Personality at Work: Individual Differences in the Workplace [Paperback]

Adrian Furnham (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415106486 | ISBN-13: 978-0415106481 | Publication Date: April 13, 1994 | Edition: Reissue

Personality at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It asks whether psychological tests measuring personality traits can predict behaviour at work, such as job satisfaction, productivity, as well as absenteeism and turnover. Importantly, it is a critical and comprehensive review of that literature from psychology, sociology and management science which lies at the interface of personality theory, occupational psychology and organizational behaviour.
Drawing on a vast body of published material, Adrian Furnham describes for the first time current state of knowledge in this area. The result is a volume which will be an enormously useful resource to the researcher and practitioner, as well as students of psychology, management science and sociology. Personality at Work is the only exhaustive and incisive multi-disciplinary work to assess the role of psychological testing in the management of the work place.

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The academic will find a useful and comprehensive source book for research studies relating personality to a number of important organizational areas of interest, such as vocational choice, motivation, entrepreneurship and satisfaction.
–Personnel Psychology

About the Author

Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at University College London. His previous books include Young People's Understanding of Society (with Barrie Stacey), Culture Shock (with Stephen Bochner) and The Protestant Work Ethic.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; Reissue edition (April 13, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415106486
• ISBN-13: 978-0415106481
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,078,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Personality at Work: Individual Differences in the Workplace (Paperback)

This book covers comprehensive areas in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, such as, vocational choice, work motivation and satisfaction, and selection, to which how personality relates. Based mainly upon Eysenck's personality model, Dr, Furnham clearly depicts the richness of past empirical research in each field, venturing to generalize the causal model of personality and the results. Good for practitioners who cannot completely agree with the statement "Every employee's behavior is determined MOSTLY by situational factors," and further, essential for Graduate students interested in "dispositional approach." P.S. -- I personally like Dr. Furnham's unique figure, "Characteristics which separate the two worlds -- academics and consultants" (p.xx). Must see!