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Adopting an Evidence-Based Management (EBM) approach, this book provides the best evidence available on a wide range of topics from Industrial and Organizational Psychology to help managers base their decisions on scientific findings. Drawing on principles and methods first developed by Evidence-Bas...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64304-5 |
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Adopting an Evidence-Based Management (EBM) approach, this book provides the best evidence available on a wide range of topics from Industrial and Organizational Psychology to help managers base their decisions on scientific findings. Drawing on principles and methods first developed by Evidence-Based Medicine, EBM aims to promote the use of scientific knowledge in organizational and managerial decision making. Based on this idea, the book seeks to establish a dialogue between researchers and professionals of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Management fields, translating scientific knowledge into useful resources that can be used to inform practitioner s decisions and interventions in topics such as: Creativity in organizations Optimism and hope Engagement at work Life and career planning Entrepreneurship Innovation in organizations Cultural diversity and inclusion in organizations Social networks Ageing at organizational context Work/life balance Positive rule breaking Expatriation Time pressure, Pacing styles and polychronicity. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (X, 302 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319643045 |
| Index Number: | HF5548 |
| CLC: | F406.13 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1. Introduction: The gap between research and professional practice in work and organizational psychology: tensions, beliefs and options -- Chapter 2. Creativity at work: trends and perspectives -- Chapter 3. Optimism and Hope in Work Organizations -- Chapter 4. Work engagement -- Chapter 5.Ageing in Brazil and Portugal and its impact on the organizational context -- Chapter 6. Life and Career Planning: current challenges -- Chapter 7. Work/life balance in a scenario of Brazilian change: Theoretical aspects and possibilities of interventions -- Chapter 8. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 9. Innovation in organizations: main research results and their practical implications -- Chapter 10. Positive rule breaking and implications for organizations -- Chapter 11. Time Pressure, Pacing Styles and Polychronicity: Implications for Organizational Management -- Chapter 12. Cultural diversity and inclusion in organizations: State-of-the-arts and challenges -- Chapter 13. Social network analysis in organizations as management support tool -- Chapter 14. Expatriates: The multinationality of multinational and national firms. . |