Personality and the Fate of Organizations : Psychology Press : 9780805841435 : 0805841431 : 02 Aug 2006 : Personality and performance are intricately linked, and personality has proven to have a direct influence on an individual's leadership ability and style, team performance, and overall organizational effectiveness. In Personality and the Fate of Organizations, author Robert Hogan offers a systematic account of the nature of personality, showing how to use personality to understand organizations and to understand, evaluate, select, deselect, and train people.   This book brings insights from a leading industrial organizational psychologist who asserts that personality is real, and that it determines the careers of individuals and the fate of organizations. The author's goal is to increase the reader's ability to understand other people?how they are alike, how they are different, and why they do what they do. Armed with this understanding, readers will be able to pursue their persona