Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints

This book addresses organ transplantation from a psychoanalytical  perspective.

This book examines the concept of empathy as an essential aspect of the teacher training curriculum, and asks how it can be taught.

This is an international and interdisciplinary volume that provides a new look at the general background of the social sciences from a philosophical perspective and provides directions for methodology.

Based on neuroscience research, this book presents and demonstrates a 'Ten Enablers' model as a framework to help change leaders successfully lead and manage change.

This book provides information on the generation and the effects of hazardous substances that are produced during welding and allied processes.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of of the logotherapy of Viktor Frankl and delves into the spiritual depths of an inherent search for meaning in life.

This book analyses the conceptualization of psychopathic personality disorder for criminal/forensic populations and examines in depth the emerging phenomenon of the 'corporate psychopath'.

This book introduces a new theory on the substantial comorbidity that exists between many illnesses and disorders and concurrent symptoms such as pain, impaired sleep and fatigue.

Mentalizing in Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy explains how mentalization-based therapy (MBT) can be used within the framework of psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapies.

This book shows how to plan, refine, and implement peer-supported mindfulness-based interventions to prevent mental disorders in children and youths.

This book analyses state-of-the-art techniques in business process management as drivers of advanced entrepreneurship, financial management, supply chain management, and sustainability management.

This book explores the place of the body and embodied practices in the production and experience of grace in order to generate transformative futures.

This book provides new ideas on how to work with and constructively transform shame on a theoretical and practical level, and in various socio-cultural contexts and professions.

This book focuses on how to promote innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset within organizations in the context of structural changes.

While pornography is stigmatized as "e;dirty work,"e; it faces many of the same operational considerations as traditional industries.

This book examines the interplay between IT solutions and specific management methods in organizations.

This volume examines the involvement of minority- or women-owned businesses in technology-based research, with particular focus on the differences in research outcomes in achieving commercialization.

This volume provides theoretical perspectives on and approaches to the development or enhancement of positive psychological capacities within various multi-cultural professional and organizational contexts.

This book illustrates the foundations of status research from the perspective of recruiting.

This book compels professionals to actively imbibe self-awareness in their thought process in order to help them manage complexities in business.

This book analyzes new theories and practical approaches for promoting excellence in human resource management and leadership.

 The Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP) is a theoretic framework developed by Robert A.

This volume brings together trends and their prospects to understand the complexity of metacognitive phenomena, with emphasis on the interactions of metacognition with affect.

This book engages the topic of xenophobia from both psychological and socio-political approaches.

This book analyses a cultural phenomenon that goes to the very roots of Western civilization: the centrality of death in our sense of human existence.

This book builds on a critique of Slavoj Zizek's work to outline a new theory of psychoanalytic rhetoric.

This book is the first to systematically investigate how the notion of time is conceptualised in Jacques Lacan's work.

This volume offers insights into contemporary trends and perspectives in psychobiographical research.

This book presents selected theoretical and empirical papers from the 23rd Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, held in Madrid, Spain.

A real eye-opener, this riveting anti/critical psychiatry book is comprised of original cutting-edge dialogues between Burstow (an antipsychiatry theorist and activist) and other leaders in the "e;revolt against psychiatry,"e; including radical practitioners, lawyers, reporters, activists, psychiatric survivors, academics, family members, and artists.

This book spotlights the complexities of relationships, drawing on theories that have guided relationship scholars, classic studies, and current research - juxtaposed with the current Indian milieu.

Providing evidence of the role of human capital on innovation in the Middle East, this edited collection closely examines the unique nature of the workforce in this region.

The digital transformation is impacting various aspects of how we live and work.

This book is a psychobiography on the life of Viktor Frankl and a unique exploration of his life from a positive psychology perspective.

This book critically examines the development of mindfulness, tracing its development from Buddhist meditation to its variety of popular applications today, including the treatment of mental disorders, wellbeing and improvement of performance.

This book takes a novel approach to the study of male eating disorders - an area that is often dominated by clinical discourses.

This book discusses child well-being, with children and adolescents as key informants, from a Latin American perspective.

This book discusses how counselling, a profession known for diverse and innovative practices, has recently been influenced by scientific, marketplace, and administrative developments corresponding with a medicalized focus on psychiatric diagnoses and related evidence-based treatments.

This book demonstrates how leaders can use research from positive psychology to increase work engagement and wellbeing, improve relationships, and increase performance and productivity in the workplace.

Using recent research and case studies, this book offers an evidence-based insight into the embezzler's mindset as they commit crimes that are costing nations, organisations and individuals increasingly more each year.

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the human drama of replacement.

This two volume work examines the role of spiritual and religious traditions as a balancing force during times of crisis in organizational settings.

In today's globalised world economy, it is becoming increasingly pressing to shine a light on the interface of work and private life.

Adverse environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions and chemical spills have put the topic of green business firmly on the sustainability agenda.

 This book addresses important topics of coaching in order to better understand what sports coaching is and the challenges that arise when assuming this activity.

This book presents scholarly reflections on women's entrepreneurial propensity and on women's entrepreneurship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.

This work brings together different perspectives on psychological methods and particularly methods involving experimentation.

This book presents a diverse set of decision-making methodologies to solve some of the most important decisions that most organizations face today.

This collection explores the discursive production and treatment of mental distress as it is mediated by gender and race in different institutional contexts.

This book focuses on the current, chaotic world stage, which is characterized by new forms of global violence and new types of actors, such as terrorist networks.