Occupational Industrial Psychology category: 1464 books
Mentoring Diverse Leaders
Creating Change for People, Processes, and Paradigms
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Mentoring Diverse Leaders provides up-to-date research on the impact of mentoring relationships in organizations, particularly as they relate to cultivating diverse leadership. Contributions from experts in the fields of psychology, business, law, non-profit management, and engineering draw connections...
Positive School Leadership
Building Capacity and Strengthening Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This landmark book translates positive and asset-based understandings of organizations to develop a powerful model of school leadership that is grounded in both existing research and the complexities of life in schools. The authors—both senior scholars in educational leadership—apply insights...
Proactivity at Work
Making Things Happen in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
As organizations grow increasingly complex and unpredictable, the topic of proactivity at work has become of great importance for contemporary workplaces. Proactivity drives performance and innovation of teams and organizations and boosts individuals’ well-being and careers. When individuals are...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Work Motivation in the Context of a Globalizing Economy evolved from a work motivation conference held in Israel, attended by a group of internationally renowned scholars. These scholars were given the charge of creating a vision of motivation research for the 21st century. Coming from different parts...
The Work and Family Handbook
Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
The Work and Family Handbook is a comprehensive edited volume, which reviews a wide range of disciplinary perspectives across the social sciences on the study of work-family relationships, theory, and methods. The changing demographics of the labor force has resulted in an expanded awareness and understanding...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
This volume is part of a publication series emerging from an international interdisciplinary study group on "New Technologies and Work (NeTWork)". NeTWork is sponsored by the Werner-Reimers Foundation (Bad Homburg, Germany) and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (Paris).
The NeTWork study...
Work and Family
An International Research Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2005
The entrance of women into managerial positions in significant numbers brings work and family issues to center stage, shifting the spotlight from issues of entry and equality of access to the consideration of the work-family conflicts and the difficulties posed on female managers. Looking at new approaches...
Effective Teamwork
Practical Lessons from Organizational Research
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Updated to reflect the latest research evidence, the third edition of Effective Teamwork provides business managers with the necessary guidance and tools to build and maintain effective teamwork strategies.
A new edition of a bestselling book on teamwork from an acknowledged leader in the field
Offers...
Summary and Analysis of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Based on the Book by Susan Cain
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Quiet tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Susan Cain’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
This short summary...
Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce
A Use-Inspired Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce examines the shifting economic, cultural, and technological trends in the modern workplace that are taking place as a result of the aging global workforce. Taking an international perspective, contributors address workforce aging issues around the world,...
Guarding the Gates
Calming, Control and de-escalation of Mentally Ill, Emotionally Disturbed and Aggressive Individuals - A Comprehensive Guidebook for Security Guards
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Individuals suffering from psychiatric or substance use disorders sometimes display any one of a number of frightening behaviors: verbal outbursts, physical threats and even violence. Security guards must frequently deal with such individuals in locations as varied as hospital emergency rooms, shopping...
Full Range Leadership Development
Pathways for People, Profit, and Planet
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
It has been more than 30 years since Bernard M. Bass presented an integrated overview of Full Range Leadership Development (FRLD), which has since become the standard for providing leadership training around the world in business, military, religious, and educational contexts. This book teaches how...
Advances in National Brand and Private Label Marketing
Fourth International Conference, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
This book presents the latest research on national brand and private label marketing - a collection of original, rigorous and highly relevant contributions of the 2017 International Conference on National Brand & Private Label Marketing in Barcelona. It covers a wide range of topics from fields...
#NOW
The Surprising Truth about the Power of Now
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Do you ever feel stressed? Of course you do. One way we cope is to lower expectations, but we miss what may make us stronger. This book offers valuable insights into an alternative.
You can choose to nurture a Nowist mindset and by seeking joy in the flow of life, you will discover your natural power...