Forthcoming Personality and Identity at Work Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Handbook of Personality at Work

   Edited by Neil Christiansen, Robert Tett

   Series: Applied Psychology Series

   Personality has emerged as a key factor when trying to understand why people think, feels, and behave the way they do at work. Recent research has linked personality to important aspects of work such as job performance, employee attitudes, leadership, teamwork, stress, and turnover. This...

   To Be Published June 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Entrepreneurial Personality

   A Social Construction, 2nd Edition

   By Elizabeth Chell

   Is there such a thing as an 'entrepreneurial personality'? What makes someone an entrepreneur is a question that has intrigued the lay person and the scholar for many years, but can such a personality be identified or is it simply a socially constructed phenomenon? Elizabeth Chell pursues an...

   To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
3. Personality and Organizations

   Edited by Benjamin Schneider, D. Brent Smith

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   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...

   To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
4. Conversations about Calling

   Advancing Management Perspectives

   By Valerie Myers

   Conversations about Calling explores management perspectives on the calling construct. Using Max Weber’s seminal work, Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, as a starting point, Myers seeks to enrich management perspectives on calling by integrating the contributions of other...

   To Be Published July 2nd 2013 by Routledge
5. The Global Obama

   Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century

   Edited by Dinesh Sharma, Uwe P. Gielen

   Series: LEADERSHIP: Research and Practice

   This new edited book from the author of Barack Obama in Hawaii and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President (Praeger) will be a wonderful addition to our Leadership: Research and Practice series. It will be one of the first academic books to look at Barack Obama’s presidency and...

   To Be Published November 7th 2013 by Routledge
6. Diversity Ideologies in Organizations

   Edited by Kecia M. Thomas, Victoria Plaut, Ny Tran

   Series: Applied Psychology Series

   Since the increased attention towards diversity in the workplace, the concepts of "diversity initiatives" and "diversity management" have become a common place in many conversations among academics and practitioners, alike. The diversity movement in the workplace originated from the increased...

   To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Managing Diversity

   A Psychological Approach

   By Rosemary Hays-Thomas, Mark D. Agars

   To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge
8. Diversity in the Workforce

   Current issues and emerging trends

   Edited by Marilyn Y. Byrd, Chaunda L. Scott

   Diversity in the Workforce is a comprehensive, integrated teaching resource providing students with the tools and methodologies they need to negotiate effectively the multicultural workplace, and to counter issues of discrimination and privilege. Written from an American perspective, the book not...

   To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge
9. The Psychology of Behaviour at Work 3e

   By Adrian Furnham

   To Be Published April 30th 2014 by Psychology Press