Explores how Victorian novelists used the science of feeling to understand reading as an embodied process that cultivates empathy.
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- 2024
- 2023
Why have jobs gotten so much worse? In Our Least Important Asset, Peter Cappelli argues that as financial accounting has become the guide for determining the success of companies, its inability to assess the reality of employment creates distortions and a short-sighted approach to management. In the process, employers undercut decades of evidence about what works to improve the quality, productivity, and creativity of workers. Drawing on decades of experience and research, Cappelli provides a comprehensive and insightful critique of the modern workplace, where the gaps in financial accounting make things worse for everyone, from employees to investors.
- 2021
The Leader's Checklist,10th Anniversary Edition
- 120 pages
- 5 hours of reading
In The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition: 16 Mission-Critical Principles, world-renowned leadership expert and Wharton professor Michael Useem shows you how to lead through any challenge-for those moments when leadership really matters.
- 2021
The Future of the Office
- 108 pages
- 4 hours of reading
In a prescient new book, The Future of the Office: The Hard Choices We All Face on Working from Home and Remote Work, Wharton professor Peter Cappelli lays out the facts in an effort to provide both employees and employers with a vision of their futures. Cappelli unveils the surprising tradeoffs both may have to accept to get what they want.
- 2020
Liar Liar
- 176 pages
- 7 hours of reading
A powerful story of perseverance and strength throughout one woman's fight for justice after an horrific campus assault.
- 2019
Liar Laurie
- 200 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Liar Laurie tellsthe powerful story of one woman's fight for justice after a horrific campusassault. Dismissed by those who were supposed to support her, Laurie struggleswith the backlash from her peers, as well as emotional turmoil and trauma asshe tries to come to terms with what has happened. The tale of her perseveranceis a testament to her strength.
- 2019
Brick by Brick
- 312 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Success is a simple thing that most people believe to be something mysterious and complicated - the reality, according to Paul Bassi, is something completely different. In the vast majority of cases, the people at the top have got there by following disciplines that open to everyone. The truth about success is that it's closer than you might think but harder work than you expect. Anyone can be successful in life - by your own definition, which is the only one that really matters - if you set yourself a central ambition and follow some fundamental principles about how it can be achieved. While the advice in this book may look primarily at business and property, the underlying themes are applicable to whatever life and career you wish to pursue. Drawing on stories from his youth, early career, family life and his current position as one of the Midlands' most prominent property investors, Paul Bassi shows how you can plan your own journey to success. It won't be easy; it won't happen overnight; and it won't come without making sacrifices. But if you want it badly enough and are prepared to be disciplined and relentless in your approach, it is all perfectly possible. This book will show you exactly what it takes.
- 2017
Who Will Care for Us?: Long-Term Care and the Long-Term Workforce
- 232 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Introduction -- The landscape -- The direct care workforce -- The job market -- Family caregivers and consumer directed programs -- Introduction to part two -- Opportunities -- Obstacles to change -- Forces for change -- Conclusion.
- 2012
This book explores the importance of social relations in understanding economic actions, emphasizing a network perspective. It illustrates how simple exchanges of money, labor, and commodities integrate into complex, interconnected systems, highlighting the intricate dynamics of economic interactions.
- 2012
Why Good People Can't Get Jobs
- 104 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Peter Cappelli, Wharton management professor and director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, debunks the arguments and exposes the real reasons good people can't get hired. Named one of HR Magazine's Top 20 Most Influential Thinkers of 2011, Cappelli points the way forward to rev America's job engine again.