Personality and The Secret Life of Organizations

人格如何決定領導力？心理學大師解讀組織與權力運作
人格、領導與組織運作的關鍵之書——從心理學與演化視角，看懂權力如何形成、領導者如何影響世界

「組織創造權力，而掌握權力者的人格，決定了組織會走向何方。」

本書結合人格心理學、演化觀點與組織研究，深入探討人格如何塑造領導、權力與組織文化。作者 Robert Hogan 憑藉深厚的心理學背景與實務經驗，帶領讀者理解：為什麼人會追求權力？領導者如何影響群體？而我們又該如何在組織中理解自己與他人。

心理學榮譽教授 Nick Emler 盛讚，本書將人格心理學與演化理論結合，為所有身處組織中的人——也就是幾乎所有人——提供理解職場與權力運作的重要視角。

加州大學河濱分校心理學教授 David Funder 則形容，這是一本兼具機智、洞見與實用性的作品，以精煉篇幅濃縮人格、領導與組織的核心觀念，不論是管理者或被管理者，都能從中獲得啟發。

心理學家 Adrian Furnham 更直言：「我讀過、也寫過許多相關書籍，但沒有一本能與之相比。」他認為作者兼具學術與實務背景，博覽經濟、哲學、古典學與心理學，敢於挑戰空洞商業術語與缺乏證據的流行論述，並以清晰筆法直指理論核心，使本書兼具可讀性與參考價值。

Nick Emler, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Surrey

Social organization creates power. The personalities of those who manage this power are fundamental to understanding what goes on in organizations. Robert Hogan brings his unparalleled mastery of personality psychology together with a deep understanding of the ways that evolution has shaped us to explain why and how. Anyone who inhabits an organization-and, one way or another, that is all of us-and wishes to make sense of this experience should read this book.

David Funder, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside

This book is a witty, wise, succinct, and persuasive account of the importance of personality, leadership, and the central role of organizations in human life. It is full of useful information and advice for managers and for anyone who has ever been managed, which is pretty much everybody. The ratio of wisdom gained to time spent on this little book makes it a great investment.

Adrian Furnham, Author and Professor of Psychology, BI Norwegian Business School

I have read many and written a few, but none even slightly compares with this one. There are five reasons for this. First, the author is both a (distinguished) academic and a practitioner. Second, he is a very well-read, serious polymath who moves effortlessly between classics, economics, philosophy, and psychology. Third, he courageously takes issue, where he sees fit, with vacuous trends, business gobbledygook, and evidence-free assertions. Fourth, he has the rare and most desirable habit of cutting through the Gordian knot of theories. Fifth, he writes (very) well: the book is a page-turner and also a serious reference work. I would love to have had these skills myself.