1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961384603321

Titolo

The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior / / Stephen M. Colarelli, Richard D. Arvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2015]

©2014

ISBN

9780226127293

022612729X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Disciplina

302.3

302.3/5

302.35

Soggetti

Organizational behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. Introduction: Biology and Organizational Behavior -- TWO. Progress in Molecular Genetics and Its Potential Implications in Organizational Behavior Research -- THREE. Genetic Influences on Attitudes, Behaviors, and Emotions in the Workplace -- FOUR. The Biological Basis of Entrepreneurship -- FIVE. Fitness, Adaptation, and Survival: The Role of Socio-Anthropic Characteristics, Personality, and Intelligence in Work Behavior -- SIX. Neurobiological Systems: Implications for Organizational Behavior -- SEVEN. Physiological Functioning and Employee Health in Organizations -- EIGHT. The Service-for-Prestige Theory of Leader- Follower Relations: A Review of the Evolutionary Psychology and Anthropology Literatures -- NINE. Evolved Decision Makers in Organizations -- TEN. Primal Business: Evolution, Kinship, and the Family Firm -- ELEVEN. Evolution and Cooperation: Implications for Organizational Behavior and Management Theory -- TWELVE. Biology, Evolution, and Organizations: Promises and Challenges in Building the Foundations -- Contributors -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics have emerged as prominent theoretical perspectives within the social



sciences. Yet despite broad levels of commonality between the disciplines-including an emphasis on adaptation, evolved mechanisms that guide behavior, and consequences of mismatch between these mechanisms and novel environments-studies that apply these perspectives on social behavior to organizations remain relatively rare. The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior brings together contributors who shed light on the potential that behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology offer for studies of organizational behavior. In addition to examining the extant literature integrating these disciplines and organizational behavior, the book reconsiders a wide range of topics through the lens of biology within organizational behavior, including decision making, leadership and hierarchy, goals and collective action, and individual difference. Contributions also explore new areas of potential application and provide a critical assessment of the challenges that lie ahead. With accessible insights for scholars and practitioners, The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior marks a promising step forward in what is increasingly perceived to be an underdeveloped area of organizational behavior.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967723203321

Autore

Gokhale Pradīpa <1953->

Titolo

The Yogasūtra of Patañjali : a new introduction to the Buddhist roots of the yoga system / / Pradeep P. Gokhale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-000-04163-8

1-000-04161-1

0-367-81595-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

181.452

Soggetti

Yoga

Patañjali - Yogasūtra

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1  On meditative absorption ( Samādhipādaḥ ) -- 2  On means ( Sādhanapādaḥ ) -- 3  On supernormal powers ( Vibhūtipādaḥ ) -- 4  On isolation ( Kaivalyapādaḥ ) -- 5  Concluding observations -- Appendix I: Buddhist conceptions of meditation, yoga and bodhisattva's spiritual journey vis-à-vis Pātañjala-yoga -- Appendix II: Asaṅga on forms of supernormal knowledge and powers (abhijñās and ŗddhis) -- Appendix III: Discrepancies between Patañjali's aphorisms and Vyāsa's interpretations -- Glossary -- Aids to reading romanized Sanskrit -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a systematic and radical introduction to the Buddhist roots of Ptajala-yoga, or the Yoga system of Patajali. By examining each of 195 aphorisms (stras) of theYogastra anddiscussingtheYogabhya, it shows that traditional and popular views on Ptajala-yoga obscure its true nature. The book argues that Patajali's Yoga contains elements rooted in both orthodoxandheterodox philosophical traditions, including Skhya, Jaina and Buddhist thought. With a fresh translation and a detailed commentary ontheYogastra, the author unearthshow



several of the terms, concepts and doctrinesin Patajali's Yoga can be traced to Buddhism, particularly the Abhidharma Buddhism of Vasubandhu and the early Yogcra of Asaga.The work presents theYogastraof Patajali as a synthesis of two perspectives: the metaphysical perspective of Skhya and the empirical-psychological perspective of Buddhism.Based on a holistic understanding of Yoga, the study explores key themes of the text, such as meditative absorption, means,supernormal powers, isolation,Buddhist conceptions of meditation and theinterplay between Skhya and Buddhist approaches to suffering and emancipation. It further highlights several new findings and clarifications on textual interpretation and discrepancies. An important intervention in Indian and Buddhist philosophy, this bookopens upa new way of looking at the Yoga of Patajali in the light of Buddhism beyond standard approaches andwill greatly interest scholars and researchers of Buddhist studies, Yoga studies, Indian philosophy, philosophy in general, literature, religion and comparative studies, Indian and South Asian Studies and the history of ideas.