Applied Psychology in Talent Management

NEW TO THIS EDITION: 

• Offers the most up-to-date coverage of technological and demographic trends changing the nature of work and organizations worldwide.
• Seamless application of concepts with the inclusion of action-oriented learning objectives allows students to understand the most important state-of-the-science talent management issues.
• Incorporates evidence-based guidelines for practice, allowing students to learn through research and apply the concepts.
• New Talent Management in Action feature boxes explain how concepts and theories apply in specific organizational settings.
• New topics to the Ninth Edition include
  
• the influence of social media, machine learning, AI, gamification, virtual reality, and big data on organizations of all sizes;
• the affect of technological advances on talent management research;
• an increased attention to the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion in talent management; and
• expanded coverage of hybrid/remote work and the employee-driven demand for mental-health-friendly workplaces.

KEY FEATURES: 

• Integrates psychological theory with tools and methods for dealing with human resource problems in organizations and for making organizations more effective, satisfying places to work.
• Reflects the state-of-the-art in talent management and outlines a forward-looking, progressive model toward which HR specialists should aim. 
• Provides students with a comprehensive and practical approach that challenges the field to advance, rather than to simply document past practice.
• Enables students to apply psychological research and theory to human resource management in organizations.
• A broader performance management emphasis provides students with a more proactive approach when looking at behavioral and judgmental biases in rating, types of performance measures, and performance feedback.