Description
Book Synopsis
Reveals the way people behave in the workplace. This book aims to bridge the gap between the findings from evolutionary biology and insights about humanity derived from the social sciences.
Trade Review
"...an interesting book which explores and integrates findings from several disciplines and which contributes further to the field of evolutionary psychology in a readable manner..." (The Occupational Psychologist, April 2002)
Table of Contents
Editor's Note, Warren Bennis.
Foreword, Edward O. Wilson.
The Authors.
Preface.
PART ONE: BRIDGING GAPS;
SETTING THE STAGE FOR UNDERSTANDING HUMAN NATURE.
1. Toward a Unified Understanding of Human Nature.
2. How the Modern Human Mind Evolved.
3. Innate Drives and Skills.
PART TWO: THE FOUR DRIVES BEHIND HUMAN CHOICES.
4. The Drive to Acquire (D1).
5. The Drive to Bond (D2).
6. The Drive to Learn (D3).
7. The Drive to Defend (D4).
PART THREE: THE DRIVES IN ACTION;
HOW HUMAN NATURE WORKS IN CONTEXT.
8. Culture, Skills, Emotions: Other Pieces of the Puzzle.
9. Origins of the Social Contract.
10. Why So Much Diversity?
PART FOUR: HUMAN NATURE AND SOCIETY.
11. Human Nature in Organizational Life.
12. The Road Forward.
Afterword: Future Research Proposals.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
