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Montero, M. (2008). STRESSE: O BOM, O MAU E O...PATRÃO. Gingko Magazine, The article "Stress...the Good, the Bad and the Boss: appeared in Ginko magazine in May 2008 based on an interview with Dr. Kenneth Nowack about his stress research and validation of the wellness and health assessment called StressScan (Portuguese).. File

Nowack, K. (2008). Coaching for Stress: StressScan. Editor: Jonathan Passmore, Psychometrics in Coaching, Association for Coaching, UK, pp. 254-274. Text

Giesser, B., Coleman, L., Fisher, S., Guttry, M., Herlihy, E., Nonoguch, S., Nowack, D., Roberts, C. & Nowack, K. (2007). Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis: Lessons Learned from a 12-Week Community Based Quality of Life Program. Paper presented at 17th Annual Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference, March, 2007, San Francisco, CA. File

Nowack, K. (2007). Best Practices in Utilizing 360 Degree Feedback. Unpublished manuscript. File

Nowack, K. (2007). It's Not How Smart You Are But How You Are Smart. Talent Management, 3 (10) p. 10. URL

Nowack, K. (2007). Lifestyle Coaching as a Strategic Talent Management Tool. Talent Management, 3 (7), 36-37. URL

Nowack, K. (2007). Strategic Talent Management Through Career Paths. Talent Management Magazine, Volume 3 (4), p. 16. URL

Nowack, K. (2007). Using Wellness Coaching as a Talent Management Tool. Selection & Development Review, Volume 23, No. 5, pp. 8-11. Text

Nowack, K. (2007). Who is the Resilient Talent, and How Do You Develop It? . Talent Management, 3 (6) p. 12. URL

Nowack, K. (2007). Why 360-Degree Feedback Doesn't Work. Talent Management, 3 (8), p. 12. URL

Nowack, K. M. (2007). Predicting the Future Success of Talent. Talent Management, 3 (2), p. 14. URL

Nowack. K. (2007). Using Assessments in Talent Coaching. Talent Management, Volume 3, 12, p.16. URL

Nowack, K. (2006). Emotional intelligence: Leaders Make a Difference. HR Trends, 17, 40-42. File

Nowack, K. (2006). Gender Differences in Leadership Practices. Unpublished manuscript. File

Nowack, K. (2006). La movilidad laboral, un rasgo de la sociedad actual. El Global, Los tiempos cambian y con ellos evoluciona la sociedad. Si hace años primaba la estabilidad en el puesto de trabajo, ahora la tendencia apunta a la sustitución de la estabilidad laboral por la seguridad en la contratación. Ésa es la idea principal en torno a la que ha girado la conferencia "Inteligencia emocional y estrés en la vida laboral y personal" impartida por el asesor de recursos humanos Kenneth Nowack. File

Nowack, K. (2006). Optimising Employee Resilience: Coaching to Help Individuals Modify Lifestyle. Stress News, International Journal of Stress Management, Volume 18, 9-12. File

Nowack, K. (2006). Resilience: How Hardy are you?. Personal Excellence, October 2006, p.8. File

Nowack, K. and Roberts, C. (2006). Chronic Illness and Spirituality: What Do You Believe?. American Group Psychotherapy Association National Conference, San Francisco, February 2006. File

Peck, D. (2006). Build A Business Brain: Fighting Fatigue. Executive Grapevine Magazine, http://www.executive-grapevine.co.uk. File

Nowack, K. (2005). Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Employee Engagement: Creating a Psychologically Healthy Workplace. Unpublished manuscript. File

Nowack, K. (2005). Longitudinal evaluation of a 360 degree feedback program: Implications for best practices. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, March 2005. File

Buckley, N. (2004). Customer Service Validation.
A major call centre was looking to reduce staff turnover and increase productivity. A Facet5 Audition profile showed how to double the selection success rate and focus interviews on key areas. URL

Buckley, N. (2004). Facet Personal Profile. The Facet Personal Profile Worksheet. URL

Buckley, N. (2004). The Magic Number 5.
In spite of the millions spent and the thousands of studies, the occupational psychology profession still has not developed a cohesive language or body of knowledge. While it is unlikely that we are going to discover laws as immutable as Bernoulli, Ohm or even Heisenberg in the near future, there are developments which may provide the sort of underpinning which organisations are seeking. URL

Norman, B. (2004). Understanding integration - Overlays, Snapshots and TeamScape.
Facet5 offers three different ways of comparing people. Facet5 Overlays and Snapshots provide a simple, graphical comparison of two or more individuals, whereas TeamScape provides a far more detailed analysis of a team's work style and how they solve problems and disagreements. URL

Nowack, K. and Wimer, S. (2004). Organizational Stress Management: Survival Strategies. Unpublished manuscript. File

B. S., Impara, J. C., & Spies, R. A. (Eds.). (2003). Stress Profile. The fifteenth mental measurements yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros, Institute of Mental Measurements. URL

Nowack, K. (2003). Aligning Career Paths. Executive Excellence, 20, No. 4, 9-10. File

Nowack, K. (2003). Executive Coaching: Fad or Future?. California Psychologist, Vol. XXXVI, No. 4, 16-17. URL

Norman Buckley & Rebekah Williams, Redfield Consulting (2002). Response Patterns and Impression Management. Presentation to the International Test Commission Conference in Winchester, UK June 2002.. URL

Nowack, K. (2002). Does 360 Degree Feedback Negatively Effect company performance: Feedback Varies With Your Point of View. HR Magazine, Volume 47 (6). Text

Nowack, K. and Heller, B. (2001). Making Executive Coaching Work: The Importance of Emotional Intelligence. Training Magazine, trainingmag.com. File

Nowack, K. (2000). Occupational stress management: Effective or not?. In P. Schnall, K. Belkie, P. Landensbergis, & D. Baker (Eds.), Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA., Vol 15, No. 1, pp. 231-233 . Text

Nowack, K. (1999). 360 Degree feedback. In DG Langdon, KS Whiteside, & MM McKenna (Eds.), Intervention: 50 Performance Technology Tools, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, Inc., pp.34-46. Text

Nowack, K. (1999). Evaluating Multi-Rater Feedback Programs at the Los Angeles Times. R. Stadius (ed.), ASTD Trainer's Toolkit: More Evaluation Instruments, American Society for Training and Development, Alexandria, VA. Text

Nowack, K., Hartley, J. and Bradley, W. (1999).  Evaluating results of your 360-degree feedback intervention. Training and Development, 53, 48-53. File

Nowack, K. (1998). Approaches to Validating Assessment Centers. Performance and Instruction, Volume 27, 14-16. File

Nowack, K. (1998). Manager View 360. Feedback to managers: A review and comparison of multi-rater feedback instruments. In Fleenor, J. & Leslie, J. (Eds.), Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC. Text

Wimer, S. & Nowack, K. (1998). How to Benefit from 360 Degree Feedback. Executive Excellence, . Text

Wimer, S. and Nowack, K. (1998). Thirteen common mistakes in implementing multi-rater feedback systems. Training and Development, 52, 69-80. File

Nowack, K. (1997). Congruence Between Self and Other Ratings and Assessment Center Performance. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, Volume 12, 145-166. File

Nowack, K. (1997). Personality Inventories: The Next Generation. Performance in Practice, American Society of Training and Development, Winter 1996/97. Text

Nowack, K. (1997). Use the Show Me Interview. Network World, December, 1997. URL

Nowack, K. (1996). Is the Myers Briggs Type Indicator the Right Tool to Use?. Performance in Practice, American Society of Training and Development, Fall 1996, 6. Text

Greene, R. and Nowack, K. (1995). Stress, hardiness and absenteeism: Results of a 3-year longitudinal study. Work and Stress, 9, 448-462. Text

Brousseau,, Kenneth R., Ph.D. (1994). TeamView360 and the Individual Behavior Questionnaire. Unpublished manuscript. File

Nowack, K. (1994). Psychosocial Predictors of Health and Absenteeism: Results of Two Prospective Studies. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, September 1994, Los Angeles, CA. Text

Nowack, K. (1994). The secrets of succession: Emphasizing development in succession planning systems. Training and Development, 48, 49-54. File

Nowack, K. and Pentkowski, A. (1994). Lifestyle habits, substance use, and predictors of job burnout in professional working women. Work and Stress, 8, 19-35. Text

Nowack, K. (1993). 360 Degree feedback: The whole story. Training & Development Journal, 47, 69-72. File

Schwartz, G.E., Schwartz, J.I., Nowack, K.M., & Eichling, P.S. (1993). The hardiness and the negative affectivity confound as a function of a defensive coping style. University of Arizona and Canyon Ranch. Unpublished manuscript. Text

Nowack, K. (1992). Self-assessment and rater-assessment as a dimension of management development. Human Resources Development Quarterly, 3, 141-155. File

Schwartz, G.E., Schwartz, J.I., Nowack, K.M., & Eichling, P.S. (1992). Changes in perceived stress and social support over time are related to changes in immune function. University of Arizona and Canyon Ranch. Unpublished manuscript. Text

Nowack, K. M. (1991). A Quantitative Approach to Taining Needs Analysis. Training and Development Journal, Volume 45, 69-73. File

Nowack, K. M. (1991). Psychosocial predictors of physical health status. Work and Stress, 5, 117-131. Text

Nowack, K. (1990). Getting Them Out and Getting Them Back. Training and Development, Volume 44, 82-85. File

Nowack, K. M. (1990). Initial development of an inventory to assess stress and health risk. American Journal of Health Promotion, 4, 173-180. File

Nowack, K. M. (1989). Coping style, cognitive hardiness, & health status. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 12, 145-158. Text

Nowack, K (1988). Approaches to validating assessment centers. Performance & Instruction, 27, 14-16. File

Nowack, K. (1987). Training Needs Assessment and Organizational Climate Survey. ASTD Trainer's Toolkit: More Evaluation Instruments, American Society for Training and Development, Alexandria, VA, pp. 111-131. Text

Nowack, K. M. (1987). Health habits, Type A behavior, & job burnout. Work & Stress, 1, 135-142. Text

Nowack, K. (1986). Pre-post-then evaluation of a behavioral modeling approach to supervisory skills training. Performance & Instruction, 25, 14-16 . Text

Nowack, K. (1986). Who Are the Hardy?. American Society of Training and Development, Volume 40, 116-118. File



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