Book reviews in this article:More than Ping‐pong Balls: A Review of Current Personnel Management TextsCascio, Wayne F. Costing Human Resources: The Financial Impact of Behavior in Organizations.Cook, John D., Hepworth, Sue J., Wall, Toby D. and Warr, Peter B. The Experience of Work: A Compendium and Review of 249 Measures and their Use.Mant, Alistar. The Dynamics of Management Education: Observations on the Mid‐Career Development Process.Montross, David H. and Shinkman, Christopher J. (Editors) Career Development in the 1980s: Theory and Practice.Burke, W. Warner. Organization Development: Principles and Practices.Thornton, George C., III and Byham, William C. Assessment Centers and Managerial Performance.Work in America Institute. Productivity through Work Innovations.Zager, Robert and Rosow, Michael P. (Editors) The Innovative Organization: Productivity Programs in Action.Nadler, David A., Tushman, Michael L. and Hatvany, Nina G. ManagingOrganizations: Readings and Cases.Frederiksen, Lee W. (Editor) Handbook of Organizational Behavior Management.Berk, Ronald A. (Editor) Handbook of Methods for Detecting Test Bias.Koolhaas, Jan. Organization Dissonance and Change.Edwards, P. K. and Scullion, Hugh. The Social Organization of Industrial Conflict: Control and Resistance in the Workplace.Ledvinka, James. Federal Regulation of Personnel and Human Resource Management.Kaufman, H. G. Professionals in Search of Work: Coping with the Stress of Job Loss and Underemployment. Practical Participation and Involvement: 3. The Individual and the Job. Practical Participation and Involvement: 4. Meeting Education and Training Needs.Hays, Steven W. and Kearney, Richard C. (Editors) Public Personnel Administration: Problems and Prospects.Freedman, Richard D., Cooper, Cary L. and Stumpf, Stephen A. (Editors) Management Education: Issues in Theory, Research and Practice.Stewart, Valerie and Stewart, Andrew. Managing the Poor Performer.Fear, Richard A. and Ross, James F. Jobs, Dollars and EEO: How to Hire More Productive Entry‐Level Workers.Gmelch, Walter H. Beyond Stress to Effective Management.Lehrer, RobertN. White Collar Productivity.Bacharach, Samuel B. (Editor) Research on the Sociology of Organizations: A Research Annual.Williams, J. Clifton. Human Behavior in Organizations.Winter, Richard E. (Series Editor, Executive Health Examiners.) Coping with Executive Stress.Macarov, David. Worker Productivity: Myths and Reality.McLean, Adrian, Sims, David, Mangham, Iain and Tuffield, David. Organization Devetopment in Transition: Evidence of an Evolving Profession.Stewart, Phyllis L. and Cantor, Muriel G. (Editors) Varieties of Work.Thornton, George C., III, and Oetting, Eugene R. Exercises in Psychological Testing.Jackson, John H. and Morgan, Cyril P. Organization Theory: A Macro Perspective for Management.