Organisational Psychology

Organisational Psychology offers an accessible, engaging and practical introduction to this fascinating discipline. It explores the latest thinking, reveals surprising truths about the way we work, and explains how to craft a successful and fulfilling career in the field.

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Julia Yates is Chartered Psychologist and Associate Professor at City, University of London where she teaches career development and coaching on the MSc in Organisational Psychology. Before moving into academia, Julia spent 15 years working as a career coach and trainer, supporting individuals and organisations with their career- development planning.

Lara Zibarras is Reader in Organisational Psychology at City, University of London and teaches the Psychological Assessment module. Her key research areas are employee selection (where she particularly focuses on fairness, diversity, unconscious bias and applicant reactions) and pro-environmental behaviour in the workplace and she has published widely in academic journals. She is also a Chartered Psychologist and HCPC Registered Chartered Occupational Psychologist.

Lynsey Mahmood is Chartered Psychologist working in academia and practice. She is currently Lecturer in Business and Organisational Psychology at the University of Kent. Working as a practitioner she helps organisations with team development and behaviour change implementation and has spent the last four years working in the Fire and Rescue Service to deliver behaviour change interventions and evaluate their impact.

Klappentext

Organisational Psychology offers an accessible, engaging and practical introduction to this fascinating discipline. It explores the latest thinking, reveals surprising truths about the way we work, and explains how to craft a successful and fulfilling career in the field.

Zusammenfassung

Organisational Psychology offers an accessible, engaging and practical introduction to this fascinating discipline. It explores the latest thinking, reveals surprising truths about the way we work, and explains how to craft a successful and fulfilling career in the field.

Organisational psychology is a complex and dynamic field that focuses on human behaviour in the workplace, and explores how individuals, groups and organisations function. Structured in three parts, the book combines an overview of the field with effective advice on how to become a successful organisational psychologist. It offers a deep-dive into the British Psychological Society's five core areas of organisational psychology: Psychological Assessment at Work; Learning, Training and Development; Leadership, Engagement and Motivation; Well-being and Work; and Work Design, Organisational Change and Development. Chapters include key academic and theoretical concepts, practical applications, future directions for the field, key learning points, and further reading.

Written by highly qualified experts in the field, this text is ideal for both undergraduate and postgraduate students taking programmes or modules in organisational psychology or related topics, including work and business psychology and human resources, as well as human resources practitioners. This text will also be valuable for anyone interested in understanding how organisations function and the best ways to allow individuals and organisations to survive, thrive and flourish.

Inhalt

1. Introduction

Julia Yates, Lara Zibarras and Lynsey Mahmood

Part One: The core areas of organisational psychology

2. Psychological Assessment

Lara Zibarras

3. Learning, training and development

Julia Yates

4. Leadership, engagement and motivation

Jutta Tobias Mortlock

5. Wellbeing and work

Lara Zibarras, Julia Yates, Shannon Horan and Lucie Zernerova

6. Work design, organisational change and development

Claire Stone

Part Two: The core areas in focus

7. Psychological assessment in focus: psychometrics

Suchi Pathak

8. Learning, training and development in focus: coaching psychology

Julia Yates

9. Leadership, engagement and motivation in focus: groups and teams

Lynsey Mahmood

10. Well-being and work in focus: mindfulness at work

Jutta Tobias Mortlock

11. Work design, organisational change and development in focus: latest developments in organisational psychology

Jane Stewart

Part Three: Professional practice

****12. Professionalism in organisational psychology: ethical and reflective practice

Julia Yates

13. Research design and evidence-based practice

Jennifer Gerson, Lynsey Mahmood and Lara Zibarras

14. Working in organisational psychology

Hayley Lewis

Concluding remarks