Synopses & Reviews
A compilation of the most germane reviews dealing with managerial behavior and psychology from recent volumes of The International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Issues discussed have direct relevance to problems faced by managers within organizations including motivation, selection, Japanese management practice, decision making, career development and organization theory.
Table of Contents
Work Motivation: New Directions in Theory and Research (R. Kanfer).
Selection Methods (M. Smith & D. George).
Leadership Theory and Research: A Report of Progress (F. Fiedler & R. House).
Japanese Management—A Sun Rising in the West?
(P. Smith & J. Misumi).
Job and Work Design (T. Wall & R. Martin).
Decision Making in Organizations (P. Koopman & J. Pool).
Careers: A Review of Personal and Organizational Research (M. Driver).
Management Development: A Review and Commentary (T. Baldwin & M. Padgett).
Organization Theory: Current Controversies, Issues, and Directions (A. Bedeian).
Index.