Taking Ownership of Your Career

Name: Taking Ownership of Your Career
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David D. Van Fleet

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Business Expert Press
12 November 2025

Careers guidance; Industrial relations & safety; Advice on careers & achieving success

Studies into workplace violence, terrorism, and other forms of dysfunctional behavior associated with work suggested to us that there was a need for a book that would not only educate others on these topics but would also help those who wanted to reduce their risks by choosing relatively safe jobs.

No job is completely safe. You can get paper cuts, be injured by a staple, or cut yourself with a letter opener. You can slip, trip, stumble, and fall. You can sit or stand in one position for too long. You could get fired even though you are performing well. You can be a victim of sabotage or harassment, sometimes because you are doing an outstanding job. There are simply a lot of ways to get hurt — physically or emotionally — on the job. However, you can evaluate the potential risk or relative safety of a job before you make a career decision.

You can learn things to look for that will enable you to make a more rational, informed decision about a potential job or work site. This book is designed to help you do just that. I wish you luck in your job hunting and on your job.

By: David D. Van Fleet
Imprint: Business Expert Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781637428948
ISBN 10: 1637428944
Pages: 185
Publication Date: 12 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David D. Van Fleet is Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University. He has over 50 years in the practice, teaching, and research of management and organizations. He taught human relations, organizational behavior, management, and leadership. He draws upon this impressive career to provide examples, analyses, and recommendations for dealing with dysfunctional organizations.

Reviews for Taking Ownership of Your Career

""Empowering individuals is crucial to organizations. This book provides broadly comprehensive and immediately applicable look at the ways individuals can be empowered. The novel use of the V-REEL(R) Framework to focus on explaining this really makes it all understandable and relevant. I think that David Van Fleet's unique perspective will serve to improve team interactions, performance, and outcomes. I, for one, see this book as a significant contribution to organizational effectiveness.""-Felix P. Nater, President and Owner of Nater Associates, Ltd. (A human resource security management consulting practice focusing on workplace violence and security consulting) ""This lucid, insightful, and comprehensive monograph is a 'must-read' for managers who wish to understand and extirpate dysfunctional behavior in organizations. Although written by the world's leading scholar on this topic, it presents 'lessons learned' in a user-friendly format. An instant classic.""-Donald Siegel, Foundation Professor and Co-Executive Director, Global Center for Technology Transfer, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University