Politics, personality and surviving the workplace

Weinberg, A

doi:10.4324/9781315574240-5

All Outputs (5)

Working : time bomb or time well-spent? (2016)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2016). Working : time bomb or time well-spent?. In A. Antoniou, R. Burke, & C. Cooper (Eds.), The aging workforce handbook (469-487). Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78635-448-820161019

The impact of counsellor training on emotional intelligence (2016)
Journal Article
Pearson, A., & Weinberg, A. (2016). The impact of counsellor training on emotional intelligence. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 45(4), 610-621. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2016.1226496

This study evaluated the impact of counsellor training on emotional intelligence (EI) in 45 undergraduates and 58 postgraduates. Significant improvements were recorded by students on completion of both programmes, suggesting that these were attributa... Read More about The impact of counsellor training on emotional intelligence.

When the work is not enough : the sinister stress of boredom (2016)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2016). When the work is not enough : the sinister stress of boredom. In G. Fink (Ed.), Stress : concepts, cognition, emotion, and behavior (195-201). Academic Press/Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800951-2.00023-6

Boredom as a state and understimulation as a stressor are examined in the context of working, with consideration also given to the potential role played by these factors in evolutionary terms. It is suggested that the waste of mental capital engender... Read More about When the work is not enough : the sinister stress of boredom.

The preventative impact of management coaching on psychological strain (2016)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A. (2016). The preventative impact of management coaching on psychological strain. International Coaching Psychology Review, 11(1), 93-105

Objectives: The positive impact of coaching on a range of outcomes, including the well-being of those in receipt of it, has been highlighted by a number of published reviews (e.g. de Haan and Duckworth, 2013) and meta-analyses (e.g. Jones, Woods and... Read More about The preventative impact of management coaching on psychological strain.

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.