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Psychology and Industrial Productivity

A Reader

Editors:

Michael M. Gruneberg,
David J. Oborne

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xvi

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Motivation and the Job Itself
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-3
  
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2. Job Attitudes and Employee Motivation: Theory, Research and Practice
  
  Edward E. Lawler III
  
  Pages 5-22
3. Participative Decision Making: an Experimental Study in a Hospital
  
  J. E. Bragg, I. R. Andrews
  
  Pages 23-32
4. Knowledge of Performance as an Incentive in Repetitive Industrial Work
  
  P. S. Hundal
  
  Pages 33-38
5. An Experimental Case Study of the Successes and Failures of Job Enrichment in a Government Agency
  
  Edwin A. Locke, David Sirota, Alan D. Wolfson
  
  Pages 39-62
6. The ‘Practical Significance’ of Locke’s Theory of Goal Setting
  
  Gary P. Latham, J. James Baldes
  
  Pages 63-69
7. Split Roles in Performance Appraisal
  
  Herbert H. Meyer, Emanuel Kay, John R. P. French Jr.
  
  Pages 70-84
Context Factors in Productivity
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 85-87
  
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2. Motives of Workpeople who Restrict their Output
  
  D. J. Hickson
  
  Pages 89-102
3. Employee Reactions to a Pay Incentive Plan
  
  Cortlandt Cammann, Edward E. Lawler III
  
  Pages 103-122
4. Leadership Style, Subordinate Personality and Task Type as Predictors of Performance and Satisfaction with Supervision
  
  Stan E. Weed, Terence R. Mitchell, Weldon Moffitt
  
  Pages 123-140
5. Work-group Composition as a Factor in Productivity and Satisfaction
  
  Denys Cross, Peter Warr
  
  Pages 141-160
6. Relation of Organisational Structure to Job Satisfaction, Anxiety-Stress and Performance
  
  John M. Ivancevich, James H. Donnelly Jr.
  
  Pages 161-175
Absence and Turnover
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 177-179
  
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2. Realistic Expectations as an Aid in Reducing Voluntary Resignations
  
  Daniel R. Ilgen, William Seely
  
  Pages 181-187
3. Effectiveness of an Attendance Control Policy in Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
  
  John F. Baum
  
  Pages 188-201
The Value of Ergonomics to Performance, Safety and Productivity
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 203-205
  
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2. Men, Machines and Productivity
  
  F. C. Bartlett
  
  Pages 207-214
3. Is Human Factors Engineering Worth the Investment?
  
  Kenneth S. Teel
  
  Pages 215-222

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Book Title: Psychology and Industrial Productivity
Book Subtitle: A Reader
Editors: Michael M. Gruneberg, David J. Oborne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04809-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1981
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-27074-5Published: 18 June 1981
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-04809-0Published: 18 June 1981
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 340
Topics: Management

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