ABSTRACT
When the editors of this handbook planned its content, they had in mind four sections. The first section was to contain introductory chapters, such as the history of W&O psychology, and methodology. This would be followed by three sections, each focusing on a particular relationship. The first would concentrate on the relationship between the individual person and his or her task. The second would focus on the individual as a member of a social group, and the third would look at the relationship between the individual and the organization and the organizational environment. Later we decided to add some chapters which could not easily be included in these four sections, but which we thought to be of interest to readers.
