The motivation, planning, production, comprehension, coordination, and evaluation of
human social life may be based largely on combinations of 4 psychological models. In …

Although originally developed by RK Merton to explain advancement in scientific careers,
cumulative advantage is a general mechanism for inequality across any temporal process …

Qualitative Research: The Essential Guide to Theory and Practice provides a one-stop
resource for all those approaching qualitative research for the first time, as well as those …

Set aside trends to focus on the fundamentals of great leadership Reframing Organizations
provides time-tested guidance for more effective organizational leadership. Rooted in …

Since the first version of this chapter (John, 1990) was completed in the late 1980s, the field
of personality trait research has changed dramatically. At that time, the Big Five personality …

Now in its Fourth Edition, this much loved text offers theoretical and philosophical depth
without sacrificing what you need to know in practical terms. With an impressive suite of in …

For almost four decades, Theories of Human Communication has offered readers an
engaging and informative guide to the rich array of theories that influence our understanding …

Offers an empirical,``total''system approach that determines which characteristics of
managers enable them to be effective in various management jobs. Presents a large-scale …

Personality has been conceptualized from a vari-ety of theoretical perspectives, and at
various lev-els of abstraction or breadth (John, Hampson, & Goldberg, 1991; McAdams …

Publisher Summary Turn taking is used for the ordering of moves in games, for allocating
political office, for regulating traffic at intersections, for the servicing of customers at business …