Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 21 (Research in Organizational Behavior)
Contributors: R.I. Sutton (Editor); B.M. Staw (Editor)
Publisher: JAI Press
Published: June 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780762305735
Subjects: Organizational theory & behaviour; Science; Organizational Behavior In Business; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; History; Industrial & Organizational Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Occupational & Industrial Psychology; Psychology : Industrial & Organizational Psychology; Science / History; Management - General
First sentence: A large body of research in clinical, social, and personality psychology indicates that normal individuals have unrealistically positive views of their selves, illusions of control over the environment, unrealistic optimism about the future, and a pervasive tendency to associate themselves with positive events and disassociate themselves from negative events (Greenwald, 1980; Taylor &amp; Brown, 1988; Tetlock, 1985; Thompson, Armstrong, &amp; Thomas, 1998).