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Gilles d'Ambra Azzopardi (born 2 August 1949) is a French psychosociologist. He is the author of numerous books on practical psychology for the mainstream readers, on male-female relationships[1] and management. In this respect, he is an active contributor in his role as Strategic Advisor for Monkey-tie,[2][3] the first recruitment platform that links people to businesses based on corporate culture and personality (for instance through the implementation of the Big 5 personality traits).[4]

Early life and education[edit]

Azzopardi is of Italian and Maltese origin. He was raised in an anti-fascist family,[5] His grandfather was a communist activist in the 1920s/ He spent much of his childhood days in the midst of war and moved to France a few days after Algeria gained its independence.[5]

Azzopardi graduated from high school in May, 1968. He then founded the CAL (orComité d'action lycéen), a student driven activism group in the occupied Sorbonne, which initiated the general strike across French high schools.

By end 1968, he joined the brand new Vincennes University (Paris VIII) where he co-created the proletarian leftist group, in particular the Politico-military Commission wing, with the Rolin brothers.

During the same period, he was given the position of Instructor of Philosophy while following the teachings of Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, François Châtelet, Judith Miller, Robert Castel...[6]

At University he studied classics Human Sciences (philosophy, sociology, psychology).

Career[edit]

After his university years, he steered his focus to the study of human interactions and cognitive functions. His works would be strongly influenced by psychoanalytics and evolutionary psychology, being the first proponent in France in the latter since the early 1990s. He later became the French specialist for psychometric evaluations for IQ, personality, and recruitment.

The author of several best-sellers, he regularly writes for business and women's magazines[6] such as Management, Elle, 20 Ans and Madame Figaro for the most popular ones. His works have been published in many countries abroad including Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Russia, India, Canada and Australia.

Publications[edit]

(in French)

Under the name Gilles d'Ambra
Under the name Gilles Azzopardi
English translation : Measure Your I.Q., W Foulsham & Co Ltd, 1993.
English translation : The Complete Book to Develop Your I.Q., W Foulsham & Co Ltd, 1993.
English translation : Succeed at I.Q. Tests, W Foulsham & Co Ltd, 1993.
English translation : Learn to Succeed at Selection Tests, W Foulsham & Co Ltd, 2000.
English translation : IQ May Get You a Job; EQ Gets You Promoted, W Foulsham & Co Ltd, 2000.
Under the name Nicolas Conti (pseudo name)[7]

References[edit]

  • ^ Monkey-tie website
  • ^ "MonkeyTie veut révolutionner le recrutement", Le Figaro (in French)
  • ^ "Se préparer aux tests de personnalité", Journaldunet (in French)
  • ^ a b "Gilles d'Ambra, psychosociologue et auteur", Auféminin (in French)
  • ^ a b Gilles Azzopardi, Biographie et informations (in French), Babelio
  • ^ Références (in French), Récréomath

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilles_d%27Ambra_Azzopardi&oldid=1154207985"

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