Vocational Interests in the Workplace

Vocational Interests in the Workplace
Author: Christopher Nye
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2019-05-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317392647

Vocational Interests in the Workplace is an essential new work, tying together past literature with contemporary research to present the most comprehensive coverage on vocational interests to date. With increasing recognition of the importance of vocational interests and their relevance to the workplace, this book emphasizes the strong links between vocational interests and work behavior. It proposes new models and approaches that facilitate thorough exploration of the implications of this relationship between interests and practice. The authors, drawing on knowledge and experience from a range of professional backgrounds, cover essential topics, including: interest measurement; personnel selection; motivation and performance; expertise; meaningful work; effects of a global business environment; diversity; and the ongoing development of interests through adulthood to retirement. Endorsed by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology board, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and educators in the fields of human resources, organizational behaviour, and industrial or organizational psychology.

Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences

Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
Author: Virgil Zeigler-Hill
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-03-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9783319246109

This Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of individual differences within the domain of personality, with major sub-topics including assessment and research design, taxonomy, biological factors, evolutionary evidence, motivation, cognition and emotion, as well as gender differences, cultural considerations, and personality disorders. It is an up-to-date reference for this increasingly important area and a key resource for those who study intelligence, personality, motivation, aptitude and their variations within members of a group.

Vocational Interests

Vocational Interests
Author: Mark Savickas
Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This landmark work summarizes the current state of the field of vocational career counseling and examines its most pressing issues: What are vocational interests, and how do they develop? How can vocational interests be measured? How should counselors use interest measures in career intervention?

Individual Differences and Personality

Individual Differences and Personality
Author: Michael C. Ashton
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2013-03-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0123914701

How do we come to be who we are? Why do we differ in our personalities? How do these differences matter in life? Individual Differences and Personality aims to describe how and why personality varies among people. Unlike books that focus on individual theorists, this book focuses on current research and theory on the nature of personality and related individual differences. The book begins by discussing how personality is measured, the concept of a personality trait, and the basic dimensions of personality. This leads to a discussion of the origins of personality, with descriptions of its developmental course, its biological causes, its genetic and environmental influences, and its evolutionary function. The concept of a personality disorder is then described, followed by a discussion of the influence of personality on life outcomes in relationships, work, and health. Finally, the book examines the important differences between individuals in the realms of mental abilities, of beliefs and attitudes, and of behavior. - Presents a scientific approach to personality and related individual differences, as well as theory and research on the fundamental questions about human psychological variation - New edition presents findings from dozens of new research studies of the past six years - Includes new chapter on vocational interests and a revised chapter on personality disorders reflecting DSM-5 formulation - Contains streamlined descriptions of measurement concepts and heritability research - Includes various boxes containing interesting asides that help to maintain the student's attention

The Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997

The Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997
Author: U S Dept of Labor
Publisher: JIST Works
Total Pages: 534
Release: 1996-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781563702778

A reprint of the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-97 edition.

The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology

The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology
Author: Deniz S Ones
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1073
Release: 2017-12-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1473942802

The first volume in The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Organizational and Work Psychology introduces key concepts in personnel and employee performance from cognitive ability and the psychological predictors used in assessments to employee and team values. The editor and contributors present a clear overview of key research in the areas of behaviour change and how to assess individual job performance – making Volume I indispensable for anyone working in or studying Human Resource Management.

Handbook of Psychology, History of Psychology

Handbook of Psychology, History of Psychology
Author: Irving B. Weiner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1578
Release: 2003-01-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780471384076

Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments. Presents the work of an international group of experts. Presents the nature, origin, implications, an future course of major unresolved issues in the area.

Psychological Testing

Psychological Testing
Author: George Domino
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 3
Release: 2006-04-24
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1139455141

This book is an introductory text to the field of psychological testing primarily suitable for undergraduate students in psychology, education, business, and related fields. This book will also be of interest to graduate students who have not had a prior exposure to psychological testing and to professionals such as lawyers who need to consult a useful source. Psychological Testing is clearly written, well-organized, comprehensive, and replete with illustrative materials. In addition to the basic topics, the text covers in detail topics that are often neglected by other texts such as cross-cultural testing, the issue of faking tests, the impact of computers and the use of tests to assess positive behaviors such as creativity.

Exploring the Limits in Personnel Selection and Classification

Exploring the Limits in Personnel Selection and Classification
Author: John P. Campbell
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1135686025

Beginning in the early 1980s and continuing through the middle 1990s, the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) sponsored a comprehensive research and development program to evaluate and enhance the Army's personnel selection and classification procedures. This was a set of interrelated efforts, collectively known as Project A. Project A had a number of basic and applied research objectives pertaining to selection and classification decision making. It focused on the entire selection and classification system for Army enlisted personnel and addressed research questions that can be generalized to other personnel systems. It involved the development and evaluation of a comprehensive array of predictor and criterion measures using samples of tens of thousands of individuals in a broad range of jobs. The research included a longitudinal sample--from which data were collected at organizational entry--following training, after 1-2 years on the job and after 3-4 years on the job. This book provides a concise and readable description of the entire Project A research program. The editors share the problems, strategies, experiences, findings, lessons learned, and some of the excitement that resulted from conducting the type of project that comes along once in a lifetime for an industrial/organizational psychologist. This book is of interest to industrial/organizational psychologists, including experienced researchers, consultants, graduate students, and anyone interested in personnel selection and classification research.