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Commitment in the Workplace
Theory, Research, and Application
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 1997
What is a committed employee? Are such employees better or worse off than uncommitted employees? What are the organizational advantages and disadvantages of having a committed workforce?
This book overviews academic and popular perspectives on commitment in employees. It examines the multiple...
Small Groups as Complex Systems
Formation, Coordination, Development, and Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2000
What are groups? How do they behave? Arrow, McGrath, and Berdahl answer these questions by developing a general theory of small groups as complex systems. Basing their theory on concepts distilled from general systems theory, dynamical systems theory, and complexity and chaos theory, they explore...
Doing Your Literature Review
Traditional and Systematic Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
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The literature review is a compulsory part of research and, increasingly, may form the whole of a student research project. This highly accessible book guides students through the production of either a traditional or a systematic literature...
by Robert D. Hisrich, Dr. Claudine Kearney
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
The first book to look at innovation/entrepreneurship from an international perspective, Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Global Perspective provides a step-by-step process for managing innovation and entrepreneurship in an organization in both turbulent and stable economic times. Authors...
Organizational Research Methods
A Guide for Students and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2001
`This text provides a timely and comprehensive introduction to major research methods in the Organizational sciences. It will be a boon to all students conducting their projects in this area, and may well become a standard reference for staff teaching research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate...
by David E Gray
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
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Grounded in actual research and supported by the author’s 25 years of experience teaching business and management students, this book is designed especially...
Understanding Global Cultures
Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
In the fully updated Sixth Edition of Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversi****ty, authors Martin J. Gannon and Rajnandini Pillai present the cultural metaphor as a method for understanding the cultural mindsets of individual...
by George Cairns, Martyna Sliwa
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
The Second Edition of International Business includes recent impacts on international business such as the financial crisis, Brexit and the changing political landscape, Chinese steel prices and the Panama Papers revelations. It includes two new chapters on understanding people and organizations in...
by Professor S Tamer Cavusgil, Dr. Pervez N. Ghauri, Ayse A Akcal
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
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"A very timely book for students and managers related to business opportunities and risks inherent in emerging markets. Written by some of the foremost experts in international business, it is a comprehensive, practical and highly...
by Professor Nigel Lockett, Catherine Wang, Dr. Richard Blundel
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
A detailed and critical analysis of the multiple types of entrepreneurship, helping students to understand the practical skills and theoretical concepts needed to create their very own entrepreneurial venture.
Split into two parts, the book provides an even balance between theory and practice....
Job Satisfaction
Application, Assessment, Causes, and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 1997
Distilling the vast literature on this frequently studied variable in organizational behaviour research, Paul E Spector provides the student and professional with a pithy overview of the application, assessment, causes and consequences of job satisfaction. In addition to discussing the nature of and...
Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership
Casting Light or Shadow
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Ethics is at the heart of leadership.All leaders assume ethical burdens and must make every effort to make informed ethical decisions and foster ethical behavior among followers.The Sixth Edition of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow explores the ethical demands...
Work Motivation
History, Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
This book provides a unique behavioral science framework for motivating employees in organizational settings. Drawing upon his experiences as a staff psychologist and consultant, Gary Latham writes in a "mentor voice" that is highly personal and rich in examples. The book includes anecdotes...
Understanding Organizations
Theories and Images
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
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Understanding Organizations: Theories and Images introduces students to the key principles of understanding, designing, and managing organizations in an accessible and practical way. The book provides a conceptual toolkit containing...