Personnel Psychology: An Applied Perspective 3e
Editors: E Botha, M Coetzee and L de Beer Authors: A Barnard, J Botha, M Bussin, A Deas, J Kiley, M Kirsten, E Nel, H Roythorne-Jacobs, C Tebele, S van der Westhuizen, and X van Lill
How should you create a systematic learning programme in your organisation? How is research relevant to the employment process? What does job enrichment entail and how can it benefi t the employee and the organisation? Personnel Psychology: An Applied Perspective 3e focuses on the connections between psychological theory and human resource management in South Africa. Personnel psychology deals with the psychological factors that drive and aff ect individuals in the workplace.
The textbook covers the main areas of human resource management activity, utilised to achieve organisational objectives, and analyses of how these activities might be carried out by managers.
This text is aimed at senior undergraduate students studying industrial and organisational psychology, personnel psychology, or human resource management.
New to this edition: • Content on ethics have been added to relevant chapters. • Greater focus on the changing nature of work, for example virtual work environments. • Greater focus on talent management and performance management. • New chapter on employee wellness included. • Updated examples and case studies.
Table of Contents Part 1 Introduction to personnel psychology • Chapter 1: Introduction: Personnel psychology in context
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Chapter 2: Research methods in personnel psychology • Part 2 Personnel employment • Chapter 3: Introduction: The employment context and human resource planning • Chapter 4: Job analysis and criterion development
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Chapter 5: Psychological assessment: Predictors of human behaviour • Chapter 6: Recruitment and selection • Part 3 Personnel retention • Chapter 7: Introduction: Psychology of personnel retention • Chapter 8: Reward and remuneration • Chapter 9: Performance management and evaluation • Chapter 10: Training and development Chapter 11: Talent and career management • Chapter 12: Employee wellness • Chapter 13: Employment relations
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Psychology in the Work Context 5e
Editiors: ZC Bergh and DJ Geldenhuys Authors: J Kiley, L Louw, M May, C Tebile, L Ungerer, T Veldsman and A Werner
How do you gain an understanding of workplace confl ict? Why is training and development important in a successful organisation? What approaches could you use to motivate people in the work situation?
Psychology in the Work Context 5e provides students with a solid, comprehensive foundation to analyse issues in the workplace and to better understand work behaviour. The textbook is written in clear, accessible language and provides students with work-related examples and applications that are relevant to the South African context.
This book is written for undergraduate students studying industrial and organisational psychology as part of a degree or diploma.
New to this edition: • New case studies on issues such as the biology of thinking and problem solving, and how organisations can avoid workplace violence, which will enhance the reader’s understanding of the key concepts
• Revised ethical readers and critical thinking boxes which ensure that current topics in the industrial psychology fi eld are covered
• Self-assessment features to test the student’s knowledge and understanding of key concepts • Questions for discussion and practice that help to relate the theory to real-world experience and preparing students for the working environment.
9780190754563 608 PAGES
PAPERBACK AUG 2021 OUP SA
BUSINESS: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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