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Organizational Behavior

Current Science, Models, and Applications

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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This volume presents the complex dynamics of organizational behavior. It sheds light on the interplay between working relationships, leadership, management, and political influence, offering fresh insights into how these elements shape organizational culture and performance. Leaders and managers will gain valuable strategies for navigating power structures and interpersonal relationships, while employees will find guidance on advancing their careers through strategic political awareness. Topics such as group behavior, diversity and inclusion, cultural and emotional intelligence, and ethical decision-making are thoroughly examined.Each chapter is designed for clarity and emphasizes practical application. By doing so, the volume equips readers with the skills to implement effective strategies in the workplace. The book further provides a better understanding of organizational behavior and enables readers to drive positive change in the workplace. By blending theory with actionable insights, the book will appeal to students, academics, and professionals alike, interested in learning how to address real-world challenges.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-07-03
Mått155 x 235 x 52 mm
Vikt1 441 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePolitical Dynamics in Business and Management
Antal sidor851
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031858024

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Adebowale Akande PhD. is an international social theorist, historian of ideas, and an emerging towering figure in presidential studies, global politics, and behavioral and organizational studies, His work, in collaboration with distinguished experts like Bernard Bass, Susan Fiske, Peter B. Smith, David Lester, Mark Peterson, David Watkins, Robert House, Gerald Ferris, Pamela Perrewe and others, investigates the complexities of effective leadership, interpersonal work dynamics, and the varied cultural values that shape contemporary societies. Akande's extensive research ranges from analyzing learning patterns to probing the cultural foundations of leadership expectations and the crucial alignment of CEO behaviors with these expectations for maximum leadership effectiveness. His insights also encompass understanding social perceptions and biases, scrutinizing the formation of stereotypes and prejudices, and the impact of social dynamics, such as cooperation, competition, politics and power structures, on reinforcing or counteracting these biases.He is a foundational member of the 2004 [GLOBE] study, the most extensive and renowned study of its kind within the social sciences. Akande has been honored with numerous awards, including the Commonwealth Academic Fellowship in 1992, the IUPSYS International Award in 1996, and the Frank Andrew Award University of Michigan in 1996. Additionally, he has received the ISP Award in 2000, a Taiwan Government International Scholar Fellowship in 2005, a Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship in 2008, a Fellowship of Schloss Leopoldskron, Austria in 2008, a Certificate of Honor from the Indian Institute of Planning and Management in 2008, and the IAGT Award in 2018. He was a co-recipient of the 2007 Ursula Gielen Global Book Award and the Gordon W. Allport Prize in 2005 for his research on ambivalent sexism and global family relations. Renowned for popularizing cross-cultural studies, he currently holds the position of international director for IR GLOBE in Vancouver and serves as a guest professor at several Canadian universities in British Columbia, Canada.

Chapter 1. Organizational Behavior: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.- Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior.- Chapter 3. Motivation and Group Dynamics.- Chapter 4. Leadership, Structure, and Change.- Chapter 5. Emerging Perspectives in Organizational Behavior.- Chapter 6. Organizational Behavior in a Hybrid Work Context: What Does That Mean at the Individual and the Team Levels?.- Chapter 7. Toxic Leadership and Machiavellian Behavior: a Critical Reappraisal.- Chapter 8. The Economy and Suicide.- Chapter 9. Doing Fieldwork on Professional Training and Development in an Organizational Behavior Context: Three Phases of the Fieldwork Process.- Chapter 10. Transforming Leadership and Satisfaction Into Organizational Success: Insights From Voluntary and Emergency Service Organizations.- Chapter 11. Reduced Affective Commitment of Employees in Organizations – Investigating the Role of Ostracism and Emotional Exhaustion.- Chapter 12. Women, Management and Globalization.- Chapter 13. Leadership and the Emerging HR Challenges: Ensuring Quality Integration in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 14. Workplace Learning and Human Resource Development.- Chapter 15. Quality of Relationships That Promote Effectiveness, Change and Renewal as Measured by the Relational Climate Survey.- Chapter 16. Interpersonal Interactions in the Workplace: Understanding and Addressing Incivility.- Chapter 17. An Organizational Systems Approach to Consumer Motivation and Behavior Change: a Case From Residential Energy Conservation.- Chapter 18. How to Flourish Well: Moral Centrality as an Indicator of Low Egoistic Consequences of Living a Flourishing Life.- Chapter 19. The Management of Family Firms.- Chapter 20. Qualitative Research in Leadership and Organizational Studies.- Chapter 21. The Behavioral Level of Emotional Intelligence and Its Measurement Predicting Effectiveness in Leadership ,management and Professions.- Chapter 22. Emotions in Action: How Affective Convergence and Divergence Contribute to Team Creativity.- Chapter 23. Approaches to Exploring Organizational Dynamics in Flexible Work Environments: a Discussion on the Development of Qualitative Methods in Current Organizational Behavior Research.- Chapter 24. Diversity and Inclusion From an Organizational Behavior Perspective: Can AI Play a Role?.- Chapter 25. Digital Transformation Strategies: Comparative Impacts on White-collar and Blue-collar Workers in Austria.- Chapter 26. Influence, Managerial Networking, and Conflict Management.