Psychology in organizations [[electronic resource] ] : the social identity approach / / Alex Haslam

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450250603321
• Autore: Haslam S. Alexander
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Thousand oaks, CA, : Sage Publications, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-36869-1; 9786610368693; 1-4129-3238-6
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 158.7; 302.35
• Soggetti: Organizational behavior; Social psychology; Group identity; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-270) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword to the First Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Chapter 1 - Organizations and their psychology; Chapter 2 - The social identity approach; Chapter 3 - Leadership; Chapter 4 - Motivation and commitment; Chapter 5 - Communication and information management; Chapter 6 - Group decision making; Chapter 7 - Intergroup negotiation and conflict management; Chapter 8 - Power; Chapter 9 - Group productivity and performance; Chapter 10 - Stress; Chapter 11 - Collective action and industrial protest; Chapter 12 - The theory, practice and politics of organizational psychology: a case for organic pluralismAppendix 1: Measures of social and organizational identification; Appendix 2: Manipulations of social and organizational identification; Appendix 3: Glossary of social identity and self-categorization terms; Appendix 4 - Glossary of social psychological terms; Appendix 5: Glossary of organizational terms; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Alex Haslam's thoroughly revised and updated edition of his ground-; breaking original text still retains the highly readable and engaging style of the best-selling first edition, presenting extensive reviews and critiques of major topics in organizational psychology - including leadership, motivation, communication, decision making, negotiation, power, productivity and collective action - but with much more besides.