Essentials of organizational behavior : an evidence-based approach /: an evidence-based approach. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Terri A. Scandura, University of Miami.
• Authors: Scandura, Terri A
• Contents: Section I: Introduction; 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 Organizational Behavior; How OB Research Increases Employee Performance; Theory X and Theory Y; Plan for This Textbook; Leadership Implications: Thinking Critically; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 1.1: Personal Leadership Development Plan; Case Study 1.1: Organizational Science in The Real World; Self-Assessment 1.1: Are You Theory X Or Theory Y?; Self-Assessment 1.2: Assessing Your Experiential Evidence Base; Section II: Understanding Individuals in Organizations; Chapter 2: Personality and Person-Environment Fit; Chapter Learning Objectives; The Right Stuff at the Wrong Time?; What is Personality?; Myer-Briggs Type Indicator; “The Big Five”; Personality Traits and Health Research; Other Relevant Personality Traits; Psychological Capital; Core-Self Evaluations; Person-Environment Fit; Leadership Implications: Understanding Others; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 2.1: Fitting In Somewhere Great!; Case Study 2.1: Who Would You Hire?; Self-Assessment 2.1: The Big Five Personality Test; Self-Assessment 2.2: Type A Behavior Pattern; Self-Assessment 2.3: Core Self-Evaluations Assessment; Chapter 3: Emotions and Moods; Chapter Learning Objectives; Does Lack of Sleep Make You Grumpy?; Emotions and Moods at Work; Affective Events Theory: An Organizing Framework; Affective Climate; Moods; Emotional Labor; Emotional Intelligence; Emotional Contagion; Affective Neuroscience; Leadership Implications: Mindful Coaching; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 3.1: The Five-Minute Gratitude Exercise; Case Study 3.1: Managing Your Boss’s Moods And Emotions; Self-Assessment 3.1: Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ); Chapter 4: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction; Chapter Learning Objectives; Job Satisfaction: An Upward Trend; What is an Attitude?; Do Attitudes Matter?; Job Satisfaction; Job Search Attitudes; Organizational Comment; Perceived Organizational Support; Psychological Empowerment; Leadership Implications: Creating Meaning at Work; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 4.1: What Do Workers Want From Their Jobs?; Case Study 4.1: A Crisis In Nursing; Self-Assessment 4.1: How Much Career Adapt-Ability Do You Have?; Self-Assessment 4.2: Do You Experience Empowerment?; Chapter 5: Perception, Decision Making, and Problem-Solving; Chapter Learning Objectives; Would You Be Happier If You Were Richer?; Understanding Why People Don’t See Eye to Eye; Individual Decision Making; The Rational Decision-Making Model; Prospect Theory; Intuition; Decision Traps; Creative Problem Solving; Leadership Implications: Making Ethical Decisions; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 5.1: Understanding The Pygmalion Effect; Case Study 5.1: Do You Have To Spend Money To Make Money?; Self-Assessment 5.1: Employability – Perceptions Of Prospective Employers; Self-Assessment 5.2: How Would You Rate Your Creativity?; Section III: Influencing and Motivating Employees; Chapter 6: Leadership; Chapter Learning Objectives; Have Leaders Lost Their Followers’ Trust?; What is Leadership?; Trait Approaches; Leader Behaviors; Path-Goal Theory; Leader-Member Exchange<br /> The Importance of Trust; Full-Range Leadership Development; Moral Approaches; Critiques of Leadership Theory; Leadership Implications: Flexibility Matters; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 6.1: Applying The Full-Range Model Of Leadership; Toolkit Activity 6.2: Comparing Supervisor Leader-Member Exchange (SLMX); Case Study 6.1: Which Boss Would You Rather Work For?; Self-Assessment 6.1: Mentoring Functions Questionnaire (MFQ-9); Self-Assessment 6.2: How Trustful Are You?; Chapter 7: Power and Politics; Chapter Learning Objectives; What is it Like to Have Power?; Power and Influence; Bases of Power; Organizational Sources of Power; Influence Strategies; Impression Management; Managing Impressions with Body Language; Perceptions of Organizational Politics; Political Skill; Leadership Implications: Managing with Power; Key Terms<br /> Toolkit Activity 7.1: Politics Or Citizenship?; Toolkit Activity 7.2: What Would You Do?; Case Study 7.1: Can You Succeed Without Power?; Self-Assessment 7.1: Your Impression Management Strategies; Self-Assessment 7.2: What’s Your Level Of Political Acumen?; Chapter 8: Motivation: Core Concepts; Chapter Learning Objectives; Do You Have Grit?; What is Motivation?; Need Theories; Goal Setting; The Importance of Fairness; Organizational Justice: Expanding the Concept of Fairness; Expectancy Theory; The Pygmalion Effect; Leadership Implications: Who Will Lead?; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 8.1: Future Me Letter; Toolkit Activity 8.2: Smart Goals Template; Toolkit Activity 8.3: Understanding The Pygmalion Effect; Case Study 8.1: Building Motivation; Self-Assessment 8.1: How Much Perseverance Do You Have?; Chapter 9: Motivation: Applications; 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; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 9.1: Performance Appraisal Do’s And Don’ts; Toolkit Activity 9.2: Performance Management Role-Play; Case Study 9.1: Pay Inequity At Goodyear Tire And Rubber; Self-Assessment 9.1: Work Values Checklist; Section IV: Building Relationships; Chapter 10: Group Processes and Teams; Chapter Learning Objectives; Does Trust Impact Team Performance?; What is a Team?; Team Purpose; Team Development; Team Effectiveness; Cohesion; Team Decision-Making; Team Challenges; Team Diversity; Leadership Implications: Empowering the Team; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 10.1: The Team Charter; Toolkit Activity 10.2: The Marshmallow Challenge; Toolkit Activity 10.3: How To Run An Effective Meeting (Checklist); Case Study 10.1: Problem Solving In Virtual Teams; Self-Assessment 10.1: Teamwork Orientation; Self-Assessment 10.2: Team Leadership Inventory (TLI); Chapter 11: Managing Conflict and Negotiation; Chapter Learning Objectives; The Costs of Workplace Conflict; What is Conflict?; Conflict Resolution Styles; Team Conflict and Performance; Resolving Conflict Across Cultures; Third-Party Interventions; Negotiation; Leadership Implications: Perspective Taking; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 11.1: Checklist For Difficult Conversations; Toolkit Activity 11.2: Salary Negotiation; Toolkit Activity 11.3: Negotiation Style Assessment; Case Study 11.1: Captain Owen Honors; Self-Assessment 11.1: Conflict Resolution Styles; Chapter 12: 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 Communication; Silence; Leadership Implications: The Management of Meaning; Key Terms; Toolkit Activity 12.1: Active Listening Exercise; Case Study 12.1: What’s App-Ening?; Self-Assessment 12.1: Quality Of Communication Experience; Chapter 13: Diversity and Cross-Cultural Adjustments; Chapter Lea
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE, Inc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (560 pages)
• Subjects: 352.3/67; Organizational change
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506388472; 1506388477
• Related ISBNs: 9781506388465
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