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Illusions of Control Striving for Control in Our Personal and Professional Lives

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Fathali M. Moghaddam, Charles Studer

Book Code: C6025

ISBN: 0-275-96025-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96025-4

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192 pages, figures

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 12/30/1998

List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: Illusions of control are explored in a wide variety of domains--from the micro level of the self and interpersonal relations to the macro level of large organizations and intergroup and international relations. The authors argue that people are motivated to control the world, and in particular, to control future events. This tendency is strong in Western industrialized societies, where modern science is seen as a means through which humans can gain mastery over environmental conditions. The tendency to control can have positive and negative consequences. Illusions of control are often shattered by unexpected events such as divorce, death, and by technological and environmental changes. The authors argue that the best strategy for coping is to develop long-term goals and short-term strategies. Working from a multidisciplinary perpective, they show how to avoid the pitfalls of these illusions of control. This book will be of interest to students and professionals in social psychology, and organizational behavior management.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Boundaries of Illusions of Control
The Emergence of Modern Illusions of Control
Evolution, Runaway Selection, and Control
Self Control: Psychological Control at the Personal Level
Control and Rationality
Conspiracies and Tokens: The Psycho-Political Picture of Control
The American Dream: A Basis for a Grand Illusion of Control
Controlling Our Children's Future: Or Why the Next Generation Seems so Obstinate to Go Its Own Way
Control and the Unofficial Organization: A Story of Neglect
Controlling Corporate Culture
Leaders "In Control"
Modern Specialists: Greater and Greater Control Over Less and Less
Controlling the Economy and other Great Illusions of the Dismal Science
Controlling Authoritarianism: Can We Survive Destructive Personalities?
Controlling Conflict: The Longest Illusion
The Paradox of Technology and Conflict Control
Control of the Ethereal: Cultural and Values
Motivation and Control of Cultural Development
Toward Solutions: Performance Driven Control (PDC) In Our Personal and Professional Lives
Bibliography
Subject Index
Author Index

LC Card Number: 97-43944

LCC Class: BF611

Dewey Class: 153


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