Personnel psychology and human resource management : a reader for students and practitioners / / edited by Ivan T. Robertson and Cary L. Cooper ; contributors, Catriona Allan [and sixteen others]

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2001; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.3
• Soggetto topico: Personnel management; Psychology, Industrial
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): RobertsonIvan T. <1946->; CooperCary L.; AllanCatriona
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE SERIES; ABOUT THE EDITORS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; Part I: PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 1: PERSONNEL SELECTION METHODS; INTRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE AND JOB ANALYSIS ISSUES; Job Performance; Job Analysis; COGNITIVE ABILITY; PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITIES; JOB KNOWLEDGE TESTS; PERSONALITY; INTERVIEW; BIODATA; ASSESSMENT CENTER; REFERENCES; OTHER PREDICTORS; APPLICANT REACTIONS AND ATTITUDES; UTILITY ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: INTERNATIONAL USES OF SELECTIONMETHODS; INTRODUCTION ; RESEARCHING INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN SELECTION METHOD USEINTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN SELECTION METHOD USE; EXPLAINING NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN SELECTION METHOD USE; SOCIETAL EFFECTS; Institutional Networks; Regulatory Environment; Economic Factors; National Culture; IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN SELECTION METHOD USE; IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN SELECTION METHOD USE; THE GLOBAL INTEGRATION OF HR PROCESSES: CONTRADICTIONS IN CURRENT THINKING; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: UNDERSTANDING THE ASSESSMENT CENTRE PROCESS: WHERE ARE WE NOW?; INTRODUCTION; ROLES ; Assessor CharacteristicsAssessee Characteristics; Role-player; VEHICLE; Dimensions; Simulation Exercises; Observation and Rating Instrument; Integration Procedure; CONTEXT; RATING PROCESS; Rational Model; Limited Capacity Model; Expert Model; RESULTS; Distinct Dimensional Assessment as Basis for Developmental Feedback; Internal validation strategy; External validation strategy; Reactions and Acceptance of Developmental Feedback; Developmental Actions as a Result of the Feedback; CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION; What Have We learned?; Assessment center design issues; Social judgement design issues ; What Do We Need to Know?Social judgement accuracy; The role of expectancies; The role of cognitive structures; Controlled vs. automatic processes; Motivated cognition; Social interaction as accountability; EPILOGUE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: MULTI-SOURCE FEEDBACK SYSTEMS: A RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE; INTRODUCTION; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF RATINGS MADE BY DIFFERENT RATER GROUPS; Self-ratings; Reliability; Convergent validity; Predictive validity; Bias; Subordinate Ratings; Reliability; Peer Ratings; Reliability; Convergent validity; Predictive validity; Bias ; Internal and External CustomersSYSTEM METHODOLOGY AND ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON MSMR FEEDBACK; System Methodology; Purpose; Confidentiality/anonymity; Choice of raters; Frequency timeliness of feedback; Averaging of responses and the nature of the feedback provided; Organisational Factors; ATTITUDES TO, AND OUTCOMES OF, MULTI-RATER FEEDBACK; Attitudes to Feedback; Changes in Ratings as a Result of Feedback; Other Outcome Measures; SELF-ASSESSMENT AND SELF-AWARENESS; Correlates of Self-awareness; Some Further Points on Self-assesstnent and Self-awareness; THEORETICAL MODELS ; CONCLUSIONS: SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
• Sommario/riassunto: Part of a three-volume set of books which are themed collections of reprinted articles from the International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (IRIOP) from 1997-2001. Each volume provides collections around a topic area, with new introductions written by the editors for each volume. Written by leading scholars with international reputations in their fields, this authoritative collection provides a high quality, review that will be an invaluable resource for students, researchers and practitioners. * Topic focussed, 'best of' collections on a specific theme conveniently inco
• Titolo autorizzato: Personnel psychology and human resource management
• ISBN: 1-119-09059-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460532503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Key issues in industrial & organizational psychology.