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  1. Exploring Distance in Leader-Follower Relationships

    When Near is Far and Far is Near

    Edited by Michelle C. Bligh, Ronald E. Riggio

    Series: LEADERSHIP: Research and Practice

    Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, technology and the workplace. In this edited volume, based on a conference at Claremont, scholars of leadership studies from three continents discuss the latest psychological research on interpersonal leader–follower relations. The...

    Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge

  2. The Development of Emotional Intelligence

    A Case Study

    By Nadja Reissland

    Series: Concepts in Developmental Psychology

    How do children learn about the expression and meaning of emotions – both happy and sad? This book answers questions regarding the foundation of emotional intelligence, and examines how children become emotionally literate as they are socialised into their family environment from birth to 2...

    Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Happiness and Well-being

    Edited by Felicia A. Huppert, P. Alex Linley

    Series: Critical Concepts in Psychology

    Questions about the meaning, purpose, and pursuit of happiness and well-being have been addressed by thinkers since ancient times but over the past decade or so there has been a tremendous upsurge of scholarly interest in the subject. This renewed interest has come from a variety of academic...

    Published March 10th 2011 by Routledge

  4. Applied Positive Psychology

    Improving Everyday Life, Health, Schools, Work, and Society

    Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jeanne Nakamura

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    Positive Psychology has experienced extraordinary growth over the past decade. Emerging research in this area is suggesting new strategies for improving everyday life, healthcare, education systems, organizations and work life, and societies across the globe. This book will be of interest to all...

    Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge

  5. Handbook of Police Psychology

    Edited by Jack Kitaeff

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    The Handbook of Police Psychology represents the contributions of over thirty police psychologists, all experts in their field, on the core subject matters of police psychology. Police psychology is broadly defined as the application of psychological principles and methods to law enforcement....

    Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge

  6. The New Psychology of Leadership

    Identity, Influence and Power

    By S. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher, Michael J. Platow

    Winner of the University of San Diego Outstanding Leadership Book Award 2012! Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award 2011! Shortlisted for the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Management Book of the Year Award 2011–2012! According to John Adair, the most important...

    Published September 23rd 2010 by Psychology Press

  7. The Psychology of Advertising

    By Bob M. Fennis, Wolfgang Stroebe

    Advertising is a ubiquitous and powerful force, seducing us into buying wanted and sometimes unwanted products and services, donating to charity (even to causes we have not heard of before), voting for political candidates (even of questionable reputation), and changing our health-related...

    Published May 27th 2010 by Psychology Press

  8. An Introduction to Theories of Personality

    7th Edition

    By Robert Ewen B, Robert B. Ewen

    This 7th Edition helps students unravel the mysteries of human behavior through its highly readable introduction to the ideas of the most significant personality theorists. Engaging biographical sketches begin each chapter, and unique capsule summaries help students review key concepts. ...

    Published October 4th 2009 by Psychology Press

  9. Predicting and Changing Behavior

    The Reasoned Action Approach

    By Martin Fishbein, Icek Ajzen

    This book describes the reasoned action approach, an integrative framework for the prediction and change of human social behavior. It provides an up-to-date review of relevant research, discusses critical issues related to the reasoned action framework, and provides methodological and conceptual...

    Published July 26th 2009 by Psychology Press

  10. Journeys in Social Psychology

    Looking Back to Inspire the Future

    Edited by Robert Levine, Aroldo Rodrigues, Lynnette Zelezny

    This volume consists of personal narrative accounts of the career journeys of some of the world's most eminent social psychologists. Each contributing psychologist is an esteemed scholar, an excellent writer, and has a story to tell. Together, the contributions cover a time...

    Published January 23rd 2008 by Taylor & Francis