1. Mergers and Acquisitions: An Update and Appraisal (Susan Cartwright).
2. Social Identity in Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Concepts, Controversies, and Contributions (S. Alexander Haslam and Naomi Ellemers).
3. Personality in Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Not Much More than Cheese (Jose M. Cortina and Michael J. Ingerick).
4. Organizational Justice across Human Resource Management Decisions (Stephen W. Gilliland and Layne Paddock).
5. Contributions of Industrial/Organizational Psychology to Safety in Commercial Aircraft (Don Harris and Lauren Thomas).
6. Emotion in Organizations: A Neglected Topic in I/O Psychology, but with a Bright Future (Neal M. Ashkanasy and Claire E. Ashton-James).
7. Burnout and Health Review: Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions (Arie Shirom,Samu el Melamed, Sharon Toker, Shlomo Berliner,and Itzhak Shapira).
Index.
Contents of Previous Volumes.
This is the twentieth in the most prestigious series of annual volumes in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. The series provides authoritative and integrative reviews of the key literature of industrial psychology and organizational behaviour. The chapters are written by established experts and topics are carefully chosen to reflect the major concerns in both the research literature and in current practice.
Continuing in the tradition of the series as a whole, this twentieth volume provides scholarly, up-to-the-minute reviews and updates of work in a number of well-established areas such as: mergers and acquisitions, burnout and health, and personality in industrial and organizational psychology. Emergent issues are also covered in chapters on social identity, emotions in organizations, the contribution of industrial and organizational psychology to ensuring safety in commercial aircraft, and the analysis of justice in human resource management decisions. Each chapter offers a comprehensive and critical survey of the chosen topic, and each is supported by a valuable bibliography. For advanced students, academics and researchers, as well as professional psychologists and managers, this remains the most authoritative and current guide to new developments and established knowledge in the field of industrial and organizational psychology.
Contributors to Volume 20
Neal M. Ashkanasy, Australia
Claire E. Ashton-James, Australia
Shlomo Berliner, Israel
Susan Cartwright, UK
Jose M. Cortina, USA
Naomi Ellemers, The Netherlands
Stephen W. Gilliland, USA
Don Harris, UK
S. Alexander Haslam, UK
Michael J. Ingerick, USA
Samuel Melamed, Israel
Layne Paddock, USA
Itzhak Shapira, Israel
Arie Shirom, Israel
Lauren Thomas, UK
Sharon Toker, Israel
Gerard P. Hodgkinson is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Strategic Management at the University of Leeds UK. He earned his BA, MSc, and PhD degrees at Wolverhampton Polytechnic and the Universities of Hull and Sheffield, respectively. He has published over 40 articles and chapters and two books on topics of relevance to the field of industrial and organizational psychology and in 2001 he was elected a Fellow of both the British Psychological Society and the British Academy of Management, in recognition of his pioneering contribution to the psychology of strategic management as an emergent field of study. This and related work on managerial and organizational cognition is currently being taken forward (2004-2006) through the award of a Fellowship of Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), the UK's research initiative on management, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Management and an Editorial Board Member of the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and Organization Science. A practising chartered occupational psychologist, he has conducted numerous consultancy assignments for leading private and public sector organizations. Further information about Gerard and his work can be found at the following addresses: (1) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lubs/; (2) http://www.aimresearch.org
J. Kevin Ford is a Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University. His major research interests involve improving training effectiveness through efforts to advance our understanding of training needs assessment, design, evaluation, and transfer. Dr Ford also concentrates on understanding change dynamics in organizational development efforts and building continuous learning and improvement orientations within organizations. He has published over 50 articles and chapters and four books relevant to Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Currently, he serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and Human Performance. He is an active consultant with private industry and the public sector on training, leadership, and organizational change issues. Kevin is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He received his BS in psychology from the University of Maryland and his MA and PhD in Psychology from the Ohio State University. Further information about Kevin and his research and consulting activities can be found at http://www.io.psy.msu.edu/jkf
