Providing an accessible overview of industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology, this text chronicles the many changes that have taken place in the field, and presents information on topics such as e-mail, workplace violence, and repetitive motion injuries. As well as containing real world examples, the work includes employment profiles and descriptions by active I/O professionals of their work, demonstrating the variety of career paths available in the field. Charts and tables integrate and simplify such complicated issues as employment law, job satisfaction, and work motivation. In addition to the traditional topic coverage, the book instructs the reader about how to survive an interview, how to write a resume, and how to write a rejection letter.