Psicología / Psicología Industrial y Organizacional

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

de Paul Babiak & Robert D. Hare

Let's say you're about to hire somebody for a position in your company. Your corporation wants someone who's fearless, charismatic, and full of new ideas. Candidate X is charming, smart, and has all the right...

Liespotting

de Pamela Meyer

GET TO THE TRUTH

People--friends, family members, work colleagues, salespeople--lie to us all the time.  Daily, hourly, constantly. None of us is immune, and all of us are victims. According to studies by several...

The Design of Future Things

de Don Norman

In The Design of Future Things, best-selling author Donald A. Norman presents a revealing examination of smart technology, from smooth-talking GPS units to cantankerous refrigerators. Exploring the links between...

Sex in Psychotherapy

de Lawrence E Hedges

In this concise, lucid volume, influential psychotherapist Lawrence Hedges takes a psychodynamic approach to investigating major technological and theoretical developments in our understanding of sex's role...

Object Relations, Work and the Self

de David P Levine

In this book, David P. Levine applies psychoanalytic object relations theory to understanding work motivation and the meaning of work. Drawing on the writings of authors such as Donald Winnicott, Otto Kernberg...

Henry A. Abbati: Keynes' Forgotten Precursor

de Serena Di Gaspare

The work of Henry A. Abbati's was much admired by Robertson and Keynes. This book seeks to restore his position as a pioneer in macroeconomic theory with a selection of his writings demonstrating his contribution...

A Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology: Volume 2: Work Psychology

de De,Wolff, Charles, P J D Drenth & THIERRY HENK

Work Psychology, the second volume of the Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology, concentrates on issues related to the direct relationship between the worker and the organization and on his or her task...

Chaos, Catastrophe, and Human Affairs: Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics To Work, Organizations, and Social Evolution

de Stephen J. Guastello

Whether talking about steering a wheelbarrow over rugged terrain or plotting the course of international relations, human performance systems involve change. Sometimes changes are subtle or evolutionary, sometimes...

Remarkable: Resolving your most important business issue

de Randy Ross & David Salyers

Business as usual. It's conventional, operating within the established norms. It's predictable, delivering the expected. It's comfortable, maintaining the status quo. It's...safe. There are millions of organizations...

Our Racist Heart?: An Exploration of Unconscious Prejudice in Everyday Life

de Geoffrey Beattie

Few people today would admit to being a racist, or to making assumptions about individuals based on their skin colour, or on their gender or social class. In this book, leading psychologist Geoffrey Beattie...

Emotional Labor in the 21st Century: Diverse Perspectives on Emotion Regulation at Work

de Alicia Grandey, James Diefendorff & Deborah E. Rupp

This book reviews, integrates, and synthesizes research on emotional labor and emotion regulation conducted over the past 30 years. The concept of emotional labor was first proposed by Dr. Arlie Russell Hochschild...

Organizational Consulting: A Gestalt Approach

de Edwin C. Nevis

In this classic text, pioneering organizational consultant Edwin C. Nevis presents an approach to organizational consulting which is grounded in Gestalt theory.  Nevis brings his well-known insight, conceptual...

Police Psychology Into the 21st Century

de Martin I. Kurke & Ellen M. Scrivner

As we approach the 21st century, there is a discernable shift in policing, from an incident-driven perspective to a proactive problem solving stance often described as "community policing." In this volume a...

Linking Emotional Intelligence and Performance at Work: Current Research Evidence with Individuals and Groups

de Vanessa Urch Druskat, Gerald Mount & Fabio Sala

In this edited volume, leading edge researchers discuss the link between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and workplace performance. Contributors from many areas such as social science, management (including organizational...

Strategic Job Modeling: Working at the Core of Integrated Human Resources

de Jeffery S. Schippmann

(USE FOR PRACTITIONER/BUSINESS PIECES)

In an increasingly knowledge-based economy, a company's success hinges on the quality of its people. People set strategy, make decisions, build relationships, and drive...

Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Change, eBook of 2nd Edition

de Andrea Shapiro & Patricia Zigarmi

Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Change

Too often, necessary and technically appropriate change initiatives fall short of expected gains because leaders fail to involve...

The Fulfilling Workplace: The Organization's Role in Achieving Individual and Organizational Health

de Ronald J. Burke & Cary L. Cooper

In earlier books in the Psychological and Behavioural Aspects of Risk Series, Cary Cooper and Ron Burke have identified the role played by human frailties and organizational toxicity in influencing individual...

The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership: A Critical Perspective

de Dennis Tourish

Most research into leadership has presented leaders as heroic, charismatic and transformational 'visionaries'. The leader, whether in business, politics or any other field, is the most important factor in determining...

Validity Generalization: A Critical Review

de Kevin R. Murphy

This volume presents the first wide-ranging critical review of validity generalization (VG)--a method that has dominated the field since the publication of Schmidt and Hunter's (1977) paper "Development of a...

Organizational Behavior: the State of the Science

de Jerald Greenberg

As scientists toil in the fields of their disciplines, they rarely enjoy opportunities to step back from their work and evaluate where their efforts have taken them. Assessing a field's scientific progress,...