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Book Review: Psychology and Work: An Introduction

This text is a comprehensive overview of how the principles of general psychology can be applied to the field of organizational studies. It starts by defining psychology and its related fields and then proceeds to attempt to cover a wide range of topics. These topics are divided into five parts: (a) Introduction; (b) Basic psychological processes and human performance; (c) Motivation and attitudes; (d) Personality intelligence and assessment; and (e) Social aspects of organizations. The authors also provide a very comprehensive bibliography. This is certainly not an introductory text in either general or industrial psychology. Its subject matter is too scattered lacking the systematic order of a 'pure' introductory text. Its style will not appeal to the uninformed, e.g. towards defining the concept psychology, the reader is drawn through a little bit of Freud, a little bit of Watson, a little bit of Kelly towards the authors' own reconciliatory 'broad approach'. This, as in other instances, leaves the reader with the feeling of too little of too much. Basically these authors have attempted to put into one volume what others have preferred to put into a few and somehow could just not fit it all in. Although to my mind not suitable as an introductory textbook, it could nevertheless be a handy reference work for the post-graduate who wants to refresh his memory on some of the basics.