The Psychological Contract: Managing And Developing Professional Groups

The Psychological Contract: Managing And Developing Professional Groups
Author: George, Christeen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2009-10-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0335216129

The book seeks to make sense of the organizational experiences of the professional worker by drawing on several areas of research, including the psychological contract, social identity theory, theories of career development and retention. The author uses real-life examples and short case studies to situate psychological theory within organizations.

Psychological Contracts in Organizations

Psychological Contracts in Organizations
Author: Denise Rousseau
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1995-05-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780803971059

Bringing together a wide range of theory from social and cognitive psychology, organizational behaviour, organizational learning and the management of change, this text draws useful conclusions about important psychological processes.

Redefining the Psychological Contract in the Digital Era

Redefining the Psychological Contract in the Digital Era
Author: Melinde Coetzee
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2021-02-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3030638642

This book introduces the psychological contract as a multi-level contextual construct and closes some of the knowledge gaps on the nature of the digital era psychological contract. The digital era psychological contract gives rise to a new type of employer-employee relationship manifesting at the nexus between people and technology in a post-COVID-19 world. The book volume provides promising new approaches for psychological contract research, offering a rich compendium of reflections on the shifts in employer-employee expectations and obligations, as well as suggestions for future research and practice. Chapter contributions are divided into four main sections: The Digital Era: Contextual Issues and the Psychological Contract Managing the Psychological Contract in the Digital Era: Issues for Organisational Practice Managing the Psychological Contract in the Digital Era: Issues of Diversity Integration and Conclusion Redefining the Psychological Contract in the Digital Era is an insightful examination of the evolving nature of the psychological contract, presenting novel insights into the antecedents, consequences, and facets of the new multi-level contextual digital era psychological contract. The primary audience for this book volume is advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in industrial and organisational psychology and human resource management, as well as scholars in both academic and applied work settings. Human resource managers and professionals will also have an interest in this book volume.

Ebook: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

Ebook: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
Author: Raymond Noe
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2014-10-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0077171977

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 5th Edition by Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart and Wright is specifically written to provide a complete introduction to human resource management for the general business manager. This book is the most engaging, focused and applied HRM text on the market.

Psychology of Retention

Psychology of Retention
Author: Melinde Coetzee
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2018-08-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3319989200

This book offers a contemporary review of talent retention from the viewpoint of human resource management and industrial/organisational psychology. With a practical and relevant perspective it enriches critical knowledge and insight in the psychology of talent retention. It offers interpretation of difficult factors facing organisations such as the conceptualisation of talent, the forecasting of talent demand and supply, external and internal factors that influence talent attraction, development and retention, the alignment between talent management and business strategy. Also covered is the implementation of human resource practices and strategies in response to the needs of different organisational contexts and workforce characteristics. The chapter contributions will not only enrich knowledge and insight in the complex phenomenon of talent retention, but also advance new original ways of thinking and researching this critically important area of inquiry. The book is intended for graduate students and researchers as an overview of the topic of talent retention, practitioners will also find it informative.

EBOOK: Managing Staff Selection and Assessment

EBOOK: Managing Staff Selection and Assessment
Author: Paul Iles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1998-12-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0335231896

Paul Iles provides a distinctive approach to managing staff selection and assessment in organizations. He discusses not only the dominant psychometric model but also draws upon perspectives from strategic management theory, social psychology, and critical theory. This is an accessible text which discusses developments both in the UK and internationally, provides specific organizational case studies, and describes recent research findings and their implications for organizational practice. It locates techniques and procedures in the contexts of corporate strategy, structure and culture. It shows how organizations have sought to use assessment strategically in the search for competitive advantage: recruiting, selecting, appraising and developing staff in order to bring about organizational and cultural change. The book concludes by applying its frameworks to an area of key significance : the identification, assessment and development of managerial competence.

Work in the 21st Century

Work in the 21st Century
Author: Frank J. Landy
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 720
Release: 2012-12-26
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781118291207

This book retains the accessibility of the previous editions while incorporating the latest research findings, and updated organizational applications of the principles of I-O psychology. The scientist-practitioner model continues to be used as the philosophical cornerstone of the textbook. The writing continues to be topical, readable, and interesting. Furthermore, the text includes additional consideration of technological change and the concomitant change in the reality of work, as well as keeps and reinforces the systems approach whenever possible, stressing the interplay among different I-O psychology variables and constructs.

Organizational Behavior Challenges in the Tourism Industry

Organizational Behavior Challenges in the Tourism Industry
Author: Aydin, ?ule
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2019-12-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1799814904

Improving positive and reducing negative organizational behaviors in businesses are important in terms of organizational success as this will lead to an increase in employee organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Considering that the tourism industry has such a dynamic structure, it is obvious that behavioral issues in the industry need to be scrutinized. Organizational Behavior Challenges in the Tourism Industry is a collection of innovative research that aims to explore relevant theoretical frameworks in terms of organizational behavior issues and provides the opportunity for tourism organizations to understand their employees’ behavior. While highlighting topics including emotional labor, deviant behavior, and organizational cynicism, this book is ideally designed for hotel managers, tour directors, restaurateurs, travel agents, business managers, professionals, researchers, academicians, and students.