Social Situations

Adrian Furnham

Furnham writes primarily in psychology and applied social sciences, with a strong focus on occupational and organizational psychology, leadership, personnel selection, personality and intelligence, workplace behaviour, management, and consumer/health psychology.

For a broad introduction try Psychology 101. For workplace and leadership topics start with The Psychology of Behaviour at Work or The Elephant in the Boardroom. For personnel and assessment topics try The Psychology of Personnel Selection or Personality and Intelligence at Work.

Most of Furnham's books are standalone and topic-focused rather than a continuous series. Choose titles by subject area (e.g., leadership, personnel selection, personality) and read introductory overviews first before moving to specialist texts.

Key titles on those themes include The Elephant in the Boardroom (leadership derailment), The Psychology of Behaviour at Work, Bad Apples (managing negative behaviour at work), and Head and Heart Management (attitudes and emotions in management).

Furnham is a chartered occupational and health psychologist, a professor at University College London and adjunct professor at BI Norwegian Business School. He has published many books and articles (about 92 books and 1,200+ peer-reviewed articles as of 2018) and received the British Psychological Society Academic Contribution to Practice Award in 2011; he is also a BPS fellow and holds honorary doctorates.