Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on Authors
- Preface
- one What Personality Is and Why It Matters for Organisations
- two Can Personality Traits Change, and How? A Review of Personality Development Literature
- three How Work Experiences Drive Personality Change: The Impact of Work, Organisational, Societal and International Environment
- four Intentional Personality Change: Individual Agency in Change and Interventions for Change
- five Implications of Personality Change at Work for Research and Practice
- References
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on Authors
- Preface
- one What Personality Is and Why It Matters for Organisations
- two Can Personality Traits Change, and How? A Review of Personality Development Literature
- three How Work Experiences Drive Personality Change: The Impact of Work, Organisational, Societal and International Environment
- four Intentional Personality Change: Individual Agency in Change and Interventions for Change
- five Implications of Personality Change at Work for Research and Practice
- References
- Index
Summary
Who are we? Are we ‘set in stone’ since adulthood or can we be malleable in who we are? Setting out to explore these questions in a work and vocational context, we hope to contribute to an increasingly recognised, dynamic perspective on human personality.
We are grateful for those scholars in personality psychology and organisational psychology who have inspired our interest in this topic. We also thank those individuals in our lives who either provide living examples of personality change or who have helped us to become better versions of ourselves.
This book is dedicated to academics, practitioners and students who study personality and its implication in the workplace. It is also dedicated to all individuals who are curious about how their personality can be changed by their environment, and those who make brave and persistent efforts in changing themselves.
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- Work and Personality ChangeWhat We Do Makes Who We Are, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2021