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Advances in Organisational Psychology

Edited by
A. Ian Glendon, Briony M. Thompson, and Brett Myors

            

 "Peer into your disciplinary future by reading this astutely selected set of cutting-edge papers!"
Professor Michael Harris Bond, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Advances in Organisational Psychology presents an impressive array of contemporary topics in industrial and organisational psychology from the Asia-Pacific region. With edited contributions drawn from the very best of material showcased originally at the 2005 10th anniversary Australian Psychological Society I/O Psychology Conference, this book is a must read for anyone in the field.

Contributors include many prestigious I/O researchers and practitioners and cover 24 chapters grouped into five sections:

  • Overview
  • Perspectives on Workplace Health
  • Organisational Structures and Processes
  • Work Performance
  • Conclusions

No where else will readers find such a depth and breadth of writing on current conceptualisation and research in Asia-Pacific industrial and organisational psychology.

 

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536 pages includes Index

 

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"A testament to the vitality of Asia-Pacific organisational psychology."
Professor Paul R. Sackett, University of Minnesota, USA

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"This valuable collection illustrates the variety and vitality of applied psychology in the region."
Professor Peter Warr, University of Sheffield, UK

"If anyone ever doubted the viability of I-O Psychology in Australia, then this is the book that will change their mind."
Professor Neal Ashkanasy, University of Queensland

 

Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword: Beryl Hesketh

Preface

Acknowledgments

Section I


1: A perspective on the current state of organisational psychology
A. Ian Glendon, Brett Myors, & Briony M. Thompson
2: Organisational psychology’s greatest hits and misses: A personal view
Kevin R. Murphy

Section II: Perspectives on Workplace Health: Wellbeing, Safety, Stress and Support

3:
Employability and unemployment: A literature review and presentation of a new conceptual model
Sarah McArdle & Lea Waters
4: Work–family conflict and facilitation: Achieving work–family balance
Paula Brough, Michael P. O’Driscoll, & Thomas J. Kalliath
5: The bullied boss: A conceptual exploration of upwards bullying
Sara Branch, Sheryl Ramsay, & Michelle Barker
6: Wellbeing at work: A multivariate analysis of Warr’s vitamin model
Feliciano Donatelli & Peter Sevastos
7: Perceptions of school administration trustworthiness, teacher burnout/job stress and trust: The contribution of morale and participative decision-making
Carolyn Timms, Deborah Graham, & Marie Caltabiano
8: The impact of organisational citizenship behaviour and non-material rewards on dimensions of employee burnout: Evidence from the teaching profession
Rachel L. Hannam & Nerina L. Jimmieson
9: Safety climate and work-related driving in Australian organisations
Andrew R. Wills, Barry Watson, & Herbert C. Biggs

Section III: Organisational Structures and Processes: Leadership, Teams, Justice and Change

10: Whatever happened to bureaucracy? And why does it matter?
Bob Dick
11: Making sense of an organisational crisis: The experiences of hospital employees working during the SARS outbreak
Stewart Arnold
12: Measuring perceived LMX variability within teams and its impact on procedural justice climate
Danica T. Hooper & Robin Martin
13: Developing models for analysing team mental model data
Janice Langan-Fox, Meei Ng, & James M. Canty
14: Sense of community: A vital link between leadership and wellbeing in the workplace
Roslyn B. Purkiss & Robert J. Rossi
15: The psychology of migration and talent flow: A New Zealand perspective
Kerr Inkson, Stuart C. Carr, Nicola Allfree, Margot F. Edwards, Jill J. Hooks, Duncan J. R. Jackson, & Kaye J. Thorn
16: The top ten reasons why everyone should know about — and study — organisational justice
Jerald Greenberg

Section IV: Work Performance: Individual and Organisational Factors

17: Emotional intelligence at work: A review of research
Peter J. Jordan
18: One big happy family: Understanding the role of workplace familism in the psychological contract dynamics
Simon Lloyd D. Restubog & Prashant Bordia
19: A qualitative study of the motivators and suppressors of counterproductive and productive workplace behaviours
Ruby Lau Man Wa, Winton Au Wing Tung, & Jane M. C. Ho
20: Experience sampling methodology in organisational psychology
Cynthia D. Fisher
21: Referee reports: Applying best practice principles
Julie A. West, Philippa White, & Hanna Thomas
22: Open plan office environments: The rhetoric and the reality
George Mylonas & Jane Carstairs

Section V: Conclusions

23: Organisational psychology in Australia and New Zealand: Reflections on the recent past and issues for future research and practice
Michael P. O’Driscoll
24: Future directions for organisational psychology
Briony M. Thompson, A. Ian Glendon, & Brett Myors

Author Biographies

Subject Index

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