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Personality and Organizations
Contributor(s): Schneider, Benjamin (Editor), Smith, D. Brent (Editor)
ISBN: 0805837582     ISBN-13: 9780805837582
Publisher: Psychology Press
OUR PRICE:   $171.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2004
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Annotation: Personality has always been a predictor of performance. This edited book brings together top scholars to look at teams, leadership, organizational climate and culture, stress, job satisfaction, etc. and tells us what we know about these topics from a per
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior
- Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management
- Psychology | Applied Psychology
Dewey: 658.3
LCCN: 2003021746
Lexile Measure: 1420
Series: Lea's Organization and Management (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.31" H x 6.24" W x 9.22" (1.97 lbs) 440 pages
 
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Personality has always been a predictor of performance. This book of original chapters is designed to fulfill a need for a contemporary treatment of human personality in work organizations. Bringing together top scholars in the field, this book provides a comprehensive study of the role of personality in organizational life. Utilizing a personality perspective, scholars review the role of personality in groups, job satisfaction, leadership, stress, motivation, organizational climate and culture, and vocational interests. In addition, the book looks at more classical topics in personality at work, including the measurement of personality, personality-performance linkages, faking, and person-organization fit.

Complete in both conceptual material and reviews of the literature across the variety of domains in which personality plays a role at work, this handbook borrows the idea that personality plays out in many ways in organizations and not just a correlate of task performance. The editors believe that this book supports this belief--that personality in its many conceptualizations is a useful lens through which to shed understanding on the broadest array of contemporary topics in industrial/organizational psychology and organizational behavior. Graduate students and researchers interested in the contributions of personality to almost any topic in which they may have interest will find it valuable.