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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784470003321

Autore

Miner John B.

Titolo

Organizational behavior / / John B. Miner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-46357-9

1-317-46358-7

1-315-70201-0

1-280-91252-9

9786610912520

0-7656-2183-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Classificazione

85.08

Disciplina

302.3/5

Soggetti

Employee motivation

Leadership

Organizational behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Science and its theory -- The conduct of research and the development of knowledge -- From social psychology and personality theory : Kurt Lewin -- Achievement motivation theory : David Mcclelland -- Motivation-hygiene theory : Frederick Herzberg -- Job characteristics theory : Richard Hackman, Edward Lawler, and Greg Oldham -- Expectancy theories : Victor Vroom, and Lyman Porter, and Edward Lawler -- Operant behavior and organizational behavior modification : Clay Hamner, Fred Luthans, and Robert Kreitner -- Equity theory : J. Stacy Adams -- Goal setting theory : Edwin Locke and Gary Latham -- Attribution theory-managerial perceptions of the poor performing subordinate : Terence Mitchell and Stephen Green -- Normative decision process theory : Victor Vroom, Philip Yetton, and Arthur Jago -- Contingency theory of leadership : Fred Fiedler -- Vertical dyad linkage and leader member exchange theory : George Graen -- Information processing theory of leadership : Robert Lord -- Substitutes for leadership : Steven Kerr -- Role motivation theory : John Miner -- Charismatic leadership theory : Robert House --



Transformational leadership theory : Bernard Bass.

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive text provides a detailed review and analysis of the building-block theories in Organizational Behavior. Expanding on his previous work in the field, John Miner has identified the key theories that every student or scholar needs to understand to be considered literate in the discipline.