Jeffrey Pfeffer

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Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979.

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Political Skill/Power Test

People like to do self-assessments. However, people also tend to believe they are "above average" on most positive qualities—the so-called "above average effect." Consequently, I recommend not only assessing yourself but also getting people you work with to provide their evaluations. And assessments are only useful if you are going to act on the data—so work on weaknesses to improve yourself.

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Books by Jeffrey Pfeffer

Average rating: 3.64 · 455 ratings · 95 reviews · 26 distinct works

	Power: Why Some People Have it and Others Don't 3.61 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton 3.60 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton 3.93 avg rating — 67 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Managing With Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations 3.62 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom About Management 3.50 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First 3.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Competitive Advantage Through People: Unleashing the Power of the Work Force 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Gerald Salancik 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	My rating:
	Faits Et Foutaises Dans Le Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert Sutton, Sabine Rolland (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	My rating: