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Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Fifth  Edition©2017  New Edition Available Paul E. Levy

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A contemporary perspective featuring the latest research.
 
Written by a leading researcher in one of the nation’s top I/O programs, this text has long been acclaimed for its concise, research-based approach, and personable writing style. The new edition again offers a thoroughly contemporary perspective on the field, with the latest research and new ways for you to explore what’s happening in I/O psychology today. Each chapter presents you with a specific practice, controversy, or developing theory that practitioners and researchers are grappling with now and which will continue to influence the field in the coming years. These brief essays are followed by discussion questions that will help you further apply the concepts. Updated chapters cover the latest workplace issues, including stress and worker well-being, age diversity in teams, and religion in the workplace.

Table of Contents

Part I: History and Research Methods of I/O

Chapter 1: I/O Psychology: Then and Now

Chapter 2: Research Methods in I/O Psychology


Part II: Industrial Psychology

Chapter 3: Job Analysis

Chapter 4: Criterion Measurement

Chapter 5: Performance Appraisal

Chapter 6: Predictors

Chapter 7: Selection Decisions and Personnel Law

Chapter 8: Training and Development


Part III: Organizational Psychology

Chapter 9: Motivation

Chapter 10: Job Attitudes: Antecedents and Consequences

Chapter 11: Stress and Worker Well-Being

Chapter 12: Group Processes and Work Teams

Chapter 13: Leadership

Chapter 14: Organizational Theory and Development

Paul Levy

Paul E. Levy was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, the youngest of his family's five children.  He received his BA in pyschology and economics from Washington & Lee University and earned his MA and PhD in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology from Virginia Tech.  A faculty member at The University of Akron since 1989 and Chair of the Department of Psychology since 2005, Dr. Levy has been very involved in the development and training of hundreds of graduate students there.  During his tenure, he has also provided many undergraduates with their first exposure to the field of I/O psychology through his Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology course.  Dr. Levy's consulting and research interests include performance appraisal, feedback, recruitment, organizational justice, and organizational surveys/attitudes.  He has published his scholarly work in many psychology and management journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organizational and Human Decision Processes, and Academy of Management Journal.  Dr. Levy is married to Sylvia Chinn-Levy and has three boys (Christopher, Sean, and Jared) who are, amazingly, more interested in sports, music, and reading than they are in psychology.  Dr. Levy is an avid baseball and basketball fan, youth sports coach, basketball player, and a lifelong fan of the Baltimore Orioles.