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This work brings together decades of research and expertise on cross-cultural psychology. It focuses on social behaviour and culture's influence on how people interact. It can be used for social psychology, advanced social psychology, cross-cultural psychology, introductory psychology, sociology and political science courses.
This edition has been completely revised. The authors, noted authorities in the field, focus on ways to improve R&D organization productivity and foster excellence in such companies. They describe how to design jobs, organize hierarchies, resolve conflicts, motivate employees, and create an innovative work environment. Features extensive cross-cultural coverage of European and Pacific Rim R&D organizations and policies which greatly differ from the US. Includes an entirely new section on various strategic planning elements unique to an R&D organization along with a case study.
This book uses surveys, statistics, and case studies to explain why and how cultural norms affect political attitudes and behavior.
This book offers a much-needed practical and conceptual guide for various pro-environmental behaviors. Written by an expert in both the environmental psychology and engineering fields, the book presents an overview of various pro-environmental behaviors (Chapter 1), the psychological background of behaviors (Chapters 2 and 3), how to survey and understand pro-environmental behaviors using questionnaires (Chapter 4) and how to know the actual environmental burdens derived by each behavior using life-cycle assessment (LCA) (Chapter 5), and measures to foster the behaviors and selected case studies for practitioners (Chapter 6). Readers will find Chapters 1, 4, and 5 particularly unique and use...
Volume 1, Models and Theories of The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences The Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (EPID) is organized into four volumes that look at the many likenesses and differences between individuals. Each of these four volumes focuses on a major content area in the study of personality psychology and individuals' differences. The first volume, Models and Theories, surveys the significant classic and contemporary viewpoints, perspectives, models, and theoretical approaches to the study of personality and individuals' differences (PID). The second volume on Measurement and Assessment examines key classic and modern methods and te...
This text is particularly suitable for undergraduate courses concerned with social behaviour, such as courses in social perception, social motivation, social learning, interpersonal behaviour, and social-behaviour change. It will also be useful for courses in introductory social psychology, if it is used together with texts that cover attitudes, group behaviour, and other subfields of social psychology. The graduate student and the professional in behavioural science will find the book helpful when reviewing the field, when thinking about new hypotheses, or when preparing research proposals.
Applied Marketing is a concise product that provides the very latest examples of marketing techniques and campaigns from today,s business world without compromising on traditional theories of marketing. Marketing is about decision making and professors want material that will help students develop their critical thinking skills so they can think like a marketer and see that marketing is everywhere around them. Who better to develop such a product than a practitioner, Andrew Loos of Attack Marketing, and an academic, Daniel Padgett of Auburn University. Together these authors provide insights into what employers need, know the latest tools used by companies today and can help students smoothly move from the classroom to their careers. Applied Marketing connects traditional marketing with customer-perspective marketing, thus teaching students the value of allowing customers to feel more connected to the product, brand and company.
This book explores the constructs of collectivism and individualism and the wide-ranging implications of individualism and collectivism for political, social, religious, and economic life, drawing on examples from Japan, Sweden, China, Greece, Russia, the United States, and other countries.