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I picked this one up at the SIOP convention two years ago and finally got around to reading it. I honestly don’t know why I keep buying books like this. It’s just kind of this loose glob of papers related to some aspect of personality in the workplace, tied together without a stronger thread than the general topic. None of the chapters relate to each other or build on each other, and some of them are so esoteric and rigidly written that they’re a massive chore to get through.
Actually, a few of the chapters were good and a few might be great to come back to if I needed to research a particular sub-topic (e.g., measuring personality through item response theory), but on balance I don’t feel like I got much out of it. I’m just going to have to be more careful and pick books that read more like textbooks or self-contained technical books instead of an outlet for researchers to increase their publication count.
I hear there is a fabulous book on this topic, I believe it is called, let me think…..Personality and Organizations. I think it is by some chap by the name of….Smith perhaps?
Yeah, that guy said he was going to send me a copy, but he never did.
I thought he gave you one when you were here Thanksgiving? If not, I’ll bring you one in Tulsa.
Cool, get it autographed. By someone famous if possible, like Tom Clancy or Gandhi, but by Brent if not.