xii, 252 p. ; 23 cm.

How do needs influence traits? The mediating role of social cognition in need-trait. Relationships. Conditional reasoning as a product of justification. Mechanisms. The five themes of the social cognitive approach : a further attempt to integrate the trait and social. Cognition approaches. Developme...

Measurement of relative motive strength via conditional reasoning. Tests of the integrative model of assessment for achievement motivation. General comments regarding integrative models. Coherence. Situational discriminativeness in organizational research. In search of coherence. Differential framin...

Projective techniques. Conditional reasoning measures. An efficient, indirect system for measuring implicit reasoning biases. Model for empirical validation analyses. Psychometric evaluation of conditional reasoning test for aggression. Conclusions -- Three fertile domains for future personality res...

The organization of traits. Broad categories of the social cognitions that are us ed to justify characteristic behavioral adjustments. Types of implicit biases that give rise to justification. Mechanisms. How JMS influence reasoning strategies. Implicit biases : wanted or unwanted -- The measurement...

The role of personality in organizations. John's description of his supervisor. The view of John's coworkers. Use of personality and social cognition to explain individual differences in framing and analyses. Justification mechanisms for aggression. General comment : personality in organizations. Or...