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Risk Type and Behavioural Bias: How Projects Fail and What to Do About It

Trickey, Geoff - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 21-36

There are two distinct approaches to risk. Firstly, the ‘objective' approach is numeric, probabilistic and focused on the risk itself; it is concerned with people in general rather than in individual terms. Secondly, the ‘subjective' approach recognizes that risk issues have personal and...

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Interpersonal influence in the workplace – part two: some research findings – influencing behaviour, personality and context

Manning, Tony; Pogson, Graham; Morrison, Zoë - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 40 (2008) 4, pp. 188-196

findings that shine light on the nature of the relationship between influencing behaviour and both personality and contextual …

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How to thrive in change and uncertainty

Stockdale, Sue - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 45 (2013) 5, pp. 269-275

Purpose – As training professionals, it is likely that there are many occasions where they have to step into unfamiliar environments and deliver highly effective results. So the importance of understanding the factors that influence how individuals respond to uncertainty should not be...

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Achieving high levels of performance as a training instructor by modelling motor sport driving instructors

Stockdale, Sue - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 45 (2013) 6, pp. 320-329

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore what training professionals can learn from motor sport driving instructors by modelling how they provide instruction to novices in high-performance vehicles during experience days at Silverstone Race Circuit, England....

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Fast surfing, broad scanning and deep diving

Heinström, Jannica - In: Journal of Documentation 61 (2005) 2, pp. 228-247

personality traits and study approaches. Design/methodology/approach – The research design was quantitative and consisted of … statistical analysis of three questionnaires, i.e. the NEO Five‐Factor Inventory measuring personality, the ASSIST test measuring … five‐factor model, which is regarded as the most modern personality theory to date. Understanding of the psychological …

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High toxicity leadership

Goldman, Alan - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 21 (2006) 8, pp. 733-746

Purpose – This paper aims to assess highly toxic personality disorders in leaders, implications for organizations, and … case study narrative and application of the DSM IV‐TR. Findings – Personality disorders are a source of a highly toxic and … dysfunctional organizational behavior; borderline personality disorder in a leader may serve as a systemic contaminant for an …

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Are Leaders Born or Are They Made? The Case of Alexander the Great

Bullock, Judy - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 26 (2005) 4, pp. 329-331

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Handbook of Organizational Politics

Bullock, Judy - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 28 (2007) 5, pp. 486-488

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