Organizational behavior

[This] textbook's philosophy is that OB knowledge is for everyone, not just traditional managers. The new reality is that everyone - sales representatives, production employees, physicians - needs OB knowledge to successfully work in and around organizations. [The text] is unparalleled in its ability to engage students by bringing cutting edge OB concepts closer to reality through the "theory-practice link" approach. [It] help[s] readers connect OB theories to emerging workplace realities through hundreds of fascinating real-life stories from across the United States and around the world. [It] also continues to be the source of the hottest topics, such as: employee engagement, resilience, four-drive theory, blogs and wikis, psychological harassment, learning orientation, Schwartz's values model, separating socioemotional from constructive conflict, and much, much, more.-http://www.loc.gov/catdir

Originally published: Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, ©2008. 4th ed.

Introduction: Introduction to the field of organizational behavior -- Individual behavior and processes: Individual behavior, values and personality; Perception and learning in organizations; Workplace emotions and attitudes; Motivation in the workplace; Applied performance practices; Work-related stress and stress management -- Team processes: Decision making and creativity; Foundations of team dynamics; Developing high-performance teams; Communicating in teams and organizations; Power and influence in the workplace; Conflict and negotiation in the workplace; Leadership in organizational settings -- Organizational processes: Organizational structure; Organizational culture; Organizational change -- Additional cases: Arctic Mining Consultants; Big screen's big failure; High noon at Alpha Mills; Keeping Suzanne Chalmers; Magic Cable; MexFabrics; Nirvana art gallery; Woodland community center corporation -- Appendices: Theory building and systematic research methods; Scoring keys for self-assessment activities -- Glossary.