Individual Psychological Assessment: Predicting Behavior in Organizational Settings / Edition 1

by Richard Jeanneret, Rob Silzer

Overview

A Unique Resource for a State-of-the-Art Practice

Presented by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, this is the first and only work to offer readers a comprehensive look at individual psychological assessment as currently practiced in business environments. Here, you will examine the best methods and techniques now in use. You will see how assessment is being used to alter organizational cultures and achieve specific business goals. You will discover a framework you can use to make your own practice state-of-the-art. And you will benefit from thought-provoking discussions on issues vital to the field's continued success as well as informed predictions for its future. All of which makes this an essential resource any person concerned with individual psychological assessment should possess.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787908614
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	07/15/1998
Series:	J-B SIOP Professional Practice Series , #2
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.31(h) x 1.67(d)

About the Author

RICHARD JEANNERET is president Of Jeanneret & Associates in Houston, Texas. He lives in Woodlands, Texas. ROB SILZER Waiting for bio info. He lives in New York, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreward by Manuel London.

FRAMEWORKS.

An Overview of Individual Psychological Assessment.

Theoretical Frameworks for Assessment.

Individual Assessment: The Research Base.

Ethical, Legal, and Professional issues for Individual Assessment.

PROCESSES.

Designing the Individual Assessment.

Getting at Character: The Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity.

A Clinical Approach to Executive Selection.

Communicating Results for Impact.

STRATEGIES.

Assessing and Changing Managers for New Organizational Roles.

Shaping Organizational Strategy Leadership: The Ripple Effect of Assessment.

PERSPECTIVES.

Anticipating the Future: Assessment Strategies for Tommorrow.

Editorial Reviews

Explores the best practices for using individual psychological assessment to choose a top executive for a business. Provides a framework for a sound assessment practice, and specifics on a number of assessment processes, including how they are designed and conducted and how results are interpreted and communicated. Also explores how assessment can fit into strategic business plans and respond to the requirements of new leadership models. Readers are assumed to be professional or student psychologists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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