Robert G. Jones
Robert G. Jones is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Missouri State University. His research and professional interests are in industrial and organizational psychology, and relate to management, prejudice, and ethical decision making.
Books
Nepotism in Organizations
Sustainable Solutions: The Climate Crisis and the Psychology of Social Action
Sustainable Solutions: The Climate Crisis and the Psychology of Social Action
There is a huge elephant in the room: organizational decisions are often based on family relationships, rather than on the ‘rational’ approach advocated by many professionals. Textbooks on Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Economics, Public Administration, and a host of related areas seem to have entirely missed this i
There is a huge elephant in the room: organizational decisions are often based on family relationships, rather than on the ‘rational’ approach advocated by many professionals. Textbooks on Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Economics, Public Administration, and a host of related areas seem to have entirely missed this important aspect of organizational decision making. This book seeks to change all of this. By clearly identifying and defining nepotism in organizations, this book pulls back the curtain on the primary basis for many of the important things that really happen in organizations, large and small. The authors skillfully weave examples of nepotism in real organizations with the usual scholarly textbook topics (hiring, leadership, employment law, career search, culture, etc.) in a way that defines an entire new field of quantitative organizational research. This new book in SIOP's Organizational Frontiers series represents the first time IO psychologists have looked at the important subject of nepotism in organizations.
Sustainable Solutions: The Climate Crisis and the Psychology of Social Action
Sustainable Solutions: The Climate Crisis and the Psychology of Social Action
Sustainable Solutions: The Climate Crisis and the Psychology of Social Action
A sustainable future requires more than just technological innovation. We must change the way we think and behave to avoid environmental catastrophe. The lessons of applied psychology are crucial in this endeavor. This book combines insights from biological adaptation with a psychological analysis of the ways in which we identify problems
A sustainable future requires more than just technological innovation. We must change the way we think and behave to avoid environmental catastrophe. The lessons of applied psychology are crucial in this endeavor. This book combines insights from biological adaptation with a psychological analysis of the ways in which we identify problems, consider solutions, and take action. Dr. Jones examines the complicated web of behaviors and motivations that underlie our sustainability problem, and identifies concrete actions social scientists, policymakers, and individuals can take to help transform ourselves, and our planet, for the better.
The Applied Psychology of Sustainability
Sustainable Solutions: The Climate Crisis and the Psychology of Social Action
The Applied Psychology of Sustainability
Why doesn’t everyone see sustainability as a huge issue? Why don’t people think more carefully before making choices? What will it take for people to change? Examining the many psychological factors that lead to human behavioral effects on the environment, this book answers these questions definitively and provides practical guidance for
Why doesn’t everyone see sustainability as a huge issue? Why don’t people think more carefully before making choices? What will it take for people to change? Examining the many psychological factors that lead to human behavioral effects on the environment, this book answers these questions definitively and provides practical guidance for approaches that have been used to successfully stimulate change.
In the Press
Nepotism in the White House
Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism
Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism
President Trump's daughter, Ivanka, has an office in the West Wing and high-level security clearances. Trump’s son-in-law, and Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner, is a White House senior advisor. Despite an obvious conflict of interest, presidential nepotism is not new. Today we examine the history of familial favoritism in the White House.
Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism
Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism
Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism
No modern president has put as much power in the hands of so many family members as Donald Trump. In a rare interview back in February, Eric Trump laid out his thoughts on nepotism, offering a glimpse of the way America’s First Family thinks about inheritance, privilege and work.
The Trumps' Imperial Dynasty
Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism
The Trumps' Imperial Dynasty
The United States, the country proud to have been born from a revolt against the aristocracy—not so much against the elites—is also the kingdom of the great political clans, of the Adamses, the Harrisons, the Roosevelts, the Kennedys, the Bushes, the Clintons... In the absence of monarchs, they worship their presidents, and their ceremonies of power, such as inaugurations, are celebrated with a pomp close to royalty.