A connected view of human behaviour
How personality, motivation and learning combine to shape behaviour at work, for better and for worse. Five core themes carry the story; four further areas hold the breadth of the work.
From individual differences to organisational performance.
By integrating insights from several research areas, this work aims to inform better decisions, healthier workplaces and more effective leadership.
Personality and motivation
How people differ in reacting to reward and threat, and how to measure it.
45 publications
Learning and the hybrid model
How learning and cognition redirect a basic drive into functional or dysfunctional behaviour.
24 publications
Leadership, constructive and destructive
What makes leaders motivate or harm, past and present.
12 publications
Divergence: risk, mavericks and the dark side
Why some people break from the group, for better or for worse.
25 publications
Evidence, strategy and innovation
How managers use evidence, set goals and run innovation.
22 publications
Psychometrics and measurement
Building and testing personality measures. · 39 publications
Laterality and biological bases
What ear preference, handedness and hemispheric asymmetry reveal about personality. · 8 publications
History and big questions
Ancient virtues, civilisations and human purpose. · 5 publications
Wellbeing and applied collaborations
Adolescence, health, religion and flow. · 24 publications
How my research has evolved
From measuring people, through Gray's theory and a model of learning in personality, to divergence, leadership and evidence-based management.
Measuring people
1992–2000
Gray's theory meets work
2001–2005
A model of learning in personality
2005–2012
Divergence and leadership
2012–2017
Evidence
2017–present