Positive Psychology at Work:

Referencing

I thought long and hard about the level of referencing in this book. An organizational leader who read an early draft made it clear that too many references really interfered with his pleasure in reading the text. On the other hand, I get really annoyed reading under-referenced books or footnoted texts, where I can't easily see where the information came from.

So my compromise is this: key pieces of research that I explain in some detail are properly referenced as the primary source. Elsewhere I have given as the reference the book, or book chapter, from which I have gleaned the information I am presenting. Further, in a slight departure from best academic practice, I haven't constantly re-referenced my source with ‘ibid.’. Instead, unless I introduce a new name or clearly switch to my own observations, you can assume the information continues to come from the same source until told otherwise.

In addition, I have added some further reading at the end of the chapters for those who want to explore a particular area or idea further, with a few notes about the nature of the text. I hope this will help readers find the kind of books they like to read among the ever-growing selection available.

So that's it. I have learnt a huge amount researching and writing this book and have enjoyed the journey tremendously. I can only hope that you buy this pristine volume and rapidly deface it with underlining, exclamation marks, question marks, comments, dog ears and coffee stains. ...