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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454026903321

Titolo

Local democracy under siege [[electronic resource] ] : activism, public interests, and private politics / / Dorothy Holland ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-9088-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HollandDorothy C

Disciplina

320.809756

Soggetti

Political participation - North Carolina

Political anthropology - North Carolina

Political culture - North Carolina

Democracy - North Carolina

Electronic books.

North Carolina Politics and government

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. 271-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Experimenting with democracy -- Landscapes in transition -- Hope, fear, and political autobiography -- Racial framing -- Public goods for private ends : the redirection of schooling -- Local politics and the contemporary American scene -- Imagining local futures : who sets priorities for the present? -- Public business as usual -- Against American plutocracy : democratizing our communities, one by one -- Counter experiments for democracy : activism on new political terrain -- It's up to us : from local politics to a democratic America?

Sommario/riassunto

2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book Award  Complete List of Authors:Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, and Enrique G. Murillo, Jr.  What is the state of democracy at the turn of the twenty-first century?  To answer this question, seven scholars lived for a year in five North Carolina communities. They observed public meetings of all sorts, had informal and formal interviews with people, and listened as people conversed with each other at bus stops and barbershops, soccer games and



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786559903321

Autore

Pratch Leslie S.

Titolo

Looks good on paper? : using in-depth personality assessment to predict leadership performance / / Leslie S. Pratch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-231-53764-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Columbia business school publishing

Disciplina

658.4/0920287

Soggetti

Leadership - Psychological aspects

Executive ability

Personality assessment

Executives - Psychology

Executives - Selection and appointment

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The theory and Practice of active Coping -- 1. The Power of Active Coping -- 2. Predicting Performance -- 3. Coping Styles and Coping Holes -- 4. What Lies Beneath? -- 5. Integrity -- 6. Psychological Autonomy: Lemmings Need Not Apply -- 7. Integrative Capacity: Seeing Reality with Both Eyes Open -- 8. Catalytic Coping -- 9. Implications for Female Leaders -- Part II. Enhancing Your active Coping -- 10. Past Is Not Necessarily Prologue -- 11. Self-Assessment for Strengthening Active Coping -- 12. Developing Active Coping: A Success Story -- 13. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Technical Companion to Chapter 3 -- Appendix B: Technical Companion to Chapter 4 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Leslie S. Pratch is a practicing psychologist who focuses on assessing and coaching executives who occupy or are candidates for top positions in business organizations. In this book, she shares insights from more than twenty years of executive evaluations and offers an empirical method of identifying executives who will be effective within organizations-and to flag those who will ultimately fail-by evaluating



hidden aspects of personality and character. Pratch compares candidates with impressive careers and tries to determine which are likely to act with consistently high integrity and exhibit sound, timely judgment when faced with unanticipated business problems. Central to effective leadership is a psychological quality called "active coping," which Pratch defines and explores by referencing case studies, historical figures, and her own scholarly work. This book speaks not only to those in hiring positions and their advisors but also more widely to leaders and anyone who wishes to learn more about their own character and the abilities of those around them. Pratch offers knowledge, asks questions, and challenges common perceptions, providing a practical tool for those in business and for the general reader.