"Proactive behavior can achieve important outcomes, including improved job performance and satisfaction, career success and organizational prosperity. Andrew J. DuBrin outlines a number of useful strategies in areas such as opportunity creation, innovation, entrepreneurship and problem solving....

1. Introduction -- 2. Choosing the "right" career -- 3. Flourishing on the job -- 4. Psychopathology I : the individual -- 5. Psychopathology II : the organization -- 6. The crucial importance of emotions in facilitating organizational change -- 7. When to call it quits : retirement.