People talk in everyday life about "moral values" and define themselves in moral ways, but social scientists do not pay enough attention to these issues. This book highlights the often-neglected moral aspect of the self, and offers a theory underlying the maintenance of a moral …
Zaleznik takes managers into Freud's world of psychoanalysis and shows managers what they need to know about themselves and their employees to better motivate and lead. He discusses a variety of things relevant to today's top leaders including Freud's origin of psychoanalysis, t…
Wer behauptet, das Geschehen auf den Märkten und speziell in der Werbung sei „alles nur Psychologie2, braucht kaum Widerspruch zu fürchten. Die psychologischen Anteile im Marktgeschehen werden oft als die entscheidenden bezeichnet und diese wirken praktisch auf allen Ebenen: bei…
Overview of the reasoned action approach, a framework for the prediction and change of human social behaviour. The authors review the research, discuss critical issues, and present methodological and conceptual tools for predicting and explaining social behaviour and for designi…
"Research on age(ing) and work often draws upon lifespan development perspectives to explain how adults “age successfully,” managing developmental gains and losses and maintaining well-being and functioning over time. There are a multitude of similar theories to consider to this…
"Research on age(ing) and work often draws upon lifespan development perspectives to explain how adults “age successfully,” managing developmental gains and losses and maintaining well-being and functioning over time. There are a multitude of similar theories to consider to this…
This open access book presents a novel multidisciplinary perspective on the importance of human flourishing. The study of the good life or Eudaimonia has been a central concern at least since Aristotelian times. This responds to the common experience that we all seek happiness. …
* Illuminates a people-centric way to lead change - the key to change success * Presents insights from change leaders in the non-profit sector via thick, descriptive storytelling * Authored by a Korean American female change leader - a rarity in the change leadership literature.
This book puts forward a new paradigm to understand and implement Sustainable Innovation (SI). Innovation without sustainability leaves out large swathes of the population or generates maladaptive or misappropriate behaviors. Innovative solutions will be sustainable if they can …
This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' - tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the 'clean/dirty' divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways in which dirty work ident…
"This book explores new understandings and contemporary experiences of 'dirty work' -- tasks or roles that are seen to be disgusting or degrading. Through novel empirical sites that include nursing, medicalization, sex workers, sex call operators, financiers and women's magazine…
SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering
"Revised and significantly expanded, the fifth edition of this classic work offers both new and substantially updated information. As the definitive reference on fire protection engineering, this book provides thorough treatment of the current best practices in fire protection e…
"'Are you an ethical person?' Regardless of your answer, a follow-up probe might be: 'How do you know?' Your personal values reflect your beliefs, what you care about. These values, if they really matter to you, are activated by and through your everyday decisions. How do you en…