Essentials of organizational behavior : an evidence-based approach /: an evidence-based approach. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Terri A. Scandura.
• Authors: Scandura, Terri A
• Contents: Section 1: Organizational Behavior and Leadership; Chapter 1: What is Organizational Behavior?; Chapter Learning Objectives; A Crisis of Leadership?; What is Organizational Behavior?; Evidence-Based Management; What is Critical Thinking?; The Scientific Method; Outcome Variables in Organizational Behavior; Levels of Analysis in OB; How OB cam Increase Employee Performance; Toward More Effective Organizational Leaders: Plan for this Textbook; Overview of the Textbook; Chapter 2: Leadership: Core Concepts; Chapter Learning Objectives; Have Leaders Lost their Followers’ Trust?; What is Leadership?; Full Range Leadership Development; Leader-Member Exchange (LMX); The Importance of Trust; Power and Influence; Organizational Politics and Political Skill; Ethical Leadership; Servant and Authentic Leadership; Leadership Implications: Leading Ethically; Section 2: Understanding Individuals in Organizations; Chapter 3: Individual Differences; Chapter Learning Objectives; The Right Stuff at the Wrong Time; What is Personality?; Psychological Capital; Emotions and Moods at Work; Neuroscience; Diversity; Generations at the Workplace; Leading Diverse Followers; Mindfulness; Leadership Implications: Embracing Diversity; Chapter 4: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction; Chapter Learning Objectives; Job Satisfaction: A Downward Trend; What is an Attitude?; Do Attitudes Matter?; Job Satisfaction; Job Search Attitudes; Organizational Commitment; Perceived Organizational Support; Psychological Empowerment; Leadership Implications: Creating Meaning at Work; Chapter 5: Perception; Chapter Learning Objectives; Would you be Happier if you were Richer?; What is Perception?; Understanding Why People Don’t See Eye to Eye; Attribution Theory; The Romance of Leadership; The Pygmalion Effect; Employability: How Potential Employers Perceive You; Leadership Implications: Leading Followers with Differing Perceptions; Chapter 6: Individual Decision Making; Chapter Learning Objectives; The Importance of Decisions; Decision Processes and Organizational Performance; The Rational Decision-Making Model; Prospect Theory; Intuition; Decision Traps; Creative Problem Solving; Leadership Implications: How Leaders Support Creativity; Section 3: Leaders as Motivators; Chapter 7: Motivation: Core Concepts; Chapter Learning Objectives; Do You Have Grit?; What is Motivation?; Need Theories; Goal Setting; Job Characteristics Theory; The Importance of Fairness; Expectancy Theory; Path-Goal Theory; Leadership Implications: Leaders as Motivators; Chapter 8: Motivation: Learning and Rewards; Chapter Learning Objectives; The Meaning of Money; Reinforcement Theory; Social Learning Theory; Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Rewards; What Money Can and Cannot Do; Performance Management; Problems with Performance Reviews; Feedback Seeking; Leadership Implications: Motivating with Rewards; Section 4: Leaders as Relationship Builders; Chapter 9: Group Processes and Teams; Chapter Learning Objectives; Why Teams Matter – “The Orange Revolution”; What is a Team?; Team Purpose; Team Development; Team Effectiveness; Cohesion; Team Norms; Team Mental Models; Participation in Team Decisions; Team Decision Making Methods; Team Challenges; Leadership Implications: Empowering the Team; Chapter 10: Managing Conflict and Negotiation; Chapter Learning Objectives; What are CEOs Getting Coaching For?; What is Conflict?; Conflict Resolution Styles; Team Conflict and Performance; Third-Party Interventions; Resolving Conflict Across Cultures; Negotiation; Leadership Implications: Perspective Taking; Chapter 11: Organizational Communication; Chapter Learning Objectives; “Thin-Slicing” a Conversation; What is Organizational Communication?; Barriers to Effective Communication; Communication Networks; Electronic Communication; Cross-Cultural Communication; Nonverbal Communications; Silence; Leadership Implications: The Management of Meaning; Chapter 12: Cross-Cultural Differences and Adjustments; Chapter Learning Objectives; Global Diversity: A Key Workforce Trend; What is Culture?; High Context versus Low Context Cultures; Hofstede’s Cultural Values; GLOBE Studies of Cross-Cultural Leadership; Cultural Tightness-Looseness; Developing Global Leaders; Culture Shock; Cross-Cultural Adjustment for Expatriates; Leadership Implications: “Explain before Blame”; Section 5: Leaders as Change Agents; Chapter 13: Stress in the Context of Organizational Change; Chapter Learning Objectives; “Road Warriors”; What is Stress?; Stress and Organizational Performance; Stress and Organizational Change; Sources of Work-Related Stress; Stress Episode; Stress is a Global Concern; Coping; Preventative Stress Management in Organizations; Leadership Implications: Helping Employees Cope; Chapter 14: Organizational Culture; Chapter Learning Objectives; When Elephants Learn to Dance; What is Organizational Culture?; National Culture and Organizational Culture; Strong Organizational Cultures; Socialization; How Employees Learn Culture; Organizational Climate; Leadership Implications: Changing Organizational Culture; Chapter 15: Leading Change; Chapter Learning Objectives; Helping Employees Embrace Change; Forces Driving Organizational Change; Planned Organizational Change; Organizational Subsystems Involved in Planned Change; Organizational Development; Resistance to Change; Leading Change; Effective Change Implementation; Leadership Implications: Creating Learning Organizations; Appendix: Research Designs used in Organizational Behavior;
• Edition: First Edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658; Organizational behavior
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506310787
• Related ISBNs: 9781483345659
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