Illusions of Control: Striving for Control in Our Personal and Professional Lives

by Fathali M. Moghaddam and Charles Studer

Illusions of control are explored in a wide variety of domains--from the micro level of the self and interpersonal relations to the macro level of large organizations and intergroup and international relations. The authors argue that people are motivated to control the world, and in particular, to control future events. This tendency is strong in Western industrialized societies, where modern science is seen as a means through which humans can gain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275960250
• ISBN13: 9780275960254
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"