Work & Organizational Psychology Books

New and Published Books

1. Creativity and Innovation in Organizational Teams

   Edited by Leigh L. Thompson, Hoon- Seok Choi

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   Creativity and Innovation in Organizational Teams stemmed from a conference held at the Kellogg School of Management in June 2003 covering creativity and innovation in groups and organizations. Each chapter of the book is written by an expert and covers original theory about creative processes in...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Everyday Thinking

   Memory, Reasoning, and Judgment in the Real World

   By Stanley Woll

   Appropriate as a textbook for courses in cognitive psychology or social cognition, Everyday Thinking reviews the rapidly growing literature on cognition in naturalistic settings. It differs from other textbooks in that, where possible, it focuses on thinking in real-world settings rather than in...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
3. The Entrepreneurial Personality

   A Social Construction, 2nd Edition

   By Elizabeth Chell

   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...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
4. Personality and Organizations

   Edited by Benjamin Schneider, D. Brent Smith

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   Personality has always been a predictor of performance. This book of original chapters is designed to fulfill a need for a contemporary treatment of human personality in work organizations. Bringing together top scholars in the field, this book provides a comprehensive study of the role of...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
5. Social Influences on Ethical Behavior in Organizations

   Edited by John M. Darley, David M. Messick, Tom R. Tyler

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   For too long, organizational scientists have not adequately attended to the problems of unethical behavior in organizations. This collection of essays provides the stimulus needed to help move the study of unethical behavior to center stage in the organizational sciences. It does so by posing...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
6. A Contemporary Look at Organizational Justice

   Multiplying Insult Times Injury

   By Joel Brockner

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   This book is for scholars with an interest in the burgeoning area of theory and research on organizational justice. The ideas it describes forge connections between the justice literature and other prominent bodies of knowledge in organizational and social psychology, including those pertaining to...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
7. Social Decision Making

   Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments

   Edited by Roderick M. Kramer, Ann E. Tenbrunsel, Max H. Bazerman

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   This book, in honor of David Messick, is about social decisions and the role cooperation plays in social life. Noted contributors who worked with Dave over the years will discuss their work in social judgment, decision making and ethics which was so important to Dave. The book offers a unique and...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
8. Managerial Ethics

   Managing the Psychology of Morality

   Edited by Marshall Schminke

   This book combines management theory with ethical theory on a chapter by chapter, topic by topic basis. The volume bridges the theoretical, empirical and practical gap between management and ethics. It will be of interest to a cross disciplinary group of students, researchers and managers in...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
9. Leadership Processes and Follower Self-identity

   By Robert G. Lord, Douglas J. Brown

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   Presenting a follower-centered perspective on leadership, this book focuses on followers as the direct determinant of leadership effects because it is generally through follower reactions and behaviors that leadership attempts succeed or fail. Therefore, leadership theory needs to be articulated...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
10. Handbook of Personality at Work

    Edited by Neil Christiansen, Robert Tett

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Personality has emerged as a key factor when trying to understand why people think, feel, and behave the way they do at work. Recent research has linked personality to important aspects of work such as job performance, employee attitudes, leadership, teamwork, stress, and turnover. This...

    Published June 11th 2013 by Routledge