing

Labor Unrest and Strikes  

Future Issues and Challenges 

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice  

Chapter 11  Occupational Health Psychology

Physical Conditions Affecting Health and Safety 

Infectious Disease  

Loud Noise  

Physical Assaults  

Repetitive Actions  

Temperature Extremes  

Toxic Substances  

Work Schedules  

Night Shifts  

Long Shifts  

Flexible Work Schedules  

Occupational Stress  

The Occupational Stress Process  

Job Stressors  

Role Ambiguity and Role Conflict  

Workload  

Social Stressors

Control  

Machine Pacing  

The Demand/Control Model 

Accidents/Safety  

Burnout  

Future Issues and Challenges 

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice  

Part Five: The Social Context of Work

Chapter 12  Work Groups and Work Teams  

Work Groups Versus Work Teams  

Important Group and Team Concepts

Roles  

Norms  

Group Cohesiveness  

Process Loss  

Team Commitment

Team Mental Model

Group Performance  

Performance in the Presence of Others  

Group Versus Individual Performance on Additive Tasks  

Brainstorming  

Group Decision Making  

Group Polarization  

Groupthink  

Interventions with Workgroups in Organizations  

Autonomous Work Groups  

Quality Circles  

Team Building  

Future Issues and Challenges  

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice  

Chapter 13  Leadership and Power in Organizations  

What Is Leadership?  

Sources of Influence and Power  

French and Raven’s (1959) Bases of Power 

Yukl’s (1989) Sources of Political Power  

Abuse of Supervisory Power  

Approaches to the Understanding of Leadership  

The Trait Approach  

The Leader Behavior Approach  

Fiedler’s Contingency Theory  

Path-Goal Theory  

Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory  

Charistmatic and Transformational Leadership Theory

Vroom-Yetton Model  

Women in Leadership Positions  

Gender and Leadership Style  

Future Issues and Challenges  

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice  

Chapter 14  Organizational Development and Theory  

Organizational Development  

Management by Objectives  

Survey Feedback  

Team Building  

T-Group  

Effectiveness of OD  

Organizational Theories  

Bureaucracy  

Division of Labor  

Delegation of Authority  

Span of Control  

Line Versus Staff  

Theory X/Theory Y  

Open System Theory  

Sociotechnical Systems Theory  

Comparison of the Theories  

Future Issues and Challenges  

Chapter Summary  

I/O Psychology in Practice  

 

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