Books

Cross-Cultural Psychology

The consequences of globalization and mass migration are such that, it has been estimated, over 200 million people are living in countries other than where they were born. And as formerly homogeneous societies evolve into multicultural entities with traditional social and geographic boundaries giving way to increasingly complex representations of identity, new—and urgent—questions for psychologists, social scientists, and policymakers arise.

As research in and around cross-cultural psychology burgeons as never before, this new four-volume collection from Routledge meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of literature. Edited by two leading scholars, the collection is organized into four principal sections: Basic Issues; Theory and Method; Substantive Findings in Basic Processes; and Substantive Findings in Applied Issues. Cross-Cultural Psychology provides a one-stop ‘mini library’ of foundational and canonical work. The collection also includes cutting-edge analyses and discussions of theory and research, alongside major works addressing policy implications. https://www.routledge.com/Cross-Cultural-Psychology/Sam-Berry/p/book/9781138848375

Space safety and Human Performance

Space Safety and Human Performance provides a comprehensive reference for engineers and technical managers within aerospace and high technology companies, space agencies, operators, and consulting firms. The book draws upon the expertise of the world’s leading experts in the field and focuses primarily on humans in spaceflight, but also covers operators of control centers on the ground and behavior aspects of complex organizations, thus addressing the entire spectrum of space actors. During spaceflight, human performance can be deeply affected by physical, psychological and psychosocial stressors. Strict selection, intensive training and adequate operational rules are used to fight performance degradation and prepare individuals and teams to effectively manage systems failures and challenging emergencies. The book is endorsed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS).

Kulturelt mangfold på arbeidsplassen - Gro Mjeldheim Sandal (red.), 2009

Multinasjonale selskaper og et globalisert arbeidsmarked skaper kulturelt mangfold i arbeidslivet. Denne boken tar for seg utfordringene i forbindelse med denne situasjonen og virkemidlene man kan bruke for å møte dem. Boken beskriver arbeidslivet som møteplass for mennesker fra ulike kulturer både i norsk sammenheng, i internasjonale organisasjoner og under arbeidsoppdrag i utlandet. Her presenteres både teoretiske perspektiver og utfordringer og praktiske virkemidler knyttet til teamarbeid, tilpasningsstrategier, rekruttering og gruppeprosesser.
Boken henvender seg til alle som er interesserte i spørsmål knyttet til kulturelt mangfold i arbeidslivet, for eksempel ledere, tillitsvalgte og HMS-personell. Boken egner seg også som pensum ved universiteter og høyskoler.

The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology - David L. Sam and John W. Berry (Eds.), 2006

In recent years the topic of acculturation has evolved from a relatively minor research area to one of the most researched subjects in the field of cross-cultural psychology. This edited handbook compiles and systemizes the current state of the art by exploring the broad international scope of acculturation. A collection of the world's leading experts in the field review the various contexts for acculturation, the central theories, the groups and individuals undergoing acculturation (immigrants, refugees, indigenous people, expatriates, students and tourists) and discuss how current knowledge can be applied to make both the process and its outcome more manageable and profitable. Building on the theoretical and methodological framework of cross-cultural psychology, the authors focus specifically on the issues that arise when people from one culture move to another culture and the reciprocal adjustments, tensions and benefits involved.