Essentials of organizational behavior : an evidence-based approach /: an evidence-based approach. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Terri A. Scandura.
• Authors: Scandura, Terri A
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; SECTION I • INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 • What Is Organizational Behavior?; What Is Organizational Behavior?; Evidence-Based Management; What Is Critical Thinking?; Outcomes in Organizational Behavior; Levels of Analysis in Organizational Behavior; How OB Research Increases Employee Performance; Plan for This Textbook; Leadership Implications: Thinking Critically; SECTION II • UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUALS IN ORGANIZATIONS; CHAPTER 2 • Personality and Person–Environment Fit; What Is Personality?; Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; The Big Five; Personality Traits and Health Research; Other Relevant Personality Traits; Psychological Capital; Person–Environment Fit; Leadership Implications: Understanding Others; CHAPTER 3 • Emotions and Moods; Emotions and Moods at Work; Moods; Emotional Labor; Emotional Intelligence; Emotional Contagion; Leadership Implications: Mindful Coaching; CHAPTER 4 • Attitudes and Job Satisfaction; What Is an Attitude?; Job Satisfaction; Job Search Attitudes; Organizational Commitment; Perceived Organizational Support; Psychological Empowerment; Leadership Implications: Creating Meaning at Work; CHAPTER 5 • Perception, Decision-Making, and Problem-Solving; Understanding Why Perceptual Biases Exist; Employability: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies During the Application Process; Individual Decision-Making; The Rational Decision-Making Model; Prospect Theory; Intuition; Decision Traps; Creative Problem-Solving; Leadership Implications: Making Ethical Decisions; SECTION III • INFLUENCING AND MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES; CHAPTER 6 • Leadership; What Is Leadership?; Path–Goal Theory; Leader–Member Exchange; The Importance of Trust; Full-Range Leadership Development; Moral Approaches; Leadership Implications: Flexibility Matters; CHAPTER 7 • Power and Politics; The Difference Between Power and Influence; Power; Influence Strategies; Impression Management; Perceptions of Organizational Politics; Political Skill; Leadership Implications: Managing With Power; CHAPTER 8 • Motivation: Core Concepts; What Is Motivation?; Needs Theories; Goal Setting; Job Characteristics Theory; The Importance of Fairness; Expectancy Theory; The Pygmalion Effect; The Galatea Effect; The Golem Effect; Leadership Implications: Who Will Lead?; CHAPTER 9 • Motivation: Applications; Reinforcement Theory; Social Learning Theory; Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Rewards; Self-Determination Theory; Performance Management; Problems With Performance Reviews; Feedback Seeking; Leadership Implications: Motivating With Rewards; SECTION IV • BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS; CHAPTER 10 • Group Processes and Teams; What Is a Team?; Team Purpose; Team Development; Team Effectiveness; Team Decision-Making; Team Challenges; Leadership Implications: Empowering the Team; CHAPTER 11 • Managing Conflict and Negotiation; What Is Conflict?; Conflict Resolution Styles; Team Conflict and Performance; Resolving Conflict Across Cultures; Third-Party Interventions; Negotiation; Leadership Implications: Perspective Taking; CHAPTER 12 • Organizational Communication; What Is Organizational Communication?; Barriers to Effective Communication; Communication Networks; Electronic Communication; Cross-Cultural Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Leadership Implications: The Management of Meaning; CHAPTER 13 • Diversity and Cross-Cultural Adjustments; Diversity; Generations at the Workplace; What Is Culture?; Developing Global Leaders; Culture Shock; Expatriate Adjustment; Leadership Implications: Becoming a Global Leader; SECTION V • LEADERS AS CHANGE AGENTS; CHAPTER 14 • Organizational Culture; What Is Organizational Culture?; Markets, Bureaucracies, and Clans; Strong Organizational Cultures; Socialization; Organizational Climate; Leadership Implications: Culture Change; CHAPTER 15 • Leading Change and Stress Management; Forces Driving Organizational Change; Planned Organizational Change; Resistance to Change; Leading Change; Stress in the Context of Organizational Change; What Is Stress?; Leadership Implications: Helping Employees Cope; Appendix 1: The Scientific Method in Organizational Behavior; Appendix 2: Organizational Structure; Glossary; Notes; Author Index; Subject Index;
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658; Organizational behavior
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544396804
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