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Politics, personality and surviving the workplace (2016)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2016). Politics, personality and surviving the workplace. In A. Antoniou, & C. Cooper (Eds.), Coping, personality and the workplace (39-50). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315574240-5

How an individual responds to crises and critical incidents at work, both immediately and subsequent to the event, is heavily influenced both by personality characteristics and their use of coping strategies. These can, in turn, be affected by levels... Read More about Politics, personality and surviving the workplace.

Psychological considerations in attending for mammography screening (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, A., & Weinberg, A. (2015). Psychological considerations in attending for mammography screening. In Digital Mammography (83-88). Springer International Publishing Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_10

The UK NHS Breast Screening Programme has set a national minimum rate for uptake of routine invitations at 70 % [1]. In 2012–2013, 2.32 million women aged 50–70 were invited to attend for a routine mammogram, 72.2 % of whom complied. This represented... Read More about Psychological considerations in attending for mammography screening.

Should the job of national politician carry a government health warning? (2011)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2011). Should the job of national politician carry a government health warning?. In A. Weinberg (Ed.), The Psychology of Politicians (123-142). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139026482.010

Psychological health remains a fascinating area for research, not least because it integrates so many expressions of the natural human state: emotions, thoughts, actions and well-being. On the side of the equation which is ill-health, these states ar... Read More about Should the job of national politician carry a government health warning?.

The psychology of politicians (2011)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2011). The psychology of politicians. In A. Weinberg (Ed.), The Psychology of Politicians (1-18). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139026482.001

Politics is living history. It is about people and their ideas, desires, needs and their striving to debate, negotiate, protest, fight and even die in pursuit of their goals over thousands of years. Political activity has evolved to take place within... Read More about The psychology of politicians.

The relationship between the psychological contract and emotional labour at work and the implications for psychological well-being and organizational functioning (2009)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2009). The relationship between the psychological contract and emotional labour at work and the implications for psychological well-being and organizational functioning. In A. Antoniou, C. Cooper, G. Chrousos, C. Spielberger, & M. Eysenck (Eds.), Handbook of Managerial Behavior and Occupational Health (397-412). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781848447219.00039

There are many considerations which cross our minds when we look ahead to the day at work; these can range from high levels of satisfaction and fulfilment right through to misery and desperation, depending on our situation both inside and outside of w... Read More about The relationship between the psychological contract and emotional labour at work and the implications for psychological well-being and organizational functioning.