Office Politics by Oliver James - ISBN: 9780091923969
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Survive and thrive: Unmasking the dark side of office power.

Office Politics

How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    3 March 2014

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Summary

A fascinating expose of office culture, in the style of the bestselling Affluenza, from popular psychologist Oliver James.

The modern working world is a dangerous place, where game-playing, duplicity and sheer malevolence are rife. Do talent and hard work count for nothing? Is politics everything?

In this fascinating expose, Oliver James reveals the murky underside of modern office life. With cutting-edge research and eye-opening interviews, he highlights the nasty pr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780091923969
ISBN-10:0091923964
Author:Oliver James
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Vermilion
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:3 March 2014
Weight:201g
Dimensions:197mm x 127mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

I can’t remember the last time I read such a useful and eye-opening book. But be warned: after reading it, you may never want to go to work again. * Mail on Sunday *Oliver James is excellent at showing why social scientists think that the surge in material affluence can produce the opposite of happiness. – Avner Offer, Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford

About The Author

Oliver James

Oliver James trained and practised as a child clinical psychologist and, since 1988, has worked as a writer, journalist and television documentary producer and presenter. His books include Juvenile Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture, the bestselling They F*** You Up, Affluenza and Contented Dementia. He is a trustee of two children’s charities- the National Family and Parenting Institute and Homestart.

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