Personality and organizations / edited by Benjamin Schneider, D. Brent Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schneider, Benjamin, 1938-

Smith, D. Brent, 1968-

Series:

LEA's organization and management series.

LEA's organization and management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality and occupation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 wo

Contents:

Introducing personality at work : personality psychology for organizational researchers / Robert Hogan

Personality and organization : a European perspective on personality assessment in organizations / Adrian Furnham

Persistent conceptual and methodological issues in personality assessment

Four lessons learned from the person situation debate : a review and research agenda / Greg L. Stewart and Murray R. Barrick

Personality, interactional psychology, and person organization fit / Timothy A. Judge and Amy Kristof-Brown

The implications of impression management for fillreak personality research in organizations / D. Brent Smith and Chet Robie

The role of personality in work and well-being vocational psychology and personality / W. Bruce Walsh

The dispositional approach to job attitudes : an empirical and conceptual review / Barry M. Staw

Personality and work-related distress / Jennifer M. George and Arthur P. Brief

The role of personality in understanding micro organizational processes

J-U-S-T-I-F-Y to explain the reasons why : a conditional reasoning approach to understanding motivated behavior / Lawrence R. James and Joan R. Rentsch

Personality and leadership / William D. Spangler, Robert J. House and Rita Palrecha

Personality and citizenship behavior in organizations / Dennis W. Organ and Julie Paine

The role of personality in understanding meso organizational processes : the role of personality in group processes / Lisa M. Moynihan and Randall S. Peterson

Personality and organizational culture / Benjamin Schneider and D. Brent Smith

Reflections on personality and organization / Chris Argyris

Where we've been and where we're going : some conclusions regarding personality and organization / D. Brent Smith and Benjamin Schneider.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-65171-X

1-283-24140-4

9781410610039

1-135-65172-8

9786613241405

1-4106-1003-9

9781410610034

OCLC:

476148006