International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008, Volume 23

This is the twenty-third in the most prestigious series of annual volumes in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. The series provides authoritative and integrative reviews of the key literature of industrial psychology and organizational behaviour. The chapters are written by established experts and topics are carefully chosen to reflect the major concerns in both the research literature and in current practice. This twenty-third volume continues the series' tradition of providing scholarly, up to the minute reviews and updates of theory and research across a wide range of established areas and emerging issues problems, including: the psychology of careers in industrial-organizational settings, leadership development, employee recruitment, health protection and promotion in the workplace, and politics and politicians at work. Each chapter offers a comprehensive and critical survey of the chosen topic, and each is supported by a valuable bibliography. For advanced students, academics and researchers, as well as professional psychologists and managers, this remains the most authoritative and current guide to new developments and established knowledge in the field of industrial and organizational psychology.

Gerard P. Hodgkinson Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Strategic Management and Director of the Centre for Organizational Strategy, Learning and Change (COSLAC) at the University of Leeds, UK. He earned his BA, MSc and PhD degrees at Wolver hampton Polytechnic and the Universities of Hull and Sheffield, respectively. He has authored or co-authored three books and over 50 scholarly journal articles and chapters on topics of relevance to the field of industrial and organizational psychology. In 2001 he was elected a Fellow of both the British Psychological Society and the British Academy of Management, in recognition of his  pioneering contribution to the psychology of strategic management as an emergent field of study. In recent years this and related work on managerial and organizational cognition has been taken forward through the award of a Fellow ship of the Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) Research, the UK's research initiative on management funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). From 1999 to 2006 Gerard was the Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Management and currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior and Organizational Science. A practising chartered occupational psychologist, he has conducted numerous consultancy assignments for leading private and public-sector organizations. Further information about Gerard and his work can be found at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lubs/coslac/ and http://www.aimresearch.org.

J. Kevin Ford is a Professor of Psychology at Michigan Sate University. H is major research interest involve improving training effectiveness through efforts to advance our understanding of training needs assessment, design, evaluation and transfer. he also concentrates on understanding change dynamics n organizational development efforts and building continuous learning and improvement orientations within organizations. He has published over 50 articles and chapters and four books relevant to industrial and organizational psychology. Currently he serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and Human Performance. He is an active consultant with private industry and the public sector on training, leadership and organizational change issues. Kevin is a Fellow of the American Psycho9logical Association and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. he received his BS in psychology from the University of Maryland and his MA and PhD in psychology from the Ohio State University. Further information about Kevin and his research and consulting activities can be found at http://www.io.psy.msu.edu/jkf.