How do the attitudes people bring with them to the workplace affect thoughts, feelings and actions in organizations? How are the attitudes of those outside an organization affected by the organization? This book provides a concise summary of what we know about attitudes and suggests what we might discover by adopting novel means, both conceptual and methodological, for studying attitudes in and around organizations. The author overviews the job satisfaction literature, including a redefinition of job satisfaction. In addition, he examines: the various means by which attitudes have been...
How do the attitudes people bring with them to the workplace affect thoughts, feelings and actions in organizations? How are the attitudes of those ou...
Reframes the perspective taken in most strategy research in two key ways: by describing organizational renewal from a middle-level perspective and by reconceptualizing the theoretical basis for strategy process research.
Reframes the perspective taken in most strategy research in two key ways: by describing organizational renewal from a middle-level perspective and by ...
In this book, Alison E Barber delineates three separate stages of recruitment - generating applicants, maintaining applicant status and influencing job choice - and discusses existing knowledge and important unanswered questions relevant to each of these stages. She also addresses the questions of whether and how recruitment influences organizational outcomes.
Traditional recruitment topics such as recruitment source effects and reactions to initial interviews are covered in detail, while alternative approaches to recruitment research, requiring different theoretical frameworks and...
In this book, Alison E Barber delineates three separate stages of recruitment - generating applicants, maintaining applicant status and influencing jo...
This investigation of the fundamental character of organizational identity and identification with an organization is arranged in the form of a provocative discussion between key scholars. This book focuses on three different paradigmatic views of identity: functionalist, interpretive and postmodern.
This investigation of the fundamental character of organizational identity and identification with an organization is arranged in the form of a provoc...
Careers In and Out of Organizations provides an overview of the changing context of careers and describes the role of interpersonal relationships as influences on development of a personOCOs identity and learning. The author examines the nature of the new career contract and the different approaches that have been taken to studying career decision making. He explores how career choices are made, the developmental stages people pass through during the course of their working lives in organizations, and the factors related to career effectiveness including integrating career and personal...
Careers In and Out of Organizations provides an overview of the changing context of careers and describes the role of interpersonal relationships a...
Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodological issues of contingency theory - one of the major theoretical lenses used to view organizations. It includes both an appreciation of the coherency of contingency theory overall and a frank recognition of some of the deficiencies in contingency theory research. The coherent underlying model provides the platform from which to make good some of the deficiencies through a series of improvements in theory and method that chart the course for...
Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the theories, evidence and methodolog...
The organization linkage concept is relatively new. This book provides a unique and very valuable approach to the study of organizations - how do actions among individuals and groups affect (or not affect) organizations as a whole, and vice versa. This ground-breaking book shows how to bridge the gap between the traditional micro and macro camps of organizational studies.
The organization linkage concept is relatively new. This book provides a unique and very valuable approach to the study of organizations - how do a...
Compensation: Theory, Evidence, and Strategic Implications provides a comprehensive, research-based review of both the determinants and effects of compensation. Combining theory and research from a variety of disciplines, authors Barry Gerhart and Sara L. Rynes examine the three major compensation decisionsOCopay level, pay structure, and pay delivery systems. provides a comprehensive, research-based review of both the determinants and effects of compensation. Combining theory and research from a variety of disciplines, authors Barry Gerhart and Sara L. Rynes examine the three major...
Compensation: Theory, Evidence, and Strategic Implications provides a comprehensive, research-based review of both the determinants and effects of ...
The last three decades have seen a dramatic increase in the attention businesses devote to their quality of service. This title presents an overview and analysis of the field and its research, including its growth, various trends, and debates.
The last three decades have seen a dramatic increase in the attention businesses devote to their quality of service. This title presents an overview a...
Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Its Nature, Antecedents, and Consequences examines the vast amount of work that has been done on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in recent years as it has increasingly evoked interest among researchers in organizational psychology. No doubt some of this interest can be attributed to the long-held intuitive sense that job satisfaction matters. Authors Dennis W. Organ, Philip M. Podsakoff, and Scott B. MacKenzie offer conceptual insight as they build upon the various works that have been done on the subject and seek to update the record about...
Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Its Nature, Antecedents, and Consequences examines the vast amount of work that has been done on organizational c...
