Pamela L. Perrewe

Gerald R. Ferris

Sherry L. Davidson

Political skill, the ability to influence and motivate others, is a powerful predictor of job success and this book shows you how to understand, evaluate and develop it.

Impact on Work Effectiveness

Political Skill at Work

William P. Anthony

K. Michele Kacmar

Taking a strategic approach to human resource management, this text integrates human resources with other functional areas such as marketing, finance, operations and accounting. It links human resource strategies to corporate strategies, demonstrating how HR fits into an organization.

A Strategic Approach

Human Resource Management

Daniel C. Ganster

This is an annual research series devoted to the examination of occupational stress, health and well being, with particular emphasis on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. The intent is to pull together the various streams of research from a variety of disciplines to better capture the significant bodies of work in occupational stress and well being. We provide a multidisciplinary and international perspective that gives a thorough and critical assessment of issues in occupational stress and well being. The theme for this volume is: Employee Health, Coping, and Methodologies. • Endocrinological processes associated with job stress: Catecholamine and cortisol responses to acute and chronic stressors. • Health consequences of work-family conflict: The dark side of the work-family interface. • Relationship of the number and distribution of work hours to health and quality-of-life (QOL) outcomes. • Work stress, coping resources, and mental health: A study of America's black elite. • The many roles of control in a stressor-emotion theory of counterproductive work behavior. • The assumed linearity of organizational phenomena: Implications for occupational stress and well-being. • Locating behavioral cynicism at work: Construct issues and performance implications.

Employee Health, Coping and Methodologies

Promotes theory and research in the area of occupational stress, health and well being, and brings together and showcases the work of some of the best researchers and theorists who contribute to this area. This collection gives a critical assessment of knowledge, and major gaps in knowledge, on occupational stress and well being.

New Developments in Theoretical and Conceptual Approaches to Job Stress

This is an annual research series devoted to the examination of occupational stress, health and well being, with particular emphasis on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. The intent is to pull together the various streams of research from a variety of disciplines to better capture the significant bodies of work in occupational stress and well being. We provide a multidisciplinary and international perspective that gives a thorough and critical assessment of issues in occupational stress and well being. The theme for this volume is: Exploring Interpersonal Dynamics Workplace Aggression and Violence against Individuals and Organizations: Causes, Consequences, and Interventions The Radiating Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Occupational Stress and Well Being The Changing Nature of Job Stress: Risk and Resources Job Characteristics and Learning Behavior: Review and Psychological Mechanisms Organizational Stress Through the Lens of Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory The Role of 'Happiness' in Organizational Research: Past, Present and Future Directions Display Rules and Strain in Service Jobs: What's Fairness Got to do With It? Stress and Well Being in the Context of Mentoring Processes: New Perspectives and Directions for Future Research.

Pamela L. Perrewe

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