Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Nik Chmiel, Franco Fraccaroli and Magnus Sverke -- Pt. 1. Job-Focused -- Ch. 1. What Do People Really Do at Work? Job Analysis and Design / Stephen A. Woods and Daniel P. Hinton -- Ch. 2. How Do I Get a Job, What Are They Looking For? Personnel Selection and Assessment / Silvia Moscoso, Jesús F. Salgado and Neil Anderson -- Ch. 3. How Can I Shape My Job to Suit Me Better? Job Crafting for Sustainable Employees and Organizations / Pascale M. Le Blanc, Evangelia Demerouti and Arnold B. Bakker -- Ch. 4. What Am I Supposed to Do in My Job? Set Goals and Appraise Your People / Gary P. Latham -- Ch. 5. Why Is My Job So Stressful? Characteristics, Processes and Models of Stress at Work / Jan de Jonge and Christian Dormann -- Ch. 6. Digital Technologies at Work Are Great, Aren’t They? The Development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Their Relevance in the World of Work / Christian Korunka and Matti Vartiainen -- Ch. 7. Whose Side Is Technology On, Really? on the Interdependence of Work and Technology / Michael Allvin and Fredrik Movitz -- Ch. 8. Why Did I Choose That Career Path? Approaches to Vocational Choices and People’s Readiness to Self-Manage their Own Career Paths / Guido Sarchielli -- Pt. 2. Organization-Focused -- Ch. 9. How Do We Get New Entrants ‘On Board’? Organizational Socialization, Psychological Contracts, and Realistic Job Previews / Allison M. Ellis and Talya N. Bauer -- Ch. 10. How Does Power Affect Those Who Have It and Those Who Don’t? Power Inside Organizations / Lourdes Munduate and Francisco J. Medina -- Ch. 11. Does It Matter Who Leads Us? The Study of Organizational Leadership / E. Kevin Kelloway and Stephanie Gilbert -- Ch. 12. Why Are We in a Team? Effects of Teamwork and How to Enhance Team Effectiveness / Annika Lantz Friedrich and Daniela Ulber -- Ch. 13. How Do We React When Our Organization Changes? Perspectives on Employees’ Appraisal of Change, Consequences and Mitigating Factors / Magnus Sverke, Helena Falkenberg, Johnny Hellgren, Chang-qin Lu and Jaco Pienaar -- Ch. 14. How Do We Feel and Behave When We’re Not Permanent Full-Time Employees? The Case of the Diverse Forms of Non-Standard Work / Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, Nele De Cuyper, Megan Murphy and Catherine E. Connelly -- Ch. 15. Why Should Organizations Treat their Employees Fairly? Definition, Relevance, and Consequences of Justice at Work / Constanze Eib and Guillaume Soenen -- Ch. 16. What Does Our Organization Do to Help Our Well-Being? Creating Healthy Workplaces and Workers / Arla Day and Karina Nielsen -- Pt. 3. People-Focused -- Ch. 17. Does It Matter Who We Are? Personality at Work / Adrian Furnham -- Ch. 18. How Do I Learn What to Do? How the Science of Training Supports Learning /
Amanda Woods, Julie Dinh and Eduardo Salas -- Ch. 19. How Much Effort Will I Put into My Work? It Depends on Your Type of Motivation / Anja Van den Broeck, Joseph Carpini, Hannes Leroy and James M. Diefendorff -- Ch. 20. How Do We Handle Computer-Based Technology? What Is the Cost/Benefit Ratio of Technology for Workers? / Fred R. H. Zijlstra and Anne-Sophie Nyssen -- Ch. 21. Why Do I Put Myself and Others in Danger or Help Increase Safety? Person- and Situation-Related Causes of Safety Behaviours / Nik Chmiel and Gudela Grote -- Ch. 22. Does It Matter Whether I Am a Happy and Committed Worker? The Role of Identification, Commitment and Job Satisfaction for Employee Behaviour / Rolf van Dick and Lucas Monzani -- Ch. 23. How Does Work Fit with My Life? The Relation Between Flexible Work Arrangements, Work–Life Balance and Recovery from Work / Göran Kecklund, Debby G. J. Beckers, Constanze Leineweber and Philip Tucker -- Ch. 24. What Happens When I Get Older? Older Workers, Late Careers and Transitions to Retirement / Franco Fraccaroli, Marco Depolo and Mo Wang -- Pt. 4. Advising the Organization -- Ch. 25. How Do We Work with Organizations? / Henry Honkanen and Diana Rus -- Cases studies -- Ch. 26 A Strategic Approach to Improving Well-Being in a Large Railway Company / Ivan Robertson, Matthew Smeed and Victoria Ward -- Ch. 27. Humiliation: Why We Deserve Respect at Work /
Barbara Kozusznik -- Ch. 28. Resilience Development Through an Organization-Led Well-Being Initiative / Katharina Näswall, Sanna Malinen and Joana Kuntz -- Ch. 29. Positive Action: Effectively Increasing Diversity at the Top / Nic Hammarling -- Ch. 30. Age Management / Christian Stamov-Roßnagel.

The latest edition of this classic text provides a comprehensive and internationally relevant introduction to work and organizational psychology, exploring the depth and diversity of the field in an accessible way without obscuring the complexities of the subject.

-Third edition of a classic textbook offering a complete introduction to work and organizational psychology for undergraduate and graduate students with no prior knowledge of the field
- An innovative new six part structure with two-colour presentation focuses the core material around issues that are either Job-Focused, Organization-Focused, or People-Focused
- Each chapter title is a question designed to engage readers in understanding work and organizational psychology whilst simultaneously inviting discussion of key topics in the field
- The third edition introduces two new co-editors in Franco Fraccaroli from Italy and Magnus Sverke, who join Nik Chmiel and will increase relevance and appeal for European students.