Personality and Intelligence at Work: Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work

✍ Scribed by Furnham A.

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 433
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Personality and Intelligence at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It combines approaches from organizational psychology and personality theory to critically examine the physical, psychological and psychoanalytic aspects of individual differences, and how they impact on the world of work.Topics covered include the role of IQ at work as the best predictor of success, but also the importance of increasingly recognized social intelligences such as emotional intelligence (EQ). The significance of personality traits and the impact of temperaments on work performance are also examined, and the methods used to assess work behaviour and potential are reviewed. Psychological tests, which measure personality traits, are questioned as accurate predictors of behaviour at work, alongside other factors such as job satisfaction, productivity, absenteeism and turnover.This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Personality at Work provides a comprehensive review of the relevant literature from psychology, sociology and management science. It will be of interest to students of organizational psychology and business and management studies, as well as HR professionals.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 12
Foreword......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
1 Individual differences at work......Page 18
2 Methods to assess work behaviour and potential......Page 48
3 Personality testing in the workplace......Page 90
4 Types, temperaments and traits at work......Page 129
5 Personality disorders at work......Page 158
6 Cognitive ability at work......Page 197
7 The social intelligences at work......Page 227
8 Creativity at work......Page 250
9 Attitudes, beliefs, styles and values at work......Page 285
10 Integrity and dishonesty at work......Page 310
11 Competence at work......Page 335
12 The future of differential psychology and assessment and selection......Page 352
References......Page 376
Author index......Page 410
Subject index......Page 420