Adrian Furnham

"In a difficult economic climate it is more important than ever to manage bad behaviour in the workplace and minimize the damage negative and destructive employees can have on an organization. This book looks at the problems companies can face but also shows how to resolve these issues and work towards a positive outcome"--

"In this new collection of articles on talent acquisition and retention, Adrian Furnham, author of The Elephant in the Boardroom, offers an engaging and witty look into the world of the talented manager. Based on solid research, this book offers a substantial introduction to the importance of talent in the workplace"--

"The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of recent research, current perspectives, practical applications, and likely future developments in individual differences. Brings together the work of the top global researchers within the area of individual differences, including Philip L. Ackerman, Ian J. Deary, Ed Diener, Robert Hogan, Deniz S. Ones and Dean Keith Simonton. Covers methodological, theoretical and paradigm changes in the area of individual differences. Individual chapters cover core areas of individual differences including personality and intelligence, biological causes of individual differences, and creativity and emotional intelligence "-- "The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of recent research, current perspectives, practical applications, and likely future developments in the field of individual differences. Bringing together the work of top researchers in the field from around the world, this essential reference work covers methodological, theoretical, and paradigm changes in the area of individual differences. Separate chapters cover core areas of individual differences including personality and intelligence, biological causes of individual differences, and creativity and emotional intelligence. The unparalleled scope of this work makes it a must-have resource for advanced psychology students, academics, and practitioners"--

"This book is about potentially great business leaders: often people thought to have, and indeed having, great skill, charm and determination. It is about people often initially feted to be highflyers: those who are talented, or those with potential who get noticed and promoted. Nearly all derailed leaders have an impressive CV: a history of achievement and success. But something went wrong. To rise to the top of any organization takes ability and effort: it often takes great determination and great skill." "Leaders of organizations need to be courageous and bold, self-confident and socially skilled, and many other things beside. By contrast, bad managers make poor decisions, cannot motivate their people and fail to learn from past mistakes. They fail on the basics: finding, forming and motivating a team to fulfill worthwhile and appropriate goals articulated as clear targets and challenges. The author explains how and why potentially good leaders get appointed, but then fail and derail, and how to spot the signs beforehand."--BOOK JACKET.

Social psychology has much to offer real world problems, especially in industrial and organizational settings. In Social Psychology at Work leading researchers in their respective fields discuss recent findings and their implications for the commercial world of work. All the contributors have been greatly influenced by Michael Argyle, to whom this book is dedicated. They examine aspects of the workplace from the perspectives of personality and individual difference, social psychology and organizational psychology. Subjects covered include the effects of age on work, leadership, productivity, how we are socialized for work, stress and anxiety, and the effect of the physical environment on working behaviour. Social Psychology at Work is a rich source book of up-to-date ideas, research findings and reviews at the interface of pure and applied psychology. It will be important and rewarding reading for all those such as students, consultants and managers and trainers who are interested in psychology at work.

"A collection of engaging and thought-provoking essays looking at the world of business and management during a recession. Furnham takes a sideways look at some business issues that are often brushed under the carpet and examines recent academic contributions to business literature in an amusing and jargon-free style"--

¿En qué se diferencian el cerebro del hombre y de la mujer?, ¿existe realmente el altruismo?, ¿es nuestra mente una página en blanco en el momento de nacer?, ¿revelan los sueños nuestros deseos inconscientes? La psicología está hoy más presente que nunca. No existe novela, documental, película, programa de televisión o consulta médica que no introduzca el punto de vista psicológico en sus comentarios. Y es que la psicología pretende analizar y comprender una inmensa gama de ideas, sentimientos y razonamientos que van desde los delirios de grandeza al origen del cáncer, del comportamiento social a las fobias, de la memoria y las disfunciones sociales al problema del alcoholismo, de la dislexia o la afasia a los mitos en torno a la felicidad. Basada en las últimas investigaciones de psicología, en casos clínicos y en la opinión de especialistas, 50 Cosas de psicología que todo el mundo debería saber es la introducción perfecta a la teoría psicológica. El profesor Adrian Furnham ofrece en este libro 50 pequeños ensayos precisos y accesibles que explican las ideas centrales de la psicología y que ofrecen al lector un rico vocabulario que le permitirá acercarse y comprender el comportamiento humano.

Martin Sturrock is a psychologist with a slate of difficult cases. The badly burned Emily is immobilized by her facial disfigurement, Arta is a rape victim who can't resume a normal relationship with her husband, Ralph has a drinking problem that threatens his high-profile career, and David is a chronic depressive. Challenging work for any doctor--and impossible for one suffering from deep depression himself.