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Part One: The Practice of Industrial-Organizational Psychology
1 Principles, Practices, and Problems
2 Techniques, Tools, and Tactics
Part Two: The Development of Talent
3 Job Analysis and Job Performance
4 Psychological Employment Testing
5 Employee Selection Systems and Decisions
6 Performance Appraisal
7 Training and Development
Part Three: Organizational Psychology
8 Leadership
9 Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Job Involvement
10 The Organization of the Organization
Part Four: Characteristics of the Workplace
11 Working Conditions
12 Employee Safety and Health Issues
13 Stress in the Workplace
Part Five: Engineering Psychology
14 Engineering Psychology
Part Six: Consumer Psychology
15 Consumer Psychology
Carrie A. Bulger is Professor of Psychology at Quinnipiac University, where she established a concentration in Industrial-Organizational Psychology for undergraduate psychology majors. She has served on the Education and Training Committees for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology.
Duane Schultz is a former Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida.
Sydney Ellen Schultz is a writer, editor, and researcher who has developed print and digital publications and teaching materials for publishers, government agencies, schools, and professional associations.