Work and Organizational Psychology Arena

EEO Law and Personnel Practices, Third Edition

• By Arthur Gutman, Laura L. Koppes and Stephen J. Vodanovich.

Published September 2010

The goal of this well known book is to provide methods for understanding major EEO laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. Also included are over 700 cases involving federal case law that focus on issues relating to…
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Refocusing School Leadership

Foregrounding Human Development throughout the Work of the School

• By Robert J. Starratt.

Published August 2010

Refocusing School Leadership departs from the more traditional conceptualization of leadership, looking behind the daily routines of human resource leaders to highlight the assumptions and values and beliefs they bring to their work as well as the values and meanings embedded in the various…
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Handbook of Employee Selection

• Edited by James L. Farr, and Nancy T. Tippins.

Published March 2010

The Handbook of Employee Selection summarizes the state of science and practice in the field of employee selection. Chapters in this book cover issues associated with measurement such as validity and reliability as well as practical concerns around the development of appropriate selection…
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Employee Engagement Through Effective Performance Management

A Practical Guide for Managers

• By Edward M. Mone, and Manuel London.

Published November 2009

An engaged employee is someone who feels involved, committed, passionate and empowered and demonstrates those feelings in work behavior. This book explains that a more engaged workforce is really about better performance management. The authors expand the traditional notion of performance…
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Adverse Impact

Implications for Organizational Staffing and High Stakes Selection

• Edited by James L. Outtz.

Published August 2009

This text is the best single repository for a comprehensive examination of the scientific research and practical issues associated with adverse impact. Adverse impact occurs when there is a significant difference in organizational outcomes to the disadvantage of one or more groups defined on the…
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Learning, Training, and Development in Organizations

• Edited by Steve W.J. Kozlowski, and Eduardo Salas.

Published August 2009

This scholarly book in SIOP’s Organizational Frontier series looks at research on enhancing knowledge acquisition and its application in organizations. It concentrates on training, design and delivery given the changing nature of work and organizations. Now that work is increasingly complex, there…
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Commitment in Organizations

Accumulated Wisdom and New Directions

• Edited by Howard J. Klein, Thomas E. Becker and John P. Meyer.

Published March 2009

Commitment is one of the most researched concepts in organizational behavior. This edited book in the SIOP Organizational Frontiers series, with contributions from many scholars, attempts to summarize current research and suggests new directions for studies on commitment in organizations.…
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Work Motivation in Organizational Behavior, Second Edition

• By Craig C. Pinder.

Published July 2008

This second edition of the best-selling textbook on Work Motivation in Organizational Behavior provides an update of the critical analysis of the scientific literature on this topic, and provides a highly integrated treatment of leading theories, including their historical roots and progression…
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Diversity Resistance in Organizations

• Edited by Kecia M. Thomas.

Published November 2007

This is a groundbreaking volume that provides informed, balanced yet frank discussion of US workplace diversity and diversity resistance issues. The chapters in this book put a name on behaviors and practices that have existed in the workplace for a long time, yet until recently have had no…
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Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management

• Edited by Michael M. Harris.

Published November 2007

Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management, a book in LEA’s Organization and Management Series, provides a sophisticated, in-depth examination of research in international human resource management (IHRM). Editor Michael M. Harris compiles research in IHRM that is otherwise…
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