Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Neuroscience and Management
Edward Elgar Publishing
Will be published approx. on 7. July 2026
Book
Hardback
270 pages
978-1-0353-3288-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Neuroscience and Management explores how our understanding of the brain can transform the way we lead, decide and work. Combining insights from international scholars specialising in neuroscience, psychology and management, it explains how brain science enables us to make more informed decisions, foster creativity, build resilience and lead with empathy.
Key Features:
Written in clear and accessible language
Over 70 entries describing key concepts, methods and applications, from motivation and emotion to leadership and ethics
Explores the current field, ranging from what is scientifically grounded, to what is emerging and should be approached with care
Highlights responsible and evidence-based uses of neuroscience while addressing ethical challenges and common misconceptions
Bridges science and practice, considering real-world managerial issues such as motivation, resilience and change management
This Encyclopedia is a crucial resource for scholars and students in business and management studies, alongside psychology and neuroscience. Its insights into how brain science informs leadership and organizational practice also makes this prime reading for managers, HR professionals, policymakers and ethicists.
Key Features:
Written in clear and accessible language
Over 70 entries describing key concepts, methods and applications, from motivation and emotion to leadership and ethics
Explores the current field, ranging from what is scientifically grounded, to what is emerging and should be approached with care
Highlights responsible and evidence-based uses of neuroscience while addressing ethical challenges and common misconceptions
Bridges science and practice, considering real-world managerial issues such as motivation, resilience and change management
This Encyclopedia is a crucial resource for scholars and students in business and management studies, alongside psychology and neuroscience. Its insights into how brain science informs leadership and organizational practice also makes this prime reading for managers, HR professionals, policymakers and ethicists.
Reviews / Votes
'Neuroscience is a growing field, and its applications in management are fuelled by developments in psychology, medicine, and behavioural economics among others. Its impact on management is just beginning, helping us understand how decisions are made, how products are presented to customers, how teams are managed, and how leaders interact with others. The breadth of this volume, including entries such as Evolutionary Leadership Theory, Neuroeconomics, Neuromarketing, and Neuroscience & the Management of Change, presents in a rigorous and accessible way the key issues that managers and scholars interested in the topic should consider.' -- Thierry Burger-Helmchen, University of Strasbourg, France 'The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Neuroscience and Management comes just at the right moment, when neuroscience is transforming our understanding of human behaviour and business is evolving at unprecedented speed. It brings together the best of brain science and management thinking in a way that is both fresh and illuminating. What makes this work unique is its bold vision and novel insights into an emerging cross-disciplinary field, showing how advances in neural, cognitive, and behavioural sciences can reshape leadership, decision making, learning, and organisational change. This volume offers an inspiring blueprint for evidence based, human-centred management and a landmark contribution that will shape conversations about brain sciences and entrepreneurship for years to come.' -- Zoe Kourtzi, University of Cambridge, UK 'A timely guide that grounds leadership and change in how the human brain really works-emotional, social, and adaptive. An essential read that integrates knowledge from neuroscience, psychology, and management, to understand the brain behind behaviour-and lead transformation with greater awareness, responsibility, and impact.' -- Eftichia Kasselaki, EY, Greece 'The entries in this volume offer a rigorous and integrative treatment of decision-making at the intersection of neuroscience and management. By spanning cognitive control, affect, memory, risk, culture, social norms, and value-based processes, they provide a comprehensive account of how choices are shaped by neural mechanisms, psychological dynamics and organisational contexts. Collectively, these contributions bridge foundational theory with applied relevance, illuminating how decision processes unfold in real-world managerial settings. This work represents an important and timely resource for scholars and practitioners seeking a neuroscientifically informed understanding of leadership and organisational decision-making.' -- Petko Kusev, London South Bank University, UK 'As the field linking neuroscience and management expands, its credibility will depend on the development of measurement approaches that cannot be easily "gamed" and that therefore provide valid and reliable insight into the motivational drivers of human behavior. Thankfully, neuroscience provides such measures. This volume arrives at an important moment, helping bring conceptual clarity to a rapidly growing domain that connects leadership, organizational culture, team effectiveness, employee engagement, and employee well-being. By consolidating key concepts and methods, it offers scholars and practitioners a valuable reference point for advancing rigorous, interdisciplinary work in the science of management.' -- J. David Pincus, Chief Innovation Officer, Leading Indicator Systems, USA 'A very interesting collection of articles bridging employee well-being, organizational change and many more issues of importance to management.' -- Linda Duxbury, Carleton University, Canada 'Grounded in neuroscience, this work brings a clear and compelling human centered lens to leadership and transformation in complex, fast moving environments. It reflects how people actually think, feel, and adapt, offering technology and innovation leaders practical insight for shaping culture and driving change at scale. A strong reference for leaders operating at the intersection of innovation, leadership, and organizational transformation.' -- Milan Gospic, Microsoft Garage, Serbia 'The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Neuroscience and Management has an impressive scope in the breadth of research and concepts it unites on these topics. It brings a timely focus in highlighting the latest relevant concepts at the intersection of these fields.' -- Angela Gutcess, Brandeis University, USAMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-3288-5 (9781035332885)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Alexandros Psychogios, Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, Head of Work & Organization Group, Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University, Eirini Mavritsaki, Professor in Cognitive Psychology and Lead of Cognition, Disorders and Computation (CDC) lab, Birmingham City University, UK, Nikolaos Dimitriadis, PhD, Professor of Practice, University of York Europe Campus, and Head of the Applied Neuroscience Lab at EY Greece and Silvio Aldrovandi, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and Deputy Head, LSBU Business School, London South Bank University, UK
Content
Contents
Introduction to the Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Neuroscience and Management 1
Alexandros Psychogios, Eirini Mavritsaki, Nikolaos Dimitriadis and Silvio Aldrovandi
1 ADHD, decision-making and Leadership 5
Todd J. Capes
2 Affect and decision-making 8
Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui
3 Analytic and holistic thinking 12
Stephanie Y.P. Chua
4 Anchoring effects 15
Silvio Aldrovandi
5 Artificial intelligence and neuroscience 18
Joshua Bolam and Jessica Ann Diaz
6 Attention theory 22
Harriet A. Allen
7 Authentic leadership and neuroscience 25
Cheryl J. Travers
8 Behavioural experiments in management 29
Anastasia Davine Clemens
9 Brain adaptive leadership 33
Aspasia Goula
10 Brain lateralization and decision making 37
Nikos Monios
11 Charismatic leadership and neuroscience 40
Nishat Babu
12 Cognitive control and choice 43
Michele Buontempo
13 Cognitive load 46
Stergios Symeonidis
14 Cognitive psychology 51
Harriet A. Allen
15 Cognitive styles and the role of middle managers 54
Rahmi Salviviani
16 Corporate social responsibility and neuroscience 58
Nishat Babu
17 Covid-19 and cognition 61
Idris Choudrey
18 Culture and cognition 64
Ethan J. Myers
19 Culture and decision-making 67
Silvio Aldrovandi
20 Dark leadership and neuroscience 70
Malcolm Higgs
21 Depression 74
Idris Choudrey
22 Dual model of decision-making 77
Silvio Aldrovandi
23 EEG insights and applications in business 81
Jessica Ann Diaz
24 Emotion AI 84
Iva Cvetanovska
25 Emotion recognition 88
Alexandra Florea
26 Emotional intelligence and business leadership 92
Makhan Singh and Edmund Chadwick
27 Emotional voice analysis 94
Rosalie Temme
28 Employee voice and neuroscience 98
Rea Prouska
29 Ethics and neuroscience 102
Dimitrios Koukourdinos
30 Evolutionary human resource management theory 105
Niki Glaveli and Chris Liasidis
31 Evolutionary leadership theory 108
Mark van Vugt
32 Executive functions 112
Todd J. Capes
33 Eye-tracking 115
Amy-Louise Simkiss and Annabel MacFarlane
34 Facial thermal imaging 119
Lina Tsipouridou
35 Followership and neuroscience 124
Niki Glaveli
36 Framing effect 127
Jessica M. Perry
37 Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) 130
Foyzul Rahman
38 Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) 134
Manousos A. Klados
39 Galvanic skin response 137
Nikos Monios
40 Group decision-making 140
Mark Winter
41 Heart rate variability in the workplace 143
Irene Centenaro
42 HR learning and development and neuroscience 146
Feim Blakcori
43 Intertemporal choice 150
Kai Gaskin
44 Managerial feedback and neuroscience 154
Feim Blakcori
45 Memory and choice 159
Silvio Aldrovandi
46 Metacognition 162
Ann-Kathrin Johnen
47 Multi-criteria decision-making in project management 165
Ali Tighnavard Balasbaneh
48 Neuro-based recruitment and selection 168
Katerina-Maria Dousi and Ioannis Nikolaou
49 Neuro-based rewards 173
Roxana M. Rosca
50 Neurodiversity at the workplace 177
Panagiotis Trivellas, Dimitrios P. Reklitis and Irene Harilogi
51 Neuro-economics 181
Alexandros Psychogios and Silvio Aldrovandi
52 Neuroeducation 184
Evangelia Ioanna Politi
53 Neurofeedback 188
Richard Bibb
54 Neuromarketing 191
Stergios Symeonidis
55 Neuroscience and motivation 197
Leslie T. Szamosi and Giovanni Serafini
56 Neuroscience and neuroscientific methodologies 201
Stephanie Y.P. Chua and Eirini Mavritsaki
57 Neuroscience and resilient workplaces 204
Anna Anastasopoulou and Panagiotis Trivellas
58 Neuroscience and the management of change 209
Leslie T. Szamosi and Nikos Lambridis
59 Neuroscientific coaching 212
Margarita Nyfoudi
60 Organisational neuroscience 215
Sebastiano Massaro
61 Organisational citizenship behaviour and neuroscience 218
Margarita Nyfoudi
62 Organizational silence and neuroscience 221
Evangelia Maritsa
63 Organisational trust and neuroscience 225
Kabiru Oyetunde
64 Political neuromarketing 228
Mila Anastasova
65 Risky decision-making 232
Silvio Aldrovandi
66 SCARF model 235
Nikos Lambridis and Leslie T. Szamosi
67 Social cognition and team collaboration 238
Stephanie Y.P. Chua
68 Social norms and judgement and decision-making 241
Silvio Aldrovandi
69 Stress contagion in the workplace and neuroscience 244
Jon Gruda
70 Transformational leadership and neuroscience 246
Evangelia Maritsa
71 UX/UI testing and neuromarketing 249
Elli Vasiliki Papadopoulou
72 Value-based decision-making 253
Michele Buontempo
73 Virtual reality, employee wellbeing and neuroscience 257
Olga Kombeiz and Brid Karacan
Introduction to the Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Neuroscience and Management 1
Alexandros Psychogios, Eirini Mavritsaki, Nikolaos Dimitriadis and Silvio Aldrovandi
1 ADHD, decision-making and Leadership 5
Todd J. Capes
2 Affect and decision-making 8
Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui
3 Analytic and holistic thinking 12
Stephanie Y.P. Chua
4 Anchoring effects 15
Silvio Aldrovandi
5 Artificial intelligence and neuroscience 18
Joshua Bolam and Jessica Ann Diaz
6 Attention theory 22
Harriet A. Allen
7 Authentic leadership and neuroscience 25
Cheryl J. Travers
8 Behavioural experiments in management 29
Anastasia Davine Clemens
9 Brain adaptive leadership 33
Aspasia Goula
10 Brain lateralization and decision making 37
Nikos Monios
11 Charismatic leadership and neuroscience 40
Nishat Babu
12 Cognitive control and choice 43
Michele Buontempo
13 Cognitive load 46
Stergios Symeonidis
14 Cognitive psychology 51
Harriet A. Allen
15 Cognitive styles and the role of middle managers 54
Rahmi Salviviani
16 Corporate social responsibility and neuroscience 58
Nishat Babu
17 Covid-19 and cognition 61
Idris Choudrey
18 Culture and cognition 64
Ethan J. Myers
19 Culture and decision-making 67
Silvio Aldrovandi
20 Dark leadership and neuroscience 70
Malcolm Higgs
21 Depression 74
Idris Choudrey
22 Dual model of decision-making 77
Silvio Aldrovandi
23 EEG insights and applications in business 81
Jessica Ann Diaz
24 Emotion AI 84
Iva Cvetanovska
25 Emotion recognition 88
Alexandra Florea
26 Emotional intelligence and business leadership 92
Makhan Singh and Edmund Chadwick
27 Emotional voice analysis 94
Rosalie Temme
28 Employee voice and neuroscience 98
Rea Prouska
29 Ethics and neuroscience 102
Dimitrios Koukourdinos
30 Evolutionary human resource management theory 105
Niki Glaveli and Chris Liasidis
31 Evolutionary leadership theory 108
Mark van Vugt
32 Executive functions 112
Todd J. Capes
33 Eye-tracking 115
Amy-Louise Simkiss and Annabel MacFarlane
34 Facial thermal imaging 119
Lina Tsipouridou
35 Followership and neuroscience 124
Niki Glaveli
36 Framing effect 127
Jessica M. Perry
37 Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) 130
Foyzul Rahman
38 Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) 134
Manousos A. Klados
39 Galvanic skin response 137
Nikos Monios
40 Group decision-making 140
Mark Winter
41 Heart rate variability in the workplace 143
Irene Centenaro
42 HR learning and development and neuroscience 146
Feim Blakcori
43 Intertemporal choice 150
Kai Gaskin
44 Managerial feedback and neuroscience 154
Feim Blakcori
45 Memory and choice 159
Silvio Aldrovandi
46 Metacognition 162
Ann-Kathrin Johnen
47 Multi-criteria decision-making in project management 165
Ali Tighnavard Balasbaneh
48 Neuro-based recruitment and selection 168
Katerina-Maria Dousi and Ioannis Nikolaou
49 Neuro-based rewards 173
Roxana M. Rosca
50 Neurodiversity at the workplace 177
Panagiotis Trivellas, Dimitrios P. Reklitis and Irene Harilogi
51 Neuro-economics 181
Alexandros Psychogios and Silvio Aldrovandi
52 Neuroeducation 184
Evangelia Ioanna Politi
53 Neurofeedback 188
Richard Bibb
54 Neuromarketing 191
Stergios Symeonidis
55 Neuroscience and motivation 197
Leslie T. Szamosi and Giovanni Serafini
56 Neuroscience and neuroscientific methodologies 201
Stephanie Y.P. Chua and Eirini Mavritsaki
57 Neuroscience and resilient workplaces 204
Anna Anastasopoulou and Panagiotis Trivellas
58 Neuroscience and the management of change 209
Leslie T. Szamosi and Nikos Lambridis
59 Neuroscientific coaching 212
Margarita Nyfoudi
60 Organisational neuroscience 215
Sebastiano Massaro
61 Organisational citizenship behaviour and neuroscience 218
Margarita Nyfoudi
62 Organizational silence and neuroscience 221
Evangelia Maritsa
63 Organisational trust and neuroscience 225
Kabiru Oyetunde
64 Political neuromarketing 228
Mila Anastasova
65 Risky decision-making 232
Silvio Aldrovandi
66 SCARF model 235
Nikos Lambridis and Leslie T. Szamosi
67 Social cognition and team collaboration 238
Stephanie Y.P. Chua
68 Social norms and judgement and decision-making 241
Silvio Aldrovandi
69 Stress contagion in the workplace and neuroscience 244
Jon Gruda
70 Transformational leadership and neuroscience 246
Evangelia Maritsa
71 UX/UI testing and neuromarketing 249
Elli Vasiliki Papadopoulou
72 Value-based decision-making 253
Michele Buontempo
73 Virtual reality, employee wellbeing and neuroscience 257
Olga Kombeiz and Brid Karacan