An Introduction to Work and Organizational Psychology: An International Perspective

Content: List of Contributors xi    Foreword xix Wilmar Schaufeli    Introduction xxi Nik Chmiel, Franco Fraccaroli and Magnus Sverke    Part I: Job-Focused 1    1. What Do People Really Do at Work? Job Analysis and Design 3 Stephen A. Woods and Daniel P. Hinton    2. How Do I Get a Job, What Are They Looking For? Personnel Selection and Assessment 25 Silvia Moscoso, Jesus F. Salgado and Neil Anderson    3. How Can I Shape My Job to Suit Me Better? Job Crafting for Sustainable Employees and Organizations 48 Pascale M. Le Blanc, Evangelia Demerouti and Arnold B. Bakker    4. What Am I Supposed to Do in My Job? Set Goals and Appraise Your People 64 Gary P. Latham    5. Why Is My Job So Stressful? Characteristics, Processes and Models of Stress at Work 80 Jan de Jonge and Christian Dormann    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 102 Christian Korunka and Matti Vartiainen    7. Whose Side Is Technology On, Really? on the Interdependence of Work and Technology 121 Michael Allvin and Fredrik Movitz    8. Why Did I Choose That Career Path? Approaches to Vocational Choices and People   s Readiness to Self-Manage their Own Career Paths 137 Guido Sarchielli    Part II: Organization-Focused 159    9. How Do We Get New Entrants    On Board   ? Organizational Socialization, Psychological Contracts, and Realistic Job Previews 161 Allison M. Ellis and Talya N. Bauer    10. How Does Power Affect Those Who Have It and Those Who Don   t? Power Inside Organizations 176 Lourdes Munduate and Francisco J. Medina    11. Does It Matter Who Leads Us? The Study of Organizational Leadership 192 E. Kevin Kelloway and Stephanie Gilbert    12. Why Are We in a Team? Effects of Teamwork and How to Enhance Team Effectiveness 212 Annika Lantz Friedrich and Daniela Ulber    13. How Do We React When Our Organization Changes? Perspectives on Employees    Appraisal of Change, Consequences and Mitigating Factors 233 Magnus Sverke, Helena Falkenberg, Johnny Hellgren, Chang-qin Lu and Jaco Pienaar    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 258 Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, Nele De Cuyper, Megan Murphy and Catherine E. Connelly    15. Why Should Organizations Treat their Employees Fairly? Definition, Relevance, and Consequences of Justice at Work 276 Constanze Eib and Guillaume Soenen    16. What Does Our Organization Do to Help Our Well-Being? Creating Healthy Workplaces and Workers 295 Arla Day and Karina Nielsen    Part III: People-Focused 315    17. Does It Matter Who We Are? Personality at Work 317 Adrian Furnham    18. How Do I Learn What to Do? How the Science of Training Supports Learning 335 Amanda Woods, Julie Dinh and Eduardo Salas    19. How Much Effort Will I Put into My Work? It Depends on Your Type of Motivation 354 Anja Van den Broeck, Joseph Carpini, Hannes Leroy and James M. Diefendorff    20. How Do We Handle Computer-Based Technology? What Is the Cost/Benefit Ratio of Technology for Workers? 373 Fred R. H. Zijlstra and Anne-Sophie Nyssen    21. Why Do I Put Myself and Others in Danger or Help Increase Safety? Person- and Situation-Related Causes of Safety Behaviours 388 Nik Chmiel and Gudela Grote    22. Does It Matter Whether I Am a Happy and Committed Worker? The Role of Identification, Commitment and Job Satisfaction for Employee Behaviour 410 Rolf van Dick and Lucas Monzani    23. How Does Work Fit with My Life? The Relation Between Flexible Work Arrangements, Work   Life Balance and Recovery from Work 430 Goran Kecklund, Debby G. J. Beckers, Constanze Leineweber and Philip Tucker    24. What Happens When I Get Older? Older Workers, Late Careers and Transitions to Retirement 448 Franco Fraccaroli, Marco Depolo and Mo Wang    Part IV: Advising the Organization 469    25. How Do We Work with Organizations? 471 Henry Honkanen and Diana Rus    Case Studies 489    26. A Strategic Approach to Improving Well-Being in a Large Railway Company 491 Ivan Robertson, Matthew Smeed and Victoria Ward    27. Humiliation: Why We Deserve Respect at Work 498 Barbara Ko usznik    28. Resilience Development Through an Organization-Led Well-Being Initiative 506 Katharina Naswall, Sanna Malinen and Joana Kuntz    29. Positive Action: Effectively Increasing Diversity at the Top 514 Nic Hammarling    30. Age Management 521 Christian Stamov-Rossnagel    Index 529