Essentials of Job Attitudes and Other Workplace Psychological Constructs

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Appendices -- Contributors -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Why Study Job Attitudes and Other Workplace Psychological Constructs -- 1 Essentials of Job Attitudes and Other Workplace Psychological Constructs: An Introductory Chapter -- Defining Job Attitudes and Other Workplace Psychological Constructs -- The Importance of Job Attitudes -- Job Attitudes are Inherently Valuable -- Job Attitudes Provide Diagnostic Information -- Job Attitudes Can Be Used to Assess the Effectiveness of Interventions -- Job Attitudes May Cause Key Outcomes -- Job Performance -- Organizational Withdrawal -- Overview of Subsequent Chapters -- References -- 2 Attitude Theory and Job Attitudes: On the Value of Intersections between Basic and Applied Psychology -- Conceptualizing Attitudes -- Definitions of Attitudes -- Definitions of Job Attitudes -- Operationalizing Attitudes -- Rating Scale Methods -- Qualitative Methods -- Implicit Attitudes -- Characteristic Features of Attitudes -- Attitude Content and Structure -- Attitude Strength -- Attitude Functions -- Attitude Development and Change -- Dual Process Models -- Evaluative Conditioning -- Self-Perception -- The Dispositional Approach to Attitudes -- Affective Events Theory -- Consequences of Attitudes -- Effects of Attitudes on Information Processing -- Effects of Attitudes on Behavior -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Job Attitudes and Other Workplace Psychological Constructs -- 3 Organizational Justice -- Organizational Justice: Its Nature and Conceptualization -- Definition and Dimensions -- Overall Justice -- Justice Assessment -- Justice-Related Theories -- Social Exchange and Affective Events Theories.