Applied psychology in human resource management
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Applied psychology in human resource management
Prentice Hall, c1998
5th ed
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Rev. ed. of: Applied psychology in personnel management. 4th ed., 1991
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-385) and indexes
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Description
For upper-level, specialized courses in Human Resources Management or Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Interdisciplinary and research-based in approach, this text integrates psychological theory with tools and methods for dealing with human resource problems in organizations and for making organizations more effective and more satisfying as places to work. It reflects the state of the art in personnel psychology and the dramatic changes that have recently characterized the field, and outlines a forward-looking, progressive model toward which HR specialists should aim.
Table of Contents
1. Organizations, Work, and Applied Psychology.
2. The Law and Human Resource Management.
3. People, Decisions, and the Systems Approach.
4. Criteria: Concepts, Measurement, and Evaluation.
5. Performance Appraisal.
6. Measuring and Interpreting Individual Differences.
7. Validation and Use of Individual Differences Measures.
8. Fairness in Employment Decisions.
9. Analyzing Jobs and Work.
10. Strategic Human Resource Planning.
11. Recruitment.
12. Initial Screening.
13. Decision Making for Selection.
14. Managerial Selection.
15. Classification and Differential Placement.
16. Training and Development: Considerations in Design.
17. Training and Development: Implementation and the Measurement of Outcomes.
18. Ethical Issues in Human Resource Management.
Appendix A. Scientific and Legal Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures - Checklists for Compliance.
Appendix B. An Overview of Correlation and Linear Regression.
Appendix C. Decision Trees for Statistical Methods.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
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