Vocational Interests in the Workplace

Name: Vocational Interests in the Workplace
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138932883
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Rethinking Behavior at Work

Series: SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series

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Vocational Interests in the Workplace offers an extensive exploration of how vocational interests relate to work behaviour, combining historical perspectives with the latest research. It introduces new models to understand the impact of interests on job performance and satisfaction, covering key topics such as interest measurement, personnel selection, motivation, expertise, meaningful work, diversity, and career development through adulthood to retirement.
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This book is ideal for researchers, professionals, and educators within human resources, organisational behaviour, and industrial or organisational psychology, as well as anyone interested in the intersection of personal interests and workplace practice.

Vocational Interests in the Workplace is an essential new work, tying together past literature with contemporary research to present the most comprehensive coverage on vocational interests to date.

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Vocational Interests in the Workplace is an essential new work, tying together past literature with contemporary research to present the most comprehensive coverage on vocational interests to date. With increasing recognition of the importance of vocational interests and their relevance to the workplace, this book emphasizes the strong links between vocational interests and work behaviour. It proposes new models and approaches that facilitate thorough exploration of the implications of this relationship between interests and practice.

The authors, drawing on knowledge and experience from a range of professional backgrounds, cover essential topics, including: interest measurement; personnel selection; motivation and performance; expertise; meaningful work; effects of a global business environment; diversity; and the ongoing development of interests through adulthood to retirement.

Endorsed by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology board, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and educators in the fields of human resources, organisational behaviour, and industrial or organisational psychology.

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Endorsed by experts in industrial and organisational psychology, this collection of essays delves into the dynamic relationship between personal interests and work environments, appealing to both casual and academic readers alike. It is praised for its comprehensive scope and clear examination of how vocational interests influence organisational outcomes and individual experiences at work.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138932883

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 May 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 9 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white

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Edited by Christopher Nye
Edited by James Rounds

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 430g

Pages: 312

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Business & Entrepreneurship Business Leadership & Management Company Culture & Human Resources Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series

About the Author

Christopher D. Nye is Assistant Professor of Organizational Psychology at Michigan State University, USA. He has received awards from the University of Illinois, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the International Personnel Assessment Council for his work. More recently, Dr. Nye was awarded the Early Career Award from the Academy of Management Research Methods Division. He has also been a Consortium Research Fellow for the Defense Manpower Data Center and a Senior Consortium Research Fellow for the U.S. Army Research Institute.

James Rounds is Professor of Educational Psychology and Psychology and College of Education Distinguished Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA. His publications have appeared in numerous journals. He has received the American Psychological Association John L. Holland Award for outstanding achievement in career and personality research, American Educational Research Association Outstanding Research Award in Counseling and has been designated a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science.

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