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Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany, and the University of Minnesota, USA, hosted the international symposium on Personality at Work in Lüneburg. The symposium focussed on the role of personality traits in everyday work settings. Invited experts from academia and industry from around the world with diverse backgrounds in the applied sciences, industrial- and organizational psychology, business administration, and economics presented and discussed current research findings on personality traits in work settings as well as on state-of-the-art practices. Selected manuscripts from the symposium on Personality at Work are included in this book as readings in applied organizational behavior from the Lüneburg symposium. These are their topics: - From groups to teams: Assessing individual differences in preparedness for team work, - Using SOMC to induce empirically-based decision rules in human resource management, - The influence of cultural values on entrepreneurial intentions: A comparison between British and German students, - Impact of emotional intelligence on leadership effectiveness, success, and job satisfaction, - Networking: Theoretical foundations and construct validity
About the author
Jürgen Deller is professor of management selection and assessment at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Currently he is also Lucas Global Visiting Scholar at The Lucas Graduate School of Business, San José State University, San José (SiliconValley), CA, USA.
