Organizational Behavior category: 1522 books
by Yanlong Zhang, Lisa Keister
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
China’s 30-year market transition and its integration into the world economy provide a unique opportunity for exploring the nature of large-scale economic and political transformation and the mechanisms underlying organizational behavior during such a transition. Management and Organizations in...
Mindfulness in Organizations
Foundations, Research, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Mindfulness techniques, having long played an important role in contemplative traditions around the world, are now recognized as having the potential to transform workplaces. As interest in the role of mindfulness in organizational settings continues to increase, this timely book fills a gap in the...
Employee Emotions + Personality in Organizations
2 Books in 1
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
ATTENTION COLLEGE STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on employee emotions or personality in organizations, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point.
Employee Emotions
This eBook was written for people to gain...
Doing Organizational Ethnography
A Focus on Polyphonic Ways of Organizing
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
This book presents a new way of understanding organizational ethnography due to its strong emphasis on what the word organizational means in organizational ethnography. In the past five years, a new organizational studies research field has developed involving organizational ethnographies, which is...
Sway
The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
A fascinating journey into the hidden psychological influences that derail our decision-making, Sway will change the way you think about the way you think.
Why is it so difficult to sell a plummeting stock or end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone...
Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior
Indispensable Knowledge for Evidence-Based Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
There is a strong movement today in management to encourage management practices based on research evidence. In the first volume of this handbook, I asked experts in 39 areas of management to identify a central principle that summarized and integrated the core findings from their specialty area and...
The Middle East
A Guide to Politics, Economics, Society and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the field of Organizational Behavior. This book covers the foundations of the scientific method, theory development, and the accrual of scientific knowledge in the field. It introduces the ideas of pioneers whose work pre-dates the emergence of Organizational Behavior.
Resistance to Innovation
Its Sources and Manifestations
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Every year, about 25,000 new products are introduced in the United States. Most of these products fail—at considerable expense to the companies that produce them. Such failures are typically thought to result from consumers’ resistance to innovation, but marketers have tended to focus instead...
by Mats Alvesson
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
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'With his usual engaging and inimitable style, Mats Alvesson takes the reader on a riveting journey through the diverse ways in which culture itself can be understood and how these powerfully inform organizational life.' - Blake E. Ashforth,...
by Stephen Fineman
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
`Most folks in organizations dichotomize reason and emotion, often treating emotion as an uncommon or marginal occurrence. Written in a clear and lively style, Steve Fineman's book, Understanding Emotion at Work, dispels this notion as he demonstrates how emotions infuse most practices in organizational...
The Violence Volcano
Reducing the Threat of Workplace Violence
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
The Violence Volcano is for managers and workers in all types of business and government organizations, including law enforcement and other firstresponders. Its purpose is to assist all organizations and their employees in fulfilling their obligations under U.S. Government regulations to reduce the...
by Joan Marques
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Business and Buddhism explores alternative ways of leading in the aftermath of the Great Recession and the many stories of fraud and greed that emerged. The book explores shifts in business perspectives as more value is placed on soft skills like emotional intelligence and listening, and introduces...
Intercultural Rhetoric and Professional Communication
Technological Advances and Organizational Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
Understanding cultural differences and determining their relevance in a broader context are the key goals of any intercultural inquiry. Intercultural Rhetoric and Professional Communication: Technological Advances and Organizational Behavior explores the theory and practice of rhetoric and professional...
by John P. Kotter, Dan S. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Learn how to lead organizational change with this Harvard Business Review digital collection. The Heart of Change is your guide to helping people think and feel differently in order to meet your shared goals. According to bestselling author and renowned leadership expert John Kotter and coauthor Dan...