TY - BOOK AU - Conniff,Richard ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The ape in the corner office: understanding the workplace beast in all of us AV - HF5386.5 .C66 2005eb U1 - 650.1/3 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Crown Business KW - Office politics KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Supervision of employees KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Corporate culture KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-328) and index; Yes, it is a goddam jungle out there (Why acting like an animal comes so easy) -- Nice monkey (The search for the unselfish gene) -- Being negative (Why things look worse than they probably are) -- Rough beasts (Moore's Law meets monkey law) -- Donut dominance (Why hierarchy works) -- Tooth and claw (How we wage dominance contests on the job) -- Bending the knee (Strategies for subordinates) -- Chatter in the monkey house (Gossip and the beastly nature of "Oh, my God, tell me more") -- Bang bang, kiss kiss (The natural history of "I'm sorry") -- Making faces (A field guide to facial expression) -- Facial predestination (How the shape of your face can make or break your career) -- Monkey see (The power of imitation) -- Bunnies for lunch (On being a corporate predator) -- A landscape of fear (Why do jerks seem to prosper?) -- Running with the pack (Why lone wolves are losers) -- Epilogue: leadership lessons of highly effective apes; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10126211 ER -