Part 1 The context: patterns of employment and the job market, Richard S.Williams; matching the individual and the organization, G.Boerlijst and Geert Meijboom; selection and the organizational context, H.Peter Dachler; psychological testing and discrimination, Pieter Drenth; the changing role of psychologists in selection, Charles de Wolff; new technology and selection, Paul Jansen; selection in a European context, Sylvia Shimmin. Part 2 The selection process: designing selection procedures, Robert A.Roe; criterion development and job analysis, Martin Greuter and Jean Algera; performance modelling for personnel selection, Martin Greuter; recruiting and advertising, Karel De Witte; interactions with clients in personnel selection, Peter Herriot; the organization of a psychological consultancy, David Aris; selection procedures in practice, Vivian Shackleton and Susan Newell; the impact of personnel selection procedures on candidates, Ivan Robertson and Paul Iles. Part 3 The tools of selection: the nature of psychological measurement, Klaus Moser and Heinz Schuler; psychological testing, Charles Bethell-Fox; tests of aptitude, Jose Prieto; personality questionnaires and inventories, Paul van der Measen de Sombreff and Willem Hofstee; computer-based assessment, David Bartram; job sample and trainability tests, Sylvia Downs; assessment centres, Rob Feltham; self and peer assessment, Paul Dobson; the selection interview, Peter Herriot; biographical data, Russell Drakeley; reference reports, Paul Dobson; non-conventional methods in personnel selection, Gerson Ben-Shakhar. Part 4 Selection in specific areas: selection of operatives, manual, casual and seasonal workers, Mark Cook; work of the manager, K.Gratton; selection of professional groups, Peter Markin; service occupations, Steve Poppleton; selection in high risk and stressful occupations, Mike Smith; caring occupations, P.Spurgeon and F.Barwell; selection for creative occupations, Paul Thorne; computer/systems personnel, George Penney; personnel selection in the military, N.M.Hardinge. (Part contents)