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

About Jonathan PassmoreKurt KraigerNuno Rebelo dos SantosSigmar Malvezzi

Kurt Kraiger is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Management Fogelman College of Business and Economics University of Memphis. He is a Fellow and former President of the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP). He has edited three books on training published over 65 scholarly papers given nearly 40 invited talks and made over 110 scientific presentations. He is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business and Psychology and is on the editorial board of the Academy of Management: Learning and Education Journal of Management and Journal of Applied Psychology. Sigmar Malvezzi is Professor and Researcher of Fundação Dom Cabral Brazil. He received his PhD at the Department of Organizational Behavior at the University of Lancaster UK and the degree of Livre Docente at the University of São Paulo Brazil. He has lectured at the Institute of Psychology of the University of São Paulo and at the Business School of Fundação Getulio Vargas. His research has explored professional and career development with focus on the building of professional identity. His most recent book is Temas e Investigaciones en Psicología Organizacional y del Trabajo (2017). Nuno Rebelo dos Santos is Professor of Psychology at the University of Evora Portugal. He is a chartered psychologist and has been invited speaker in many international scientific and professional meetings. He is a faculty member of several PhD and master courses including the Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Work Organizational and Personnel Psychology as well as the PhD on Management at the University of Evora. He has worked for more than 25 years in executive training and development and his research is focused on performance development cooperation and decent work. Jonathan Passmore (Series Editor) is the Professor of Coaching and Behavioural Change at Henley Business School University of Reading and a professor of psychology at the University of Evora Portugal. He is a chartered psychologist holds five degrees and has an international reputation for his work in coaching and leadership including being listed by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 coaches in the world. He has published widely books on the themes of leadership personal development and change and served as editor for the Association for Coaching book series. He speaks widely at conferences across the world and has published over 100 journal papers and book chapters.