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Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 386

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Early Years of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 377

The Early Years of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Provides a comprehensive history of the early years of industrial and organizational psychology from an international perspective. A valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, I-O psychologists, practitioners, and historians of science.

Explorations in the History of Psychology in the United States
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

Explorations in the History of Psychology in the United States

This collection of monographs traces the development of psychology in the United States from the 1630s to the present, describing and explaining the influence of European and indigenous doctrines and methods, and chronicling the process from meager beginnings to world leadership in the field. Illustrated.

Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 555

Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

This unique book is the first to contain a comprehensive history of industrial and organizational psychology, covering numerous topics in the discipline. The history presented offers various perspectives, including the contributions of individuals, organizations, and contextual or situational forces, as well as an international viewpoint. The authors, all highly regarded experts in their respective topics, use a range of approaches to examine history, demonstrating to readers that there are multiple ways to understand history. This volume will be of interest to industrial and organizational psychologists, business and management academics and professionals, historians of psychology, business, science and science and technology, undergraduate, and graduate students.

The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 992

The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection

Employee selection has long stood at the practical forefront of industrial/organizational psychology. Today's social, business, and economic climates require ongoing adaptations by those who select organizations' personnel, and research on the topic helps gauge the impact of these adaptations and their implications for human performance and potential. The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection codifies the wealth of new research surrounding employee selection (web-based assessments, social networking, globalization of organizations), situating them alongside more traditional practices to establish the best and most relevant research for both professionals and academics. Compri...

The Definition of a Profession
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 225

The Definition of a Profession

In the early twentieth century, a small group of psychologists built a profession upon the new social technology of intelligence testing. They imagined the human mind as quantifiable, defining their new enterprise through analogies to the better established scientific professions of medicine and engineering. Offering a fresh interpretation of this controversial movement, JoAnne Brown reveals how this group created their professional sphere by semantically linking it to historical systems of cultural authority. She maintains that at the same time psychologists participated in a form of Progressivism, which she defines as a political culture founded on the technical exploitation of human intel...

Handbook of Psychology, History of Psychology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 692

Handbook of Psychology, History of Psychology

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.

Child Study
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 918

Child Study

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1966
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Psychology, Volume 1
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 786

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Psychology, Volume 1

Organizational psychology is the science of psychology applied to work and organizations. This is the first of two volumes which compiles knowledge in organizational psychology, encapsulates key topics of research and application, and summarizes important research findings.