Work Psychology

by Cary L. Cooper, Ivan T. Robertson

Intended for undergraduates and those studying for qualifications with such bodies as the IPM, this book aims to provide an account of the key areas of contemporary work psychology. Blending theory and practice, the authors cover the nature of work organizations, leadership, learning and behaviour modification, employee selection and appraisal, stress in employment and unemployment, job redesign, new technology and work motivation.

Genres: Psychology, Reference, Management, Business, Nonfiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 1991

About the author

Sir Cary Lynn Cooper, CBE AcSS (born 28 April 1940), is an American-born British psychologist and professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University Management School.

Prior to working at Lancaster University, Cooper was Head of the Manchester School of Management (within UMIST) from the early 80s. In 1995 he became Pro-Vice Chancellor and then Deputy Vice Chancellor of UMIST until 2002. From 1979 to 1980 he was chairman of the Management Education and Development Division of the Academy of Management and was elected as Founding President of the British Academy of Management.

He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

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.