Organizational Behavior 5: From Unconscious Motivation to Role-Motivated Leadership

ISBN-13: 9780765619914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 512 str.

John B. Miner

Opis

This text provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the field of organizational behaviour. It covers the foundations of the scientific method, theory development, and the accrual of scientific knowledge in the field.

Recenzje

"The state of the art of organizational behaviour theories" Academy of Management Review

Spis treści

I: Unconscious Motivation; 1: Unconscious Motivation as Viewed From the Projective Perspective; 2: Unconscious Motivation as Viewed from the New Unconscious Perspective; II: Studies that Consider Unconscious Motive Patterns; 3: Managers at the Atlantic Refining Company; 4: Students at the University of Oregon with Managerial Career Goals; 5: Consultants Employed By Mckinsey & Company; 6: Students at Western Michigan University (Organized on a Hierarchic Basis) and at the University of South Florida (Organized on a Group Basis); 7: Human Resource Managers From a Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Panel; 8: Diversity Among General Motors Corporation Managers; 9: Academy of Management Members as Professionals; 10: Georgia State University MBA Students Enrolled in a Career Planning Course; 11: Changes in the Managerial Motivation of University Students Across the 1960–1980 Period; 12: Varied Personnel from Hierarchic, Professional, Task, and Group Systems; 13: Students at the U. S. Military Academy (West Point) and at the Branch Immaterialofficer Candidate Course (Ft. Benning, GA); 14: Top Executives From Varied Companies; 15: Entrepreneurs Who Applied to the National Science Foundation for Funding of Hi-Tech Innovations; 16: Contrasts Among Entrepreneurs and Managers; 17: Managers in the People's Republic of China; 18: Active Volunteers Working in Voluntary Organizations in Western New York; 19: Labor Arbitrators Nationwide (Many of Them Lawyers); 20: Attendees at The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Over Seven Years; 21: Graduate Students Who Attended an Entrepreneurship Course Over Five Years; 22: Princeton University Alumni (Class of 1948), on Whom Whole Career Data Were Available, and the Subsequent Creation of the Leadership Theory; 23: Adolescents in Orange County, CA; III: Analyses; 24: The Psychometric Soundness of the MSCSs; 25: The Construct Validity of the MSCs; 26: Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Responses to the MSCS–Form H; 27: Meta-Analysis of Risk Propensity Differences Between Managers and Entrepreneurs on the Mscs–Form T; 28: Relationships Involving Projective Techniques, Self-Report Measures, and Criteria; 29: Congruence and the Significance of Careers in Testing Role Motivation Theory; 30: Congruence and the Significance of Careers in Testing Role Motivation Theory; 31: Congruence and The Significance of Careers in Testing Role Motivation Theory; 32: Factor Analysis of the Miner Sentence Completion Scales

O autorze

Jack Miner has written more than 50 books and over 140 articles in leading journals. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Academy of Management and also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.