Social Psychology Arena

Contested Agronomy

Agricultural Research in a Changing World

• Edited by James Sumberg, and John Thompson.

Published March 2012

The dramatic increases in food prices experienced over the last four years, and their effects of hunger and food insecurity, as well as human-induced climate change and its implications for agriculture, food production and food security, are key topics within the field of agronomy and agricultural…
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Business Psychology and Organizational Behaviour, 5th edition

• By Eugene McKenna.

Published January 2012

Now in full colour, the fifth edition of this best-selling textbook introduces all of the major theories, research findings, principles and concepts in business psychology and organizational behaviour, whilst emphasising their real-life application using relevant examples. The book, which is…
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Politics in Organizations

Theory and Research Considerations

• Edited by Gerald R. Ferris, and Darren C. Treadway.

Published December 2011

This edited volume in the SIOP Frontiers series is one of the first to look at the psychological factors behind politics and power in organizations. Noted contributors from schools of management, psychology, sociology and political science look at the theory, research, methodology and…
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Climate Management Issues

Economics, Sociology, and Politics

• By Julie K. Gines.

Published December 2011

Despite all the controversy and hype that climate change has generated, there now exists an overwhelming body of scientific evidence that the problem is real and that its effects are already being felt on a global scale. Part of what makes this a volatile and controversial issue is that it is not…
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Nepotism in Organizations

• Edited by Robert G. Jones.

Published September 2011

There is a huge elephant in the room: organizational decisions are often based on family relationships, rather than on the ‘rational’ approach advocated by many professionals. Textbooks on Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Economics, Public Administration, and a host of related…
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A Mathematical Look at Politics

• By E. Arthur Robinson, Jr., and Daniel H. Ullman.

Published December 2010

What Ralph Nader's spoiler role in the 2000 presidential election tells us about the American political system. Why Montana went to court to switch the 1990 apportionment to Dean’s method. How the US tried to use game theory to win the Cold War, and why it didn’t work. When students realize that…
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Social Justice and the Experience of Emotion

• By Russell Cropanzano, Jordan H. Stein and Thierry Nadisic.

Published October 2010

This book seeks to integrate the scholarship on justice and affect. The authors focus on empirical social scientific theories pertaining to fairness, mood and emotion. Most of the literature in this book is drawn from social and organizational psychology. Other areas included are management,…
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Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development

• By Roland V. Anglin.
• Series Edited by Evan M. Berman.

Published August 2010

Growing local economies, empowering communities, revitalizing downtowns, developing entrepreneurship, building leadership, and enhancing nonprofits — you can achieve all these benefits and more with a comprehensive and strategic revitalization plan. Chronicling the struggle of local revitalization…
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Social Psychology and Organizations

• Edited by David De Cremer, Rolf van Dick and J. Keith Murnighan.

Published August 2010

This book is one of the first to provide an overview of recent developments in social psychological theory as it applies to organizational issues. It brings together outstanding scholars whose research touches the interfaces of social psychology , IO psychology and organizational behavior. Social…
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A Contemporary Look at Organizational Justice

Multiplying Insult Times Injury

• By Joel Brockner.

Published April 2010

This book is for scholars with an interest in the burgeoning area of theory and research on organizational justice. The ideas it describes forge connections between the justice literature and other prominent bodies of knowledge in organizational and social psychology, including those pertaining to…
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