Lay Theories: Everyday Understanding of Problems in the Social Sciences (International Series in Experimental Social Psychology)

Politics & Social Sciences

Furnham, Adrian

Social Sciences

Pergamon Pr

Leadership successes and failures are in the media every day. We are in a global political and financial crisis which is changing how we think about our lives and our futures. The authors present a leadership model for the future which creates the right conditions for people to thrive, individually and collectively, and achieve significant goals.

Leadership: All You Need To Know

Business & Money

Pendleton, David

Business Culture

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Personality and Social Behaviour

Are there personality types characteristic of criminals? Is there a cancer-prone personality? Do extroverts have better sex than neurotics? This book looks at these questions and more, surveying the role of personality in many aspects of everyday social behavior. Taking a topic-led rather than theory-based approach, the authors provide a comprehensive acount of the field. Topics include health, creativity, learning, humor, ideology, work, relationships, leisure, and consumption.

Arts & Photography

Heaven, Patrick

Music

Hodder Education Publishers

What are the personality characteristics of criminals? Is there a cancer-prone personality? And do extroverts have better sex than neurotics? Looking at the role of personality in several spheres of life, from crime to consumption, and health to education, 'Personality and Social Behaviour' examines how personality is related to everyday social behaviour.Taking a topic-led rather than theory-based approach, the authors provide a comprehensive, critical and accessible account of the role of individual personality in everyday life. Each chapter examines the personality variables which affect particular social behaviour, and the text as a whole reviews and integrates the findings of contemporary research literature.Topics covered: health; learning; ideology; relationships; crime; creativity; humour; work; leisure; consumption.

Economics

A unique reference to the social attitudes of British adolescents in the late 1980s. The contents range over key issues of the day, including sex roles, race, school, work and unemployment, and crime and law enforcement. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in education, psychology and sociology; professionals in education and the youth service; policy makers.

The Anatomy of Adolescence: Young People's Social Attitudes in Britain

Gunter, Barrie

Routledge

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Protestant Work Ethic. The Psychology of Work-Related Beliefs and Behaviours

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Despite a wealth of research on young people's understanding of the "physical" world, there is very little available on their understanding of the "social" world, or how they understand the functioning of society. In this study, the authors take a social-cognitive view of adolescence, focusing on the processes by which young people learn to understand other people's thoughts, emotions, intentions and behaviour. Such understanding is often partial and fragmented because social knowledge, unlike knowledge of the physical world, is often arbitrary, determined by economic and cultural variables rather than by observation and experiment. Concentrating on the social world of politics, economics, work, gender and religion, the book covers such issues as politics and government, work and unemployment, law and legislative matters, religion, marriage and the family, social class, and racial and ethnic differences.

Young People's Understanding of Society (Adolescence and Society)

"Personality at Work" provides a comprehensive, critical, and contemporary review of what we know about how individual differences determine or affect our behaviour in the work place. Adrian Furnham looks at the links between personality and such key matters as productivity, job satisfaction, vocational choice, motivation, and work-related problems including absenteeism and illness. He looks at the implications for selection and training and in a final chapter draws out the various implications from his review.

Personality at work: The role of individual differences in the workplace

Psychographics have been developed in the field of market research as a way to relate consumer behaviour to market choice. In analysing the personality values and life-style characteristics of consumers, researchers attempt to label and predict certain patterns of buying behaviour. Such 'psychological' segmentation of the market can provide important information about patterns of buying which is directly relevant to marketing strategists whether they are planning a marketing campaign or developing new products.This book introduces the essential elements of psychographics. It shows how researchers go about defining consumer profiles and designing successful research programmes. It looks at the way they are applied in various consumer groups including the elderly and the women's market. It uses case study material to focus on some specific products from cameras to pet food. It also provides a comprehensive review of the current literature and a critique of the field, assessing how far researchers can rely on the consumer traits they have identified and discussing the controversies that arise as personalities and life-styles are classified.

Consumer Profiles: An Introduction to Psychographics (Consumer Research and Policy)

Management & Leadership

In an increasingly competitive and volatile business world, companies need to be able to respond effectively to changing circumstances. Mergers and takeovers, evolution from public to private enterprise, and the introduction of new styles of management are all examples of organizational change which can have a profound influence on the operations of a company and, more especially, upon the attitudes, motivation and commitment of its workforce. More and more, management teams in companies need to know how to handle change and, in particular, how to assess its impact on the satisfaction and performance of employees and customers.The authors of Corporate Assessment look at four types of company audit and provide a pragmatic, readable guide for managers. They show how assessment of a company in terms of its culture, climate, communications and customers can enhance management vision and lead to recommendations designed to improve employee satisfaction, motivation, loyalty and performance. Insight is provided into the kinds of measurement tools and assessment techniques that are available, and the authors offer recommendations for the use of these instruments, and how best to utilize the information they can produce.An excellent hands-on guide for managers who need to assess their companies, this volume will also be a useful source of reference for students of business, organizational psychology, and human resource management.

Corporate Assessment: Auditing a Company's Personality

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

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Lay Theories: Everyday Understanding of Problems in the Social Sciences (International Series in Experimental Social Psychology)

Leadership: All You Need To Know

Personality and Social Behaviour

Personality and Social Behaviour

The Anatomy of Adolescence: Young People's Social Attitudes in Britain

The Protestant Work Ethic. The Psychology of Work-Related Beliefs and Behaviours

Young People's Understanding of Society (Adolescence and Society)

Personality at work: The role of individual differences in the workplace

Consumer Profiles: An Introduction to Psychographics (Consumer Research and Policy)

Corporate Assessment: Auditing a Company's Personality