Essentials of Organizational Behavior An Evidence-Based Approach 3rd Edition
Essentials of Organizational Behavior An Evidence-Based Approach 3rd Edition
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Detailed Contents
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxxi
About the Author xxxvi
SECTION I • INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1 • What Is Organizational Behavior? 2
Learning Objectives 2
A Crisis in Organizations? 2
What Is Going on With CEO Leadership? 3
What Is Organizational Behavior? 4
Disciplines Contributing to Organizational Behavior 5
From Theory to Practice 6
Evidence-Based Management 6
What Is Critical Thinking? 11
Applying Critical Thinking to Theories in
Organizational
Behavior 13
Outcomes in Organizational Behavior 14
Performance 14
Attitudes 14
Employee Well-Being 16
Thriving 16
Motivation 16
Employee Withdrawal 17
Levels of Analysis in Organizational Behavior 17
How OB Research Increases Employee
Performance 18
Plan for This Textbook 20
Leadership Implications: Thinking Critically 21
Key Terms 22
Toolkit Activity 1.1: Personal Leadership
Development Plan 23
Toolkit Activity 1.2: Assessing Your Experiential
Evidence Base 24
Case Study 1.1: Evidence-Based Management:
People
Analytics at Google 26
SECTION II • UNDERSTANDING
INDIVIDUALS IN ORGANIZATIONS 29
CHAPTER 2 • Personality and Person–Environment
Fit 30
Learning Objectives 30
The Personality Effect in Unicorns 30
What Is Personality? 31
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 33
Limitations of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 34
How the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Is Used
in Organizations 34
The Big Five 35
Personality Traits and Health Research 37
Other Relevant Personality Traits 39
Machiavellianism 39
Self-Monitoring 41
Resilience 41
Risk-Taking 42
Psychological Capital 43
Person–Environment Fit 44
Person–Organization Fit 44
Person–Job Fit 45
Personality–Job Fit Theory 46
Leadership Implications: Understanding Others 47
Key Terms 49
Toolkit Activity 2.1: Fitting in Somewhere Great! 49
Case Study 2.1: Whom Would You Hire? 50
CHAPTER 3 • Emotions and Moods 52
Learning Objectives 52
Does Lack of Sleep Make You Grumpy? 52
Emotions and Moods at Work 53
Affective Events Theory 54
Moods 56
Affective Climate 56
The Broaden-and-Build Model of Emotions 57
Emotional Labor 59
Acting at Work 60
Emotional Division of Labor 60
Emotional Intelligence 61
Can Emotional Intelligence Be Learned? 62
Limitations of Emotional Intelligence 62
How Emotional Intelligence Is Used in Organizations
62
Regulating Emotions 65
Emotional Contagion 65
Leadership Implications: Mindful Coaching 66
Key Terms 68
Toolkit Activity 3.1: The 5-Minute Gratitude Exercise
68
Case Study 3.1: Managing Your Boss’s Moods and
Emotions 69
CHAPTER 4 • Attitudes and Job Satisfaction 71
Learning Objectives 71
Job Satisfaction: Trends and Causes 71
What Is an Attitude? 72
Components of an Attitude 72
Cognitive Dissonance 74
Do Attitudes Matter? 74
Job Satisfaction 75
Job Satisfaction Facets 77
Responses to Job Dissatisfaction 79
Job Search Attitudes 80
Organizational Commitment 82
Job Involvement 83
Employee Engagement 84
Perceived Organizational Support 86
Psychological Empowerment 87
Leadership Implications: Creating Meaning at Work
88
Key Terms 90
Toolkit Activity 4.1: What Do Workers Want From
Their Jobs? 90
Case Study 4.1: Job Satisfaction in a Family-Owned
Company 91
CHAPTER 5 • Perception, Decision-Making, and
Problem-Solving 94
Learning Objectives 94
Would You Be Happier if You Were Richer? 94
Understanding Why Perceptual Biases Exist 95
The Primacy Effect 96
The Recency Effect 96
The Availability Bias 97
Contrast Effects 99
Halo Error 100
Employability: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies During the
Application Process 101
Individual Decision-Making 102
Decision Processes and Organizational
Performance 103
Why Some People Can’t Make Decisions 104
Constraints on Individual Decision-Making 104
The Rational Decision-Making Model 104
Limitations of the Rational Model 105
Bounded Rationality 105
Prospect Theory 106
The Importance of How Decisions Are Framed 107
Intuition 109
Benefits of Intuition 109
Wicked Organizational Problems 110
Decision Traps 113
Hindsight Bias 113
Overconfidence 113
Escalation of Commitment 114
Creative Problem-Solving 116
Going With the “Flow” 116
Three-Component Model of Creativity 117
Leadership Implications: Making Ethical Decisions
118
Key Terms 119
Toolkit Activity 5.1: The Oil Drilling Partnership 120
Case Study 5.1: Making Decisions Using Machine
Learning at Lufthansa 121
SECTION III • INFLUENCING AND
MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES 123
CHAPTER 6 • Leadership 124
Learning Objectives 124
Have Leaders Lost Their Followers’ Trust? 124
What Is Leadership? 125
Differentiating Management and Leadership 126
Managerial Leadership 126
The Trait Approach 128
Limitations of the Trait Approach 129
Leader Behaviors 130
Path–Goal Theory 130
Motivational Leadership Behaviors 130
Adapting to the Situation 131
Leader–Member Exchange 132
Inclusive Leadership 133
Leader–Member Exchange Development 135
Followership 135
Attributions and Leader–Member Relationships 136
The Mentor Connection 138
The Importance of Trust 138
Calculus-Based Trust 139
Knowledge-Based Trust 139
Identification-Based Trust 139
Repairing Broken Trust 141
Full-Range Leadership Development 142
Transactional Leadership 142
Transformational Leadership 144
Moral Approaches 144
Ethical Leadership 144
Servant and Authentic Leadership 145
Leadership Implications: Flexibility Matters 147
Key Terms 148
Toolkit Activity 6.1: Comparing Supervisor Leader-
Member
Exchange 149
Toolkit Activity 6.2: Applying the Full-Range
Leadership
Development Model 150
Case Study 6.1: Melissa Reiff: Servant Leader of the
Container Store 151
CHAPTER 7 • Power and Politics 154
Learning Objectives 154
What Is It Like to Have Power? 154
The Difference Between Power and Influence 155
Power 156
Organizational Sources of Power 160
Influence Strategies 161
Which Influence Strategies Are the Most Effective?
161
Influence Without Authority 163
Impression Management 164
Perceptions of Organizational Politics 168
Political Skill 170
Having Both the Will and the Skill for Politics 171
Leadership Implications: Managing With Power 172
Key Terms 174
Toolkit Activity 7.1: Politics or Citizenship? 174
Toolkit Activity 7.2: What Would You Do? 176
Case Study 7.1: Can You Succeed Without Power?
176
A CRISIS IN ORGANIZATIONS?
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