International Handbook of Organizational Teamwork and Cooperative Working (original) (raw)
He has authored, edited, or co-edited 12 books, including Developing Creativity in Organizations (1997, BPS) and the Handbook of Workgroup Psychology (1996, Wiley). He has also written more than 120 articles for scientific and practitioner publications, and chapters in scholarly books. He is a member of the editorial boards of several international journals, including Applied Psychology: An International Review and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. He is a past editor of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association, the APA Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology and the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce. His areas of research interest are team and organizational innovation and effectiveness, and the well-being of people at work.
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