Personality and Work Reconsidering the Role of Personality in Organizations

The subject of personality has received increasing attention fromindustrial/organizational psychologists in both research andpractice settings over the past decade. But while there is anoverabundance of information related to the narrow area ofpersonality testing and employee selection, there has been nodefinitive source offering a broader perspective on the overalltopic of personality in the workplace. Personality and Workat last provides an in-depth examination of the role of personalityin work behavior. An array of expert authors discusses theconnection of personality to a wide range of outcomes beyondperformance, including counterproductive behaviors, contextualperformance, retaliatory behaviors, retention, learning, knowledgecreation, and the process of sharing that knowledge. Throughout thebook, the authors present theoretical perspectives, introduce newmodels and frameworks, and integrate and synthesize prior studiesin ways that will stimulate future research and practice. Contributors to this volume include: Murray R. Barrick, MichaelJ. Cullen, David V. Day, Ed Diener, J. Kevin Ford, Lewis R.Goldberg, Leaetta Hough, Jeff W. Johnson, Martin J. Kilduff, AmyKristof-Brown, Katherine E. Kurek, Richard E. Lucas, Terence R.Mitchell, Michael K. Mount, Frederick L. Oswald, Ann Marie Ryan,Paul R. Sackett, Gerard Saucier, Greg L. Stewart, Howard M.Weiss