Principles of Organizational Behaviour /
Robin Fincham and Peter S. Rhodes.
- 3rd ed.
- Oxford New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- xvi, 582 p. ; 25 cm.
Rev. ed. of: The individual, work, and organization. 2nd ed. 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-569) and index.
Section One: The Individual and Work; 1: Learning; 2: Stress; 3: Individual differences; 4: Assessing individual differences; 5: Motivation and job satisfaction; Section Two: Groups and Work; 6: Social interaction; 7: Group and intergroup behaviour; 8: Leadership; Section Three: Patterns of Work; 9: Work - the classical approach; 10: Conflict and consent in work; 11: Alternative work design; Section Four: Organizational Structures and Systems; 12: Structure and control in organizations; 13: Structure and performance in organizations; Section Five: Organizational Processes; 14: Managerial processes and change; 15: Organizational culture; 16: Power and organizations; Section Six: Divisions of Labour; 17: Markets and occupations; 18: Gender and employment; 19: Technology in the workplace; 20: New systems of work organization.
Written jointly from psychological and sociological perspectives, this work covers the range of disciplines across occupational psychology, group dynamics, and work and organizations. In contrast to many traditional textbooks, it covers problematic areas of conflict and debate, and through a clear writing style complex ideas are communicated in an accessible way. Without simply overturning established ideas, alternatives are outlined, seeking to make the book both useful and comprehensive, academic and practical. This new edition progresses through clearly structured levels of analysis: individual, group, organization and society. It is substantially revised, updated and newly formatted, and includes additional material on job analysis and competencies, individual differences and their assessment, subjectivity and the labour process, employee involvement, managerial work, organizational design, change management, and the gendering of work. It also contains new features, in the shape of case examples, study questions and learning objectives.