Jobs, technology and people / Nik Chmiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chmiel, Nik.

Series:

Psychology Focus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employees--Effect of technological innovations on.

Employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>This book focuses on psychological issues related to technology and work. Topics are set within areas of occupational psychology that include job and task design, training, selection, assessment and motivation, workload analysis, environmental and personal influences on mental processing, safety at work, and working in teams.</P><P>Nik Chmiel introduces important topics to those without previous knowledge of them, and illustrates the relevance of psychological knowledge to the analysis of jobs and use of technology. It will be useful to students of psychology, business studies and organizat

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Series preface; 1 Technology and work Psychology; 2 Jobs and tasks; 3 Technology and personnel; 4 Mental work; 5 Work safety in complex technological systems; 6 Team-working and technology; 7 Concluding remarks; Glossary; Annotated further reading; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-157) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-72684-8

1-134-72685-6

1-280-56717-1

9786610567171

0-203-13090-1

9780203130902

OCLC:

437073813