Work and Organizational Psychology Arena

Personal Relationships

The Effect on Employee Attitudes, Behavior, and Well-being

• Edited by Lillian Turner de Tormes Eby, and Tammy D. Allen.

Published April 2012

We know that positive, fulfilling and satisfying relationships are strong predictors of life satisfaction, psychological health, and physical well-being. This edited volume uses research and theory on the need to belong as a foundation to explore various types of relationships, with an emphasis on…
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The Employee-Organization Relationship

Applications for the 21st Century

• Edited by Lynn M. Shore, Jacqueline A-M. Coyle-Shapiro and Lois E. Tetrick.

Published February 2012

"Employee-organization relationship" is an overarching term that describes the relationship between the employee and the organization. It encompasses psychological contracts, perceived organizational support, and the employment relationship. Remarkable progress has been made in the last 30 years in…
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Social Cognition, Social Identity, and Intergroup Relations

A Festschrift in Honor of Marilynn B. Brewer

• Edited by Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli and Robert W. Livingston.

Published May 2011

Perhaps the defining feature of humanity is the social condition -- how we think about others, identify ourselves with others, and interact with groups of others. The advances of evolutionary theory, social cognition, social identity, and intergroup relations, respectively, as major fields of…
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Work Engagement

A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research

• Edited by Arnold B. Bakker, and Michael P. Leiter.

Published March 2010

This book provides the most thorough view available on this new and intriguing dimension of workplace psychology, which is the basis of fulfilling, productive work. The book begins by defining work engagement, which has been described as ‘an opposite to burnout,’ following its development into a…
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Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations

Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

• Edited by Laura Morgan Roberts, and Jane E. Dutton.

Published May 2009

In the new world of work and organizations, creating and maintaining a positive identity is consequential and challenging for individuals, for groups and for organizations. New challenges for positive identity construction and maintenance require new theory. This edited volume uncovers new topics…
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The Routledge Companion to Creativity

• Edited by Tudor Rickards, Mark A. Runco and Susan Moger.

Published November 2008

Creativity can be as difficult to define as it is to achieve. This is a complex and compelling area of study and this volume is perfectly poised to explore how creativity can be better understood, and used, in a range of contexts. The book not only centres on creativity in wider organizational…
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The Entrepreneurial Personality

A Social Construction

• By Elizabeth Chell.

Published May 2008

Is there such a thing as an 'entrepreneurial personality'? What makes someone an entrepreneur is a question that has intrigued the lay person and the scholar for many years, but can such a personality be identified or is it simply a socially constructed phenomenon? Elizabeth Chell pursues an…
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Personality and Intelligence at Work

Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work

• By Adrian Furnham.

Published March 2008

Personality and Intelligence at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It combines approaches from organizational psychology and personality theory to critically examine the physical, psychological and…
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The People Make the Place

Dynamic Linkages Between Individuals and Organizations

• Edited by D. Brent Smith.

Published January 2008

This volume, in honor of Ben Schneider, highlights his work on the Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA) model of organizational behavior which has become one of the most important models in the history of Personnel Psychology. The central tenet of the ASA model is that people matter. Although…
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Perspectives on Organizational Fit

• Edited by Cheri Ostroff, and Timothy A. Judge.

Published June 2007

This book concerns how employees consider their work lives, how well they fit their jobs, the work setting, other people, and what is important and valued in their organizations. Perspectives on Organizational Fit, a new book in SIOP's Organizational Frontiers Series, takes a scholarly look at fit…
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