Lewis Rachel - Work and occupational psychology : integrating theory and practice

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Rachel Lewis and Lara Zibarras

Iain Coyne and Fiona Gavin

Andrew Kinder, Kevin Nind, Diane Aitchison and Eugene Farrell

Juliette Alban-Metcalfe

Fehmidah Munir and Hilary McDermott

Nigel Guenole and David Biggs

Anna Koczwara and Vicki Ashworth

Kamal Birdi and Tracey Reid

Varuni Wimalasiri

Lara Zibarras and Rachel Lewis

Rachel Lewis and Lara Zibarras

of this book focuses on one of those core areas, as described below.

In we explore the ethical and research skills that Occupational Psychologists need to use in research and practice. We introduce you to key concepts that you will need when studying Occupational Psychology, such as conducting a literature review, research design, and an overview of different qualitative and quantitative research and analysis techniques.

To give you more of a flavour of the work of Occupational Psychologists and so that you can put into context the theories and models that we introduce in the book, each chapter in includes contributions from leading practitioners and eminent academics in the field. These contributions will not only familiarise you with the people to know in each field, but will provide you with important insights as to what both academics and practitioners do, how their work overlaps, and how both theory and practice inform their work as Occupational Psychologists.

: Employee relations and motivation

By Dr Iain Coyne and Dr Fiona Gavin

Contributions from Professor Rob Briner and Kisane Prutton

This chapter introduces some of the theoretical and practical issues relating to the employeremployee relationship within organisations; structured around the five key areas of employee relations, motivation at work, managing diversity, workplace conflict and workplace bullying.

: Counselling and personal development

By Andrew Kinder, Kevin Nind, Diane Aitchison and Eugene Farrell

Contributions from Professor Frank Bond and Julianne Miles

This chapter is structured in two distinct sections. The first introduces the psychology of work, careers and theories of occupational choice; providing descriptions of methods, approaches and tools used in this area. The second focuss on counselling, moving from the major theoretical positions in counselling, to counselling at work, Professional issues and evaluation of outcomes.

: Career development and appraisal

By Juliette Alban-Metcalfe

Contribution from Professor Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe

This chapter focuses on the meaning and context of career development and appraisal in organisations. The main body of the chapter is an in-depth assessment of performance appraisal in terms of approaches to, design and development of, evidence and impact of bias on, and future directions in performance appraisal systems in organisations.

: Design of environments and work: health, safety and well-being

By Dr Fehmidah Munir and Dr Hilary McDermott

Contributions from Professor Ivan Robertson and Emma Donaldson-Feilder

This chapter begins with an examination of the legal context related to Health and Safety as well as the Equality Act, before introducing the overall problem solving approach and related health and safety procedures. The chapter then moves to an exploration of organisational and contextual issues in the design of work and work environments, particularly focusing on designing and managing workplaces to promote good health and well-being.

: Organisational development and change

By Dr Nigel Guenole and Dr David Biggs

Contribution from Sarah Lewis

This chapter introduces the key concepts of Organisational Development and Change, particularly focused on on models of planned change, the role of Occupational Psychologists as agents or embedders of change, and the impact of change on Organisational culture, processes, structure and strategy; as well and concepts such as decision making, leadership and communication.

: Selection and assessment

By Dr Anna Koczwara and Vicki Ashworth

Contributions from Professor Fiona Patterson and Dr Maura Kerrin

This chapter provides an understanding of the core academic and theoretical principles relating to selection and assessment (S&A); including an overview of S&A, selection systems in organisations, the role of job analysis, assessment methods, principles for designing assessment methodologies, diversity and fairness in selection, candidate experiences, and the future of S&A.