Individual adaptability to changes at work : new directions in research / edited by David Chan.

"In the past two decades there has been increasing interest in the research on individual adapta-bility, and this is one of the first academic volumes to look at this important topic. Specific con-texts examined include work-family conflict, retirement, career management and intercultural inter...

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Other Authors: Chan, David (Industrial psychologist)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:Organization and management series (Routledge (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Conceptualizing and assessing individual adaptability
  • ch. 1. Adapting to rapid changes at work : definitions measures and research / Neal Schmitt and David Chan
  • ch. 2. The motivational underpinnings fo adaptability / Gilad Chen adn Brady M. Firth
  • ch. 3. Proactivity and adaptability / Jinlong Zhu, Michael Frese, and Wen-Dong Li
  • ch. 4. Conceptualizing and assessing interpersonal adaptability : towards a functional framework / Tom Oliver and Filip Lievens
  • ch. 5. Organizational adaptability / Robert E. Ployhart and Scott F. Turner
  • Part II. Contexts of individual adaptability
  • ch. 6. Career adaptability : theory and measurement / Frederick R. L. Leong and Catherine Ott-Holland
  • ch. 7. The role of adaptability in work-family conflict and coping / Debra A. Major and Michael L. Litano
  • ch. 8. Retirement and adaptability / Mo Wang and Lee Thomas Penn
  • ch. 9. Adaptability and intercultural interaction in the work context : a cultural tuning perspective / Kwok Leung and Grand H. L. Cheng
  • Part III. Concluding observations
  • ch. 10. Emerging themes in adaptability research / David Chan.