Managing Personality is grounded in the conviction thatscientifi c understanding of personality requires measurementin order to describe phenomena in an objective,systematic fashion and to test theories. Many have arguedthat science progresses with improvements in instrumentationand methodology. The critical issue in the study ofpersonality is being sure that each concept or theoreticalterm is measurable, with procedures that can be specifi edand observed. This book is concerned with tactics andstrategies for improving the relationships between ideasand observations. By contributing to advances in personality measurement,this book seeks to further the science of personality.Fiske is convinced of the importance of developing concepts,variables, and dimensions applicable to all people,rather than the personality of an individual person. Althoughcase studies of personality is necessary for eff ortsto help individuals in the clinic, fi nding and measuringcommon personality attributes is more important to thedevelopment of a science of personality. Managing Personality was written for two groups ofpeople. It is intended to present the status quo to thosewho want a synthesis of personality measurement as itexists. Such people may have some general interest inthe field or may be interested in it because they intend towork in such related areas as clinical practice. The secondaudience includes students of personality who are concernedwith evaluating the measurement of personality,and especially people who are conducting such researchor are preparing themselves for such work. Donald W. Fiske was professor emeritusof psychology at the University ofChicago. He was also a fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancementof Science and president of theMidwestern Psychological Association.He is the author or editor of numerousbooks including Face-to-Face Interactions:Research, Methods, and Theory, Interaction Structure andStrategy, Measuring the Concepts of Personality, and Metatheoryin Social Science.
Managing Personality is grounded in the conviction that scientific understanding of personality requires measurement in order to describe phenomena in an objective, systematic fashion and to test theories. Many have argued that science progresses with improvements in instrumentation and methodology. The critical issue in the study of personality is being sure that each concept or theoretical term is measurable, with procedures that can be specified and observed. This book is concerned with tactics and strategies for improving the relationships between ideas and observations. By contributing to advances in personality measurement, this book seeks to further the science of personality. Fiske is convinced of the importance of developing concepts, variables, and dimensions applicable to all people, rather than the personality of an individual person. Although case studies of personality is necessary for efforts to help individuals in the clinic, finding and measuring common personality attributes is more important to the development of a science of personality. Managing Personality was written for two groups of people. It is intended to present the status quo to those who want a synthesis of personality measurement as it exists. Such people may have some general interest in the field or may be interested in it because they intend to work in such related areas as clinical practice. The second audience includes students of personality who are concerned with evaluating the measurement of personality, and especially people who are conducting such research or are preparing themselves for such work.
Originally published in 1977. This book focuses on how to do research in the area of face-to-face interaction when studying human social conduct. It covers the methods of data collection and analysis and looks at the efficiency of these. It secondarily considers a model for conceptualising such interactions, drawing together several social science components, especially linguistics, based on the idea that there is an organisational structure at work just as with grammar for language. Overall the book proposes a general conceptual framework for guiding empirical investigation, with emphasis on simultaneous study of a number of acts viewed within each other’s contexts. This is an excellent resource for study on non-verbal communications, describing specific studies as well as offering the clear overview and model for research.
If he were an assistant professor today, what work would social science giant Donald T. Campbell be doing in the field of organization science? Joel A. C. Baum and Bill McKelvey explore this question in Variations in Organization Science. This volume reveals and celebrates Campbell's many contributions to the field by presenting new variations that stem directly from his work. Rather than analyzing Campbell's work, chapter authors pursue additional implications and further applications of his perspective to organization science - some of which Campbell himself might have pursued if he were starting out as an assistant professor in 1999.
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