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The globalized nature of work in the new millennium implies that human resource management, psychological theories of personnel and individual behaviour in the workplace have to change and evolve. This volume mainly focuses on theories, techniques and methods used by industrial and work psychologists. A set of internationally renowned authors summarize advances in core topics such as analysis of work, work design, job performance, performance appraisal and feedback, workplace counterproductivity, recruitment and personnel selection, work relevant individual difference variables (cognitive ability, personality), human-machine interactions, human errors, training, learning, individual development, socialization, methods, and measurement.
The Analysis of Work in the 20th and 21st Centuries
The Analysis of Work in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Although the flexibility demanded by the new economy is blurring the boundaries that used to define the responsibilities of a job, the analysis of work continues to be of invaluable help in designing and staffing organizations. It is therefore not surprising that early efforts to classify occupational requirements such as the US Department of Labor's Dictionary of Occupational Titles are being transformed into electronic systems such as the Occupational Network or O*NET. New business trends demand new forms within each one of the traditional blocks of work analysis: type, source, data collection method, and level of information, as well as new thinking about the manner of ...
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