Work Psychology

by John Arnold, Iain Coyne, Ray Randall

For undergraduate students in business, management and psychology, as well as those studying for professional qualifications.

Gain a clear and authoritative introduction to human behaviour in the workplace

Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace, 7th edition, by Arnold, Coyne, Randall and Pattterson is an accessible and fascinating examination of human behaviour in today’s workplace, written by authors who are all experts in their fields. Substantially updated with new chapters from new authors, and new material that reflects current research and debate in the area, the text retains its popular blend of theory, research and engaging examples.

Chapter 1: The discipline of work psychology: An initial orientation
Chapter 2: Individual differences
Chapter 3: Selection: Analysing jobs, competencies and selection methods
Chapter 4: Assessing performance at work
Chapter 5: Attitudes at work
Chapter 6: Work motivation
Chapter 7: Training and development
Chapter 8: Work-related stress and well-being
Chapter 9: Groups, teams and teamwork
Chapter 10: Leadership
Chapter 11: Careers and career management
Chapter 12: Understanding organisational change and culture
Chapter 13: The psychology of dispersed work

Genres: Psychology, Reference, Management, Business, Nonfiction

654 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 28, 1991

About the author

John Arnold is Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University.

Reviews

[camcab · Rating 2 out of 5]

Inn det ene øret, ut det andre 🙂

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hard going

[Katerina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't find what I was looking for but in general it is a well structured book with all the basics.

[Mastah Rifu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good resource for an intro to organisational psychology, but with a slightly confusing presentation of ideas.

[Elise Breivik · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Iselin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s fine as far as school books go. Definitely not the worst I’ve read so far. I’d have liked there to be definition boxes and not just "you can go look these up in the back of the book yourself." Way to make it unnecessarily difficult for me. A lot of the time these authors liked to use a LOT of text to explain really simple concepts. Like… do we need a 50 page chapter to say "work stress bad?" Some of the chapters were very capitalistic and manbossy… I don’t appreciate it when science has too much value attached to it. Some of the advice in here was borderline sociopathic. Like "make poor-performing employee’s feel inadequate so they’ll change themselves" instead of just… telling them? Jeez. Three of four authors are white men. The last (cited last too so you know she contributed the least) is a white woman. For someone screaming for diversity so much in these chapters, that’s quite hillarious. Anyways… now there’s just the exam to go. Yippie kayee… 🤨

[Jonas · Rating 2 out of 5]

There's a lot in here, but it could have been presented differently:
Chapter titles were a clear differentiation between themes, but the subtitles didn't have any coherent way of splitting everything in between.
Summaries felt randomly placed in between texts; in other books they are focus points, in this one I found them more confusing than the actual text.
Boldened words without explanations (hello margin?)
No real examples, only citations. This could liven it up a lot.
Which bothered me most was the unsure language found in a lot of chapters. Agreed, science isn't set in stone and things could change in years to come, but trying to remember things about which the author isn't sure either, is not a great strategy.
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[María · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally! Lots of theories and information... let's see how memorising them for the exam goes.