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Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace Organizational B...
ISBN: 9780073530086 | 0073530085
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Pub. Date: 1/8/2008
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Colquitt, Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace provides a fresh modern look at Organizational Behavior with scientifically proven models and theories. Research on learning motivation has shown that students learn more when they have an intrinsic interest in the topic. This prompted the Colquitt team to create an OB text to using a more informal conversational style and use of company examples students will be familiar with and find compelling, thus helping to stimulate interest. Each chapter includes sp... MORE
| Introduction to Organizational Behavior | |
| What is Organizational Behavior? | |
| Organizational Behavior defined Historical review of the rise of OB and related fields of study Introduction of an integrative model of OB | |
| Job Performance | |
| The costs of poor performance Task performance Adaptability Citizenship behavior Counterproductive behavior | |
| Organizational Commitment | |
| The costs of empl... MORE | |
| Individual Mechanisms | |
| Job Satisfaction | |
| Job satisfaction defined Values Emotions Mood Job Characteristics | |
| Stress | |
| Stress defined Job stressors Symptoms of strain Stress management principles | |
| Motivation | |
| Need theories Intrinsic motivation Expectancy theory Equity theory Goal setting theory | |
| Trust, Justice and Ethics | |
| Trustworthiness and trust Organizational justice Psychological contracts Codes of ethics | |
| Learning and Decision Making | |
| Learning processes Goal orientation Stereotypes Attribution theory Heuristics and biases Decision making models | |
| Individual Characteristics | |
| Personality and Cultural Values | |
| Personality Cultural Variables | |
| Ability | |
| Abilities Experience Interests | |
| Group Mechanisms | |
| Team Characteristics | |
| Defining groups and teams Interdependence Types of teams Group composition Stages of development Roles and norms | |
| Team Processes | |
| Process loss and process gain Social loafing Communication Conflict Cohesiveness Collective efficacy Decision-making errors Conformity Groupthink Brainstorming | |
| Leadership: Power and Influence | |
| Types of power Influence tactics Politics | |
| Leadership: Traits, Styles and Behaviors | |
| Leader traits Leader behaviors Leader styles Situational models Transformational models | |
| Organizational Mechanisms | |
| Organizational Structure | |
| Dimensions of structure Structural forms Determinants of structure Technology | |
| Organizational Culture | |
| Cultural artifacts Culture types Culture change Socialization | |
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