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Applied Psychology in Human Resource Management (6th Edition)

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Wayne Cascio, acknowledged as a leader in the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, has written an excellent overview of the field. Cascio's writing style is clear and engaging. Although written as a textbook, this book can stay on any practitioner's bookshelf as a reference work, a condensed handbook covering most of the most common topics in I/O psychology. It assumes a graduate school level of familiarity with applied psychology and statistics.

The 6th edition fixes some errors in the 5th edition. Most importantly, it provides an impressive update of the literature. Excellent resource for students in I/O psychology and HR programs.

While this text has the potential to be a very useful tool for practitioners and academics alike, I was a little disappointed to find multiple errors in the text. One critical error was the incorrect citation of a research finding. Specifically, on page 56, it states, "In addition, individuals' motivation (i.e., direction, level, and persistence of effort exerted) is more strongly related to maximum than typical performance (Klehe & Anderson, 2007)." This is not what Klehe and Anderson (2007) found in their study, they in fact found the opposite, which is consistent with motivational theory (that motivation is more strongly related to typical rather than maximum performance).

This incorrect citation makes me wonder how many other research findings they discuss are miscited. I encourage anyone using this text (and any other) to always go to the original research articles to confirm findings before using them to make decisions.

This book served me well. It's the only book I have kept after comps and grad school completion! Highly recommended!

I was so worried when I bought this book. The semester had started and I didn't want to fall behind on readings, so I was hoping for a faster delivery than what was predicted. Thankfully, the book arrived a few days ahead of schedule! It was in great condition, too! I couldn't have been happier.

Book arrived quickly and well packaged. The text is in excellent condition.
The text is well written and comprehensive.

^The product was sent in excellent condition but I do not need the book and am attempting to return it.