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The cult of personality testing The cult of personality testing Annie Murphy Paul This book tells the surprising and disturbing story of the tests that claim to capture human nature. It goes behind the scenes to discover how personality tests are used in America's companies, its c… OL15137047W
Coping with difficult people Coping with difficult people Robert M. Bramson Descriptions of impossible or difficult people, and strageties for learning how to deal with them. OL16420962W
Emotional labor in the 21st century Emotional labor in the 21st century 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 Rus… OL16564466W
Personal relationships Personal relationships Tammy D. Allen,Lillian Turner de Tormes Eby "We know that positive, fulfilling and satisfying relationships are strong predictors of life satisfaction, psychological health, and physical well-being. This edited volume uses research and theory … OL16564798W
Succeeding in business in Central and Eastern Europe Succeeding in business in Central and Eastern Europe Woodrow H. Sears "This book identities a variety of factors, including an anti-business attitude and a resistance to Western style change, that hinder some attempts at development within Central and Eastern Europe. I… OL16935612W
Power at Work Power at Work Darren Mccabe Using both qualitative and quantitative data derived from fieldwork in Lanzhou between 2001 and 2004, this much-needed work on ethnicity in Asia offers a major sociological analysis of Hui Muslims in… OL16979540W
Work psychology Work psychology Arnold, John xxv, 718 p. : 27 cm OL18627477W
The psychology of safety handbook The psychology of safety handbook E. Scott Geller Safety performance cannot be brought to enviable levels without addressing human behavior and attitude effectively. The only comprehensive reference on the psychology of human dynamics of safety, The… OL1885311W
The invisible employee The invisible employee Adrian Robert Gostick Praise for The Invisible Employee "A gem of a book . . . finding that workers who are recognized are more productive, have fewer on-the-job accidents, and translate their satisfaction into customer … OL1940927W
Working for you isn't working for me Working for you isn't working for me Katherine Crowley "Sooner or later, we all have to work for someone we can't stand--whether it's an inept supervisor, an undermining department head, or an overly demanding client. When that happens, some people quit,… OL19941809W
Business without the bullsh*t Business without the bullsh*t James, Geoffrey The award-winning blogger behind the popular business blog "Sales Source," offers tips on how to be a great boss, how to deal with irritating coworkers, how to be more productive during the day and h… OL19981457W
How to have a good day How to have a good day Caroline Webb "In How to Have a Good Day, Caroline Webb, business consultant and former partner at powerhouse McKinsey and Co., brings together the findings on behavioral economics and neuroscience--subjects that … OL20019787W
Organization development and consulting Organization development and consulting Fred Massarik,Marissa Pei-Carpenter Written as a field manual for the organisational development and consulting practitioner, this volume covers the theoretical foundations of internal and external consulting. It will also be of value … OL20941703W
The psychology and management of project teams The psychology and management of project teams E. Kevin Kelloway,Brian Hobbs,François Chiocchio "Organizations today are increasingly using projects in their daily activities. Projects and project-management principles frame goal attainment in academia and many business sectors, and they even s… OL22314679W
La stratégie du dauphin La stratégie du dauphin Paul L. Kordis,Dudley Lynch "Pour être gagnant dans l'ère de l'information et de la productivité, il faut apprendre à maîtriser une technique tout à fait différente : la stratégie du dauphin. Cette stratégie est destinée à remp… OL24838015W
Preventing workplace meltdown Preventing workplace meltdown Martin Shain This book is about mental injuries in the workplace - what they are, how to assess the risks of their occurence, how to prevent legal liability for them and how to create psychologically safe workpla… OL28758691W
Reframing Organizations Reframing Organizations Lee G. Bolman In this third edition of their best-selling classic, authors Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal explain the powerful tool of "reframing." The authors have distilled the organizational literature into a com… OL3359455W
Twelve commandments for people who work with people Twelve commandments for people who work with people Ann T. White A humorous guide to interpersonal relations. OL553390W
The 4-dimensional manager The 4-dimensional manager Julie Straw ix, 155 p. ; 23 cm OL6213608W
Psychology at Work Psychology at Work Peter Warr Applied psychology in work settings has made considerable progress in the 30 years since the original version of this book was published. This new collection of essays aims to illustrate both the emp… OL7975497W
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