Organizational Behavior: A Management Challenge

by Linda K. Stroh, Jerald Greenberg (Editor), Gregory B. Northcraft, Margaret A. Neale, Marie Kern

Overview

This second edition is a revision of a successful reader in organizational behavior, edited by Jerald Greenberg. This volume describes the latest advances in the field of organizational behavior. Each chapter is a description of "what was," "what is," and "what will be" as envisioned by leading researchers and experts. Topics covered include: affect, stress, self-fulfilling prophecies, diversity, justice, reputations, deviant behavior, conflict, construct validity, and cross-cultural behavior. The book concludes with a commentary chapter by Ed Locke--a distinguished senior scholar--who offers directions and guidance on the field's future.

This book will appeal to professors and scholars in industrial-organizational psychology, organizational behavior, human resource management, and social psychology. It is an invaluable compendium reporting on the state of the science in a rapidly developing field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135641429
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	544
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Gregory B. Northcraft, Linda K. Stroh, Margaret A. Neale, Mar Kern, Jerald Greenberg The Ohio State University, Chris Langlands, Marie Kern

Table of Contents

Contents: E.A. Fleishman, J.N. Cleveland, Series Foreword. Preface. Part I:Individual Processes.S.G. Barsade, A.P. Brief, S.E. Spataro, The Affective Revolution in Organizational Behavior: The Emergence of a Paradigm. J.C. Quick, C.L. Cooper, D.L. Nelson, J.D. Quick, J.H. Gavin, Stress, Health, and Well-Being at Work. D. Eden, Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in Organizations. Part II:Interpersonal Processes.B.R. Ragins, J.A. Gonzalez, Understanding Diversity in Organizations: Getting a Grip on a Slippery Construct. J.A. Colquitt, J. Greenberg, Organizational Justice: A Fair Assessment of the State of Literature. G.R. Ferris, F.R. Blass, C. Douglas, R.W. Kolodinsky, D.C. Treadway, Personal Reputation in Organizations. R.J. Bennett, S.L. Robinson, The Past, Present, and Future of Workplace Deviance Research. K.T. Dirks, J.M. Parks, Conflicting Stories: The State of the Science of Conflict. Part III:Cross-Level Themes.J.R. Edwards, Construct Validation in Organizational Behavior Research. H. Aguinis, C.A. Henle, The Search for Universals in Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior. Part IV:Commentary.E.A. Locke, Good Definitions: The Epistemological Foundation of Scientific Progress.

Editorial Reviews

This text overviews the challenges that managers and employees face in competitive organizations. Early chapters focus on the core of the field of organizational behavior and later chapters provide foundation knowledge on individual behavior and behavior in groups. Subsequent chapters apply this knowledge to acquiring and integrating employees, developing jobs, and managing for performance. The text concludes with discussion of the larger context of organizational behavior. Special features include boxed readings on international and technology issues and on research, exercises, and cases. The author is affiliated with Loyola University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"This book will appeal to professors and scholars in industrial-organizational psychology, organizational behavior, human resource management, and social psychology. It is an invaluable compendium reporting on the state of the science in a rapidly developing field."
—EFMD Literature Service

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