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Personality and Intelligence at Work

Personality and Intelligence at Work

Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work

  • By Adrian Furnham

Personality and Intelligence at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It combines approaches from organizational...

Published March 19th 2008 by Routledge.

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Work, Stress and Coping in an Era of Globalization

Work, Stress and Coping in an Era of Globalization
  • Edited by Rabi S. Bhagat, James C. Segovis

Published September 28th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Applied Organizational Communication

Applied Organizational Communication

Theory and Practice in a Global Environment

  • By Thomas E. Harris, Mark D. Nelson

Applied Organizational Communication provides a current, in-depth analysis of the theories and practices critical to understanding organizational communication concepts in a global environment. Exploring the...

Published July 25th 2007 by Routledge.

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Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science

Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science

Strategies and Applications

  • By Stewart I. Donaldson

Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science fills the gap between 21st century literature on evaluation and what is happening in practice. It features detailed examples of how...

Published May 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

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Crisis Communications

Crisis Communications

A Casebook Approach

  • By Kathleen Fearn-Banks
A casebook approach to studying crisis communications means learning from the actions of those who have experienced crises. What did they expect? What actually happened?...

Published January 29th 2007 by Routledge.

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Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Edited by Laura L. Koppes

This unique book is the first to contain a comprehensive history of industrial and organizational psychology, covering numerous topics in the discipline. The history presented...

Published August 29th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Handbook of Communication Skills

The Handbook of Communication Skills
  • Edited by Owen Hargie

The Handbook of Communication Skills is recognised as one of the core texts in the field of communication. This thoroughly revised and updated third edition...

Published May 4th 2006 by Routledge.

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Business Psychology and Organisational Behaviour

Business Psychology and Organisational Behaviour

A Student's Handbook

  • By Eugene McKenna

Throughout the new edition of this highly-regarded textbook there is broad coverage and well-informed evaluation of different theoretical approaches. Insightful practical examples and vivid illustrations...

Published March 2nd 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Ethics, Law, and Business

Ethics, Law, and Business
  • By William A. Wines
This essential business ethics text touches on many themes important to future leaders of business. Broad in its scope, the book presents the business aspects...

Published February 21st 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Applied Psychology

Applied Psychology

New Frontiers and Rewarding Careers

  • Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson, Dale E. Berger, Kathy Pezdek
Applied Psychology demonstrates the power of applied psychology to promote human welfare and optimal human functioning as well as the vast career opportunities that exist...

Published February 15th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Essentials of Personnel Assessment and Selection

Essentials of Personnel Assessment and Selection
  • By Robert M. Guion, Scott Highhouse
Essentials of Personnel Assessment and Selection discusses the essentials that managers and other well-educated people should know about the assessment processes so widely used in...

Published January 31st 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Bridging Social Psychology

Bridging Social Psychology

Benefits of Transdisciplinary Approaches

  • Edited by Paul A.M. Van Lange
Bridging Social Psychology illuminates the unique contribution the field of social psychology can bring to understanding major scientific and societal problems. The book focuses on...

Published January 19th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

Applied Cognitive Psychology

A Textbook

  • By Douglas J. Herrmann, Carol Y. Yoder, Michael Gruneberg, David G. Payne
The field of applied cognitive psychology represents a new emphasis within cognitive psychology. Although interesting applied research has been published over the last several decades,...

Published January 4th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Advances in Social and Organizational Psychology

Advances in Social and Organizational Psychology

A Tribute to Ralph Rosnow

  • Edited by Donald A. Hantula
This new volume is a collection of thought-provoking essays on the current state of social and organizational psychology. The topics range from data analysis and...

Published January 4th 2006 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Environmental Psychology

Environmental Psychology
  • By Paul A. Bell, Thomas Greene, Jeffrey Fisher, Andrew S. Baum
Bell et al’s Environmental Psychology is considered to be the most authoritative textbook available for this course. It is the only environmental psychology book to appear...

Published December 29th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting

The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting
  • By Linda K. Stroh, Homer H. Johnson
This is a very good time for consultants. As corporations have been reorganizing and downsizing, merging and globalizing, the consulting business has been booming.

The Basic...

Published December 14th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Psychology of Behaviour at Work, Second Edition

The Psychology of Behaviour at Work, Second Edition

The Individual in the Organization

  • By Adrian Furnham
This superb introduction to the field of organizational psychology and organizational behaviour builds on the foundation of the highly successful first edition to provide up-to-date...

Published October 6th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Transformational Leadership

Transformational Leadership
  • By Bernard M. Bass, Ronald E. Riggio
Transformational Leadership, Second Edition is intended for both the scholars and serious students of leadership. It is a comprehensive review of theorizing and empirical research...

Published October 5th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Sex in Consumer Culture

Sex in Consumer Culture

The Erotic Content of Media and Marketing

  • Edited by Tom Reichert, Jacqueline Lambiase
Sex in Consumer Culture: The Erotic Content of Media and Marketing considers the use of sex to promote brands, magazines, video games, TV programming, music,...

Published August 31st 2005 by Routledge.

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Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education

Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education

Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Complex Dilemmas

  • By Joan Poliner Shapiro, Jacqueline A. Stefkovich
This text--developed in response to an increasing interest in ethics and a growing number of courses on this topic that are now being offered in...

Published June 7th 2005 by Routledge.

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Work and Leisure

Work and Leisure
  • Edited by John T. Haworth, Anthony J. Veal

Globalization, economic development and changes in social environments have put the relationships between work, leisure, social structure and quality of life under the spotlight. Profound...

Published January 13th 2005 by Routledge.

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Attitudes and Opinions

Attitudes and Opinions
  • By Stuart Oskamp, P. Wesley Schultz
Notable advances resulting from new research findings, measurement approaches, widespread uses of the Internet, and increasingly sophisticated approaches to sampling and polling, have stimulated a...

Published December 6th 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Leadership Development in Balance

Leadership Development in Balance

MADE/Born

  • By Bruce J. Avolio
This book, written by a leading scholar in leadership, takes readers through a very realistic look at what it takes to develop leadership competencies. Focusing...

Published November 30th 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Applied Public Relations

Applied Public Relations

Cases in Stakeholder Management

  • By Lawrence F. Lamb, Kathy Brittain McKee

Published August 12th 2004 by Routledge.

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Research Methods for Organizational Studies

Research Methods for Organizational Studies
  • By Donald P. Schwab
This revision of a best selling research methods textbook introduces social science methods as applied broadly to the study of issues that arise as part...

Published August 2nd 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager

Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager
  • By Carol T. Kulik
Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager appeals to anyone interested in management issues. The book explains why human resource issues are increasing the responsibilities of...

Published April 30th 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Handbook for Research in Cooperative Education and Internships

Handbook for Research in Cooperative Education and Internships
  • Edited by Patricia L. Linn, Adam Howard, Eric Miller
This Handbook is designed to help cooperative education and internship professionals and employers design, carry out, and disseminate quality research and evaluation studies of work-based...

Published September 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Skilled Interpersonal Communication

Skilled Interpersonal Communication

Research, Theory and Practice, 4th Edition

  • By Owen Hargie, David Dickson
Previous editions ('Social Skills in Interpersonal Communication') have established this work as the standard textbook on communication. Directly relevant to a multiplicity of research areas...

Published July 17th 2003 by Routledge.

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Work and Organizational Psychology

Work and Organizational Psychology

An Introduction with Attitude

  • By Christine Doyle
In this unique text, Christine Doyle provides the student with a cutting-edge introduction to the field of work and organizational psychology. The main focus is...

Published December 12th 2002 by Routledge.

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The Employment Relationship

The Employment Relationship

A Psychological Perspective

  • By Peter Herriot
The Employment Relationship presents a controversial perspective on an area hitherto dominated by industrial relation experts and radical sociological theorists. Exploring some of the metaphors...

Published November 29th 2001 by Routledge.

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Psychology and Work

Psychology and Work
  • By Christine Hodson
Psychology and Work provides a concise, user-friendly introduction to the field of occupational psychology. The book covers the main issues in the psychology of work...

Published October 18th 2001 by Routledge.

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Improving Teamwork in Organizations

Improving Teamwork in Organizations

Applications of Resource Management Training

  • Edited by Eduardo Salas, Clint A. Bowers, Eleana Edens
This edited volume applies the excellent work done in Crew Resource Management (CRM) in the aviation industry to training teams in other organizations. CRM is...

Published March 1st 2001 by CRC Press.

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Reconstructing Communicating

Reconstructing Communicating

Looking To A Future

  • By Robyn Penman
In this innovative and potentially controversial book, Penman examines the future of communication as a discipline. She foresees a time in which communicating is conceived...

Published July 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Communicating Successfully in Groups

Communicating Successfully in Groups

A Practical Guide for the Workplace

  • By Richard Hammersley, Marie Reid
This practical guide to the psychology of effective communication is suitable for anyone for whom communication in groups is a key part of their job....

Published April 20th 2000 by Routledge.

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The New Psychometrics

The New Psychometrics

Science, Psychology and Measurement

  • By Paul Kline
Many psychological factors are little more than statistical descriptions of particular sets of data and have no real significance. Paul Kline uses his long and...

Published March 2nd 2000 by Routledge.

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Using Psychology in Management Training

Using Psychology in Management Training

The Psychological Foundations of Management Skills

  • By David A. Statt
Many of the fundamental principles of psychology form the basis for management training.Using Psychology in Management Training aims to give trainers and student trainers a...

Published February 17th 2000 by Routledge.

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Handbook of Communication Audits for Organisations

Handbook of Communication Audits for Organisations
  • Edited by Owen D.W. Hargie, Dennis Tourish
Why are some organisations successful, while others perish in the marketplace? Evidence is growing to suggest that a key part of the answer is communication....

Published January 20th 2000 by Routledge.

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Preventing Stress, Improving Productivity

Preventing Stress, Improving Productivity

European Case-Studies in the Workplace

  • Edited by Cary Cooper, Cary L. Cooper, Michiel Kompier
In a representative study made of European workers, twenty-eight per cent of employees reported that stress affects their health and their performance at work....

Published March 11th 1999 by Routledge.

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The Concise Dictionary of Business Management

The Concise Dictionary of Business Management
  • By David Statt
This second edition of The Concise Dictionary of Business Management has been completely revised and updated to reflect the changing world of work and new...

Published February 25th 1999 by Routledge.

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Work-Related Violence

Work-Related Violence
  • Edited by Diane Beale, Carol Brady, Tom Cox, Claire Lawrence, Phil Leather
Recent reports suggest that violence in the workplace is an increasingly common problem for organizations, and that violence -or the threat of it- is one...

Published December 31st 1998 by Routledge.

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Work-Related Violence

Work-Related Violence
  • Edited by Diane Beale, Carol Brady, Tom Cox, Claire Lawrence, Phil Leather
Recent reports suggest that violence in the workplace is an increasingly common problem for organizations, and that violence -or the threat of it- is one...

Published December 31st 1998 by Routledge.

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Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design

Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design
  • By David H. Jonassen, Martin Tessmer, Wallace H. Hannum
Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design is a handbook of task analysis and knowledge elicitation methods that can be used for designing direct instruction, performance...

Published October 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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A Handbook Of Work And Organizational Psychology

A Handbook Of Work And Organizational Psychology

Set Volumes 1-4

  • Edited by C.J. De Wolff, P.J.D. Drenth, H. Thierry
The second edition of the Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology is a fundamental revision and extension of the Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology,...

Published July 7th 1998 by Psychology Press.

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Analyzing Problems in Schools and School Systems

Analyzing Problems in Schools and School Systems

A Theoretical Approach

  • By Alan K. Gaynor
Although there are many textbooks in the field of educational administration describing various organizational theories, this text is unique in tying organizational theory explicitly and...

Published May 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Gender and Choice in Education and Occupation

Gender and Choice in Education and Occupation
  • Edited by John Radford
Despite many years of equality of choice, boys and girls continue to differ in both the subjects they study at school and later in the...

Published April 9th 1998 by Routledge.

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Gender and Choice in Education and Occupation

Gender and Choice in Education and Occupation
  • Edited by John Radford
Despite many years of equality of choice, boys and girls continue to differ in both the subjects they study at school and later in the...

Published April 9th 1998 by Routledge.

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Interdisciplinarity, the Psychology of Art, and Creativity

Interdisciplinarity, the Psychology of Art, and Creativity

A Special Issue of creativity Research Journal

  • Edited by Martin S. Lindauer
This special issue introduces the concept of interdisciplinarity within its larger intellectual context--that of the relationship between science and the humanities, as well as its...

Published April 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Leadership

Leadership

The Operant Model of Effective Supervision

  • By Judith L. Komaki
How can managers motivate their employees? After conducting detailed field studies of work groups in settings as diverse as insurance company offices and regatta sailboats,...

Published March 19th 1998 by Routledge.

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Image Theory

Image Theory

Theoretical and Empirical Foundations

  • Edited by Lee Roy Beach
Decision making plays a major role in virtually every theory of organizational behavior. However, decision theory has not provided organizational theorists with useful descriptions of...

Published January 1st 1998 by CRC Press.

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Wireless

Wireless

Strategically Liberalizing the Telecommunications Market

  • By Brian J.W. Regli, Brian Regli
The revolution of wireless communications has only just begun to transform the telecommunications industry worldwide. This book offers insight into the possible options for corporate...

Published May 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Ethical Issues in the Communication Process

Ethical Issues in the Communication Process
  • By J. Vernon Jensen
A rapid and widespread growth of interest in applied ethics is occurring today not only in the United States, but around the world as well....

Published April 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Organizational Public Relations

Organizational Public Relations

A Political Perspective

  • By Christopher Spicer
Public relations practitioners are often called upon to help chart their organization's strategic development, thus functioning as managerial decision makers linking the organization to its...

Published March 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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The Crisis Manager

The Crisis Manager

Facing Risk and Responsibility

  • By Otto Lerbinger
As crises become more numerous, visible, and calamitous, organizations have no choice but to accept them as an inescapable reality that must be factored into...

Published January 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Negotiating the Crisis

Negotiating the Crisis

Drgs and the Transformation of Hospitals

  • By Patricia Geist, Monica Hardesty
In 1984 Congress revamped Medicare to save a financially distraught health care system, thus transforming the hospital as an organization. Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) --...

Published October 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Gender, Power and Organisation

Gender, Power and Organisation
  • By Paula Nicolson
Work organisations have become a major site of gender politics for professional women and men over the last twenty years. There are more senior women...

Published July 18th 1996 by Routledge.

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Management of Corporate Communication

Management of Corporate Communication

From Interpersonal Contacts To External Affairs

  • By Robert L. Heath
Whereas many organizational communication texts address internal communication processes, few consider the efforts that companies expend to communicate with external stakeholders. Likewise, many texts that...

Published June 1st 1994 by Routledge.

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Personality at Work

Personality at Work

Individual Differences in the Workplace

  • By Adrian Furnham
Personality at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It asks whether psychological tests measuring personality...

Published March 3rd 1994 by Routledge.

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Personality

Personality

The Psychometric View

  • By Paul Kline
Although the psychometric view of personality is well established, it is little dealt with in most textbooks. Personality: the Psychometric View describes clearly the...

Published June 24th 1993 by Routledge.

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Case Studies in Health Communication

Case Studies in Health Communication
  • Edited by Eileen Berlin Ray
This book focuses on the complexities of the communication of health-related messages and information through the use of case studies. The expert contributors to this...

Published November 1st 1992 by Routledge.

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Public Relations Research Annual

Public Relations Research Annual

Volume 3

  • Edited by Larissa A. Grunig, James E. Grunig
Published in book form, this is a scholarly periodical of academic research in public relations, containing refereed reviews and reports of original studies. It follows...

Published July 1st 1991 by Routledge.

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Applications of Cognitive Psychology

Applications of Cognitive Psychology

Problem Solving, Education, and Computing

  • Edited by Dale E. Berger, Kathy Pezdek, William P. Banks

Published December 1st 1986 by Routledge.

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Handbook on Student Development

Handbook on Student Development

Advising, Career Development, and Field Placement

  • By Mark E. Ware, Richard J. Millard
Because this book's main objective is to foster and promote student development, it should appeal to those who advise, counsel, and teach undergraduate and graduate...

Published November 1st 1986 by Routledge.

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Information and Behavior

Information and Behavior

Systems of Influence

  • By Richard A. Winett

Published April 1st 1986 by Routledge.

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Managing MotivationManaging Motivation

A Manager's Guide to Diagnosing and Improving Motivation

  • By Robert Pritchard, Elissa Ashwood

This slim motivation guidebook was written to bridge the gap between the academic research on motivation and to present it in a form that is...

Published May 14th 2008 by Routledge/Psychpres.

The Entrepreneurial PersonalityThe Entrepreneurial Personality

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Is there such a thing as an 'entrepreneurial personality'? What makes someone an entrepreneur is a question that has intrigued the lay person and the...

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