The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Training, Development, and Performance Improvement

Series Preface

Welcome to this third book in the Wiley Blackwell Organizational Psychology series. This title in the series focusses on training, development, and performance improvement and builds on the previous two titles in the series that have focussed on leadership and change and on coaching and mentoring.

Over recent years we have seen a growing number of universities and organizations offer e-learning-based programs for employees and students, including the development of massive open online courses (MOOCs). At the same time our understanding of training design and delivery has developed alongside the methods for supporting employee learning and the transfer of knowledge to improve organizational practice.

We believe this series differs in three significant ways from other titles in the field.

Firstly, the book is aimed at the academic researcher and student, as opposed to the practitioner, although scholar practitioners may also find this an interesting read. The aim is to offer a comprehensive coverage of the main topics of inquiry within the domain and in each of these to offer a comprehensive critical literature review of the main topic areas. Each chapter is thus an attempt to gather together the key papers, book chapters, and ideas and to present these for the serious researcher, student, and academic as a starting point for research in the key topics of I/O (industrial and orgainzational) psychology in a focused chapter. The book thus aims to operate as a starting point ...