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JASON A. COLQUITT University of Georgia
JEFFERY A. LEPINE Arizona State University
MICHAEL J. WESSON Texas A&M University
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace
Sixth Edition
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND COMMITMENT IN THE WORKPLACE, SIXTH EDITION
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To Catherine, Cameron, Riley, and Connor, and also to Mom, Dad, Alan, and Shawn. The most wonderful family I could imagine, two times over.
–J.A.C.
To Marcie, Izzy, and Eli, who support me and fill my life with meaning and joy.
–J.A.L.
To Liesl and Dylan: Their support in all I do is incomparable. They are my life and I love them both. To my parents: They provide a foundation that never wavers.
–M.J.W.
Dedication
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JASON A. COLQUITT Jason A. Colquitt is the William H. Willson Distinguished Chair in the Department of Management at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. He received his PhD from Michigan State University’s Eli Broad Graduate School of Management and earned his BS in psychology from Indiana University. He has taught organizational behavior and human resource management at the undergraduate, masters, and executive levels and has also taught research methods at the doctoral level. He has received awards for teaching excellence at the undergraduate, masters, and executive levels.
Jason’s research interests include organizational justice, trust, team effectiveness, and per- sonality influences on task and learning performance. He has published more than 40 articles on these and other topics in Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology. He recently served as editor-in-chief for Academy of Management Journal and has served on a number of editorial boards, including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology. He is a recip- ient of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award and the Cummings Scholar Award for early to mid-career achievement, sponsored by the Organizational Behavior division of the Academy of Management. He was also elected to be a representative-at-large for the Organizational Behavior division.
Jason enjoys spending time with his wife, Catherine, and three sons, Cameron, Riley, and Connor. His hobbies include playing basketball, playing the trumpet, watching movies, and rooting on (in no particular order) the Pacers, Colts, Cubs, Spartans, Gators, Hoosiers, and Bulldogs.
JEFFERY A. LEPINE Jeffery A. LePine is the PetSmart Chair in Leadership in the Department of Management at Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business. He received his PhD in orga- nizational behavior from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. He also earned an MS in management from Florida State University and a BS in finance from the University of Connecticut. He has taught organizational behavior, human resource management, and management of groups and teams at undergraduate and graduate levels. He has also delivered courses to doctoral students in research methods, meta-analysis, scale development, and human resource management. He received the Outstanding Doctoral Professor Award from the W.P. Carey School of Business for his teaching and mentoring of doctoral students and his work as PhD program director.
Jeff’s research interests include team functioning and effectiveness, individual and team adaptation, citizenship behavior, voice, employee engagement, and occupational stress. He has published more than 30 articles on these and other topics in Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, and Journal of Management. He has served as associate editor of Academy of Management Review and Journal of Applied Psychology. He has also served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal,
About the Authors
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Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. He is a recipient of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award and the Cummings Scholar Award for early to mid-career achieve- ment, sponsored by the Organizational Behavior division of the Academy of Management. He was also elected to the Executive Committee of the Human Resource Division of the Academy of Management. Prior to earning his PhD, Jeff was an officer in the U.S. Air Force.
Jeff spends most of his free time with his wife, Marcie, daughter, Izzy, and son, Eli. He also enjoys playing guitar, hiking and mountain biking, working on his growing collection of clas- sic Pontiacs, and serving as the caretaker of his family’s desert hideaway, tentatively called the Goat Farm.
MICHAEL J. WESSON Michael J. Wesson is an associate professor in the Management Department at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School. He received his PhD from Michigan State University’s Eli Broad Graduate School of Management. He also holds an MS in human resource man- agement from Texas A&M University and a BBA from Baylor University. He has taught orga- nizational behavior and human resource management–based classes at all levels but currently spends most of his time teaching Mays MBAs, EMBAs, and executive development at Texas A&M. He was awarded Texas A&M’s Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Award.
Michael’s research interests include organizational justice, leadership, organizational entry (employee recruitment, selection, and socialization), person–organization fit, and com- pensation and benefits. His articles have been published in journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Academy of Management Review, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. He has served on several editorial boards and has been an ad hoc reviewer for many others. He is active in the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Prior to returning to school, Michael worked as a human resources manager for a Fortune 500 firm. He has served as a consultant to the automotive supplier, health care, oil and gas, and technology industries in areas dealing with recruiting, selection, onboarding, compensation, and turnover.
Michael spends most of his time trying to keep up with his wife, Liesl, and son, Dylan. He is a self-admitted food and wine snob, home theater aficionado, and college sports addict. (Gig ’em Aggies!)
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Why did we decide to write this text? Well, for starters, organizational behavior (OB) remains a fascinating topic that everyone can relate to (because everyone either has worked or is going to work in the future). What makes people effective at their job? What makes them want to stay with their employer? What makes work enjoyable? Those are all fundamental questions that organizational behavior research can help answer. However, our desire to write this text also grew out of our own experiences (and frustrations) teaching OB courses using other texts. We found that students would end the semester with a common set of questions that we felt we could answer if given the chance to write our own text. With that in mind, Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace was writ- ten to answer the following questions.
DOES ANY OF THIS STUFF REALLY MATTER? Organizational behavior might be the most relevant class any student ever takes, but that doesn’t always shine through in OB texts. The introductory section of our text contains two chapters not included in other texts: Job Performance and Organizational Commitment. Being good at one’s job and wanting to stay with one’s employer are obviously critical concerns for employees and managers alike. After describing these topics in detail, every remaining chapter in the text links that chapter’s content to performance and commitment. Students can then better appreciate the practical relevance of organizational behavior concepts.
IF THAT THEORY DOESN’T WORK, THEN WHY IS IT IN THE TEXT? In putting together this text, we were guided by the question, “What would OB texts look like if all of them were first written now, rather than decades ago?” We found that many of the organizational behavior texts on the market include outdated (and indeed, scientifi- cally disproven!) models or theories, presenting them sometimes as fact or possibly for the sake of completeness or historical context. Our students were always frustrated by the fact that they had to read about, learn, and potentially be tested on material that we knew to be wrong. Although historical context can be important at times, we believe that focusing on so-called evidence-based management is paramount in today’s fast-paced classes. Thus, this text includes new and emerging topics that others leave out and excludes flawed and outdated topics that some other texts leave in.
HOW DOES ALL THIS STUFF FIT TOGETHER? Organizational behavior is a diverse and multidisciplinary field, and it’s not always easy to see how all its topics fit together. Our text deals with this issue in two ways. First, all of the chapters in our text are organized around an integrative model that opens each chapter (see the back of the text). That model provides students with a road map of the course, showing them where they’ve been and where they’re going. Second, our chapters are tightly focused around specific topics and aren’t “grab bag–ish” in nature. Our hope is that students (and instructors) won’t ever come across a topic and think, “Why is this topic being discussed in this chapter?”
Preface
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DOES THIS STUFF HAVE TO BE SO DRY? Research on motivation to learn shows that students learn more when they have an intrinsic interest in the topic, but many OB texts do little to stimulate that interest. Put simply, we wanted to create a text that students enjoy reading. To do that, we used a more informal, con- versational style when writing the text. We also tried to use company examples that students will be familiar with and find compelling. Finally, we included insert boxes, self-assessments, and exercises that students should find engaging (and sometimes even entertaining!).
NEW AND IMPROVED COVERAGE
• Chapter 1: What Is OB?—This chapter now opens with a wraparound case on IKEA.
The case describes the personality of the company’s founder, Ingvar Kamprad, as well
as the values at play in the corporate culture. The case also describes some of the prac-
tices IKEA uses to maximize job satisfaction and motivation, along with some of its
corporate social responsibility initiatives. The OB at the Bookstore selection has been
changed to How to Have a Good Day. This book describes how research in psychology,
neuroscience, and behavioral economics can be used to improve employee attitudes
and behaviors.
• Chapter 2: Job Performance—This chapter features a new wraparound case on General
Electric (GE), which describes how and why the company’s approach to managing
employee job performance has changed. With a new emphasis on creativity and rapid
innovation, GE abandoned formal annual job performance evaluations. Our OB at the
Bookstore feature has been changed to Mastering Civility. This book overviews implica-
tions and costs of incivility in the workplace, and outlines steps that employees and
managers can take to manage this form of counterproductive behavior. Our new OB on
Screen feature, Sully, provides a glimpse of extraordinary job performance as well as
the dilemma of distinguishing job performance behavior from results.
• Chapter 3: Organizational Commitment—PwC serves as the wraparound case in this edi-
tion, spotlighting the things the company does to build loyalty among Millennials. The
case also describes studies that PwC performed on what Millennials value at work, and
how those studies match the findings of scientific research. One key finding was that
Millennials value leisure time more than prior generations. That insight triggered a new
initiative at PwC where managers work with employees to chart out a schedule that
suits them.
• Chapter 4: Job Satisfaction—This chapter’s wraparound case now highlights Publix,
the Florida-based supermarket chain. Publix does a number of things to keep their
employees satisfied, including promoting from within, paying above market wages, and
reimbursing tuition. The case also focuses on Publix’s employee stock ownership plan
and what owning a piece of the company can do for job satisfaction. The OB at the
Bookstore selection is now The Power of Meaning, which contrasts the pursuit of short-
term happiness with the pursuit of long-term meaning. The book describes a number of
ways to pursue meaning, including work that promotes a purpose. The OB on Screen
feature examines the subjective nature of job satisfaction. Paterson depicts a bus driver
who has a seemingly boring, repetitive job. Yet he winds up satisfied because it affords
him free time for his passion in life: poetry.
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• Chapter 5: Stress—Honeywell is now featured in the wraparound case for this chapter.
Honeywell has grown and evolved through mergers and acquisitions, and this has placed
a variety of stressful demands on employees. The case describes how the company’s
response to a slowdown in one of its businesses created even more stress. Our OB on
Screen feature has been changed to Deepwater Horizon. The film provides insight into
the nature of role conflict and how it contributed to the the largest marine oil spill in
U.S. history. The bestselling book, Work Without Stress, is now our OB at the Bookstore
feature. The authors argue that rumination is responsible for turning demands into
stress, and thus, the whole key to managing stress, is to stop ruminating. The authors
provide many suggestions for putting this rather provocative idea into practice.
• Chapter 6: Motivation—This chapter now opens with a wraparound case on Google. The
case describes exactly how Google evaluates and compensates its employees so that it
can motivate them. The case also describes Google’s philosophy on “star” employees,
including how to retain talent that contributes fundamentally more than the norm. The
OB on Screen feature focuses on psychological empowerment using Star Trek Beyond,
where Captain Kirk struggles with purpose given the monotony of his job and the infi-
nite vastness of space. The OB at the Bookstore focuses on Deep Work, a form of work
that requires a distraction-free state that pushes the limits of one’s ability. The book
argues that deep work is increasingly vital in a knowledge economy, but several factors
conspire to limit the motivation to perform such work.
• Chapter 7: Trust, Justice, and Ethics—SeaWorld serves as the wraparound case for the
revised chapter. The case spotlights the controversies over the park’s orca shows that
have caused it to phase out those attractions. The case also describes how corporate
ethics are often shaped by a combination of public pressure and government interven-
tion. The Founder is the OB on Screen selection for the chapter. The film details how
Ray Kroc wrested control over McDonald’s from the brothers who founded the com-
pany, including performing actions that the brothers deemed unethical. The OB at the
Bookstore selection is now Radical Candor, which describes how trust can be cultivated
by a combination of caring personally, but also challenging directly. Of course, the lat-
ter component is difficult for many managers, so the book provides some specific tips
for improvement.
• Chapter 8: Learning and Decision Making—Bridgewater Associates and the highly
unique “radical transparency” philosophy established by hedge fund manager and
founder Ray Dalio serves as the wraparound case in this edition. The case describes
how Bridgewater is attempting, by using decisions made by people in the organization
paired with organizational “principles,” to develop a software system that will make the
majority of management decisions after Dalio is gone. The OB on Screen feature now
focuses on The Big Short, highlighting how decision-making errors were at the core of
the financial crash of 2008. A new OB at the Bookstore feature highlights Peak and
the development of expertise through deliberate practice. The chapter also includes a
number of research updates as well as several new company examples.
• Chapter 9: Personality and Cultural Values—This chapter’s wraparound case is now the
Chicago Cubs. The case describes the personality traits that Theo Epstein, the club’s
president, looked for to turn around the losing history of the franchise. La La Land is
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the chapter’s OB on Screen selection, with the film spotlighting a musician who pos-
sesses high openness to experience but low conscientiousness. He’s therefore talented
with his music, but finds it difficult to hold down a job. The OB at the Bookstore selec-
tion is Grit, which focuses on a personality trait that represents a combination of pas-
sion and perseverance. It is the “gritty” employees that remain resilient and determined
in the face of adversity.
• Chapter 10: Ability—This chapter’s wraparound case now features the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI). The case describes how various jobs at the FBI require unique abil-
ities, and how the organization ensures that agents possess these abilities when they’re
hired. The case also discusses how the FBI introduced annual physical fitness testing
to deal with the potential erosion of physical abilities after agents are hired. Humility
Is the New Smart is now our OB at the Bookstore feature. The authors argue that jobs
are quickly being replaced by smart machines, and following from this, the definition
of what it means to be smart is also changing. Specifically, the authors propose that
being smart now involves interpersonal capacities, such as humility and putting others
first, that promote cooperation and collaborative efforts. The new movie for our OB on
Screen feature is Hidden Figures. This film provides vivid real-world examples of vari-
ous quantitative abilities, and their role in the U.S. space program during the 1960s.
• Chapter 11: Teams: Characteristics and Diversity—Whole Foods serves as the new wrap-
around case for this chapter. The case discusses how Whole Foods relies on teams,
which are largely self-managed, at all levels of the organization. The case describes how
existing teams are involved in the hiring of new team members. The OB on Screen fea-
ture now discusses the movie Arrival, which provides excellent examples of task, goal,
and outcome interdependence. Inclusion is now discussed in our OB at the Bookstore
feature. The author of this book describes how a special type of parallel team, the
employee resource group or ERG, provides support and guidance to members of their
communities who may be dealing with diversity- or inclusion-related challenges.
• Chapter 12: Teams: Processes and Communication—This chapter includes a new wrap-
around case featuring Microsoft. Microsoft responded to an erosion of their position
in the tech industry by restructuring around multidisciplinary teams. The case focuses
on how Microsoft redesigned two buildings to inspire creativity and encourage col-
laboration among team members. The OB on Screen feature now centers on the movie
Spotlight. This film illustrates how boundary-spanning activities are crucial to the effec-
tiveness of a team of investigative reporters. Our OB at the Bookstore feature has been
changed to Smart Collaboration. This book addresses the challenge of managing teams
in the professional services industry, where highly specialized employees are typically
not keen on collaborating.
• Chapter 13: Leadership: Power and Negotiation—This chapter features a new wraparound
case on Zappos’s move toward “holocracy”—a self-management oriented organizational
structure. Tony Hsieh (CEO) expects this move to get rid of organizational politics and
take away organizational forms of power, which should allow Zappos employees to
manage themselves and make decisions for the right reasons. It isn’t going well. The
chapter has been updated with new research including our decision to move “exchange”
to a lower tier of effectiveness as an influence tactic based on a new meta-analysis.
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The new OB on Screen feature uses Bridge of Spies to illustrate what might lead one to
take a competing style of conflict resolution in a negotiation. Pre-suasion is the new OB
at the Bookstore feature, which focuses on the best way to set things up to be able to
influence others.
• Chapter 14: Leadership: Styles and Behaviors—The chapter begins with a new wrap-
around case featuring the consistent Mary Barra of General Motors. The opener and
the case highlight Barra’s push to make GM’s culture shift from slow to fast. Several
examples, including Barra’s push toward her vision of autonomous cars, highlight her
transformational leadership style. A new OB at the Bookstore feature highlights Sydney
Finkelstein’s Superbosses, which is a unique book that ends up being more about trans-
formational leadership than it lets on. The new OB on Screen is The Martian, which
gives students a chance to utilize the time-driven model of leadership to see if the
leader made the correct decision in the movie. The chapter includes a number of new
research findings as well as updated company examples, including organizations such
as American Apparel, Chobani, and GoPro.
• Chapter 15: Organizational Structure—Apple is the focus of this chapter’s new wraparound
case that highlights the company’s dogged determination to stay with the functional
structure that has served them well for so long amid lots of pressure to change. A number
of new company examples such as Facebook, Chipotle, and Cargill have been added as
well as the introduction of “Dunbar’s number” (150), which a number of companies pay
attention to when it comes to size and structure. A new OB at the Bookstore features
The Silo Effect, which illustrates the trials and tribulations of how organizational structure
(and culture) plays havoc with our perceptions and ability to communicate inside an
organization.
• Chapter 16: Organizational Culture—This chapter has a new wraparound case that
focuses on both Delta and United. The case spotlights the differences in the cultures at
the two carriers—differences that can explain specific actions and their larger reputa-
tions. The OB at the Bookstore feature now highlights Originals, a book that describes
the kinds of people who “go against the grain” by performing creative acts. Many orga-
nizations try to foster a culture that encourages such originality. The OB on Screen
selection is now The Circle, a film that spotlights a faux Silicon Valley corporation
whose work is ethically murky. The film provides a vivid example of several elements
of organizational culture. A number of new company examples such as Wells Fargo,
Cirque du Soleil, and Whataburger have been added.
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An enormous number of persons played a role in helping us put this text together. Truth be told, we had no idea that we would have to rely on and put our success in the hands of so many different people! Each of them had unique and useful contributions to make toward the publication of this text, and they deserve and thus receive our sincere gratitude.
We thank Michael Ablassmeir, our executive editor, for his suggestions and guidance on the last four editions, and John Weimeister for filling that same role with earlier editions. We are thankful to both for allowing us to write the text that we wanted to write. Thanks also go out to Kelly Pekelder, our product developer, for keeping us on track and being such a pleasure to work with during this revision. We also owe much gratitude to our marketing manager, Debbie Clare. We also would like to thank Melissa Leick, Egzon Shaqiri, and Ann Marie Jannette at McGraw-Hill, as they are the masterminds of much of how the text actu- ally looks; their work and effort were spectacular. A special thanks also goes out to Jessica Rodell (University of Georgia) and Megan Endres (Eastern Michigan University) for their assistance with our CONNECT content.
We would also like to thank our students at the undergraduate, masters, and executive levels who were taught with this text for their constructive feedback toward making it more effective in the classroom. Thanks also to our PhD students for allowing us to take time out from research projects to focus on this effort.
Finally, we thank our families, who gave up substantial amounts of time with us and put up with the stress that necessarily comes at times during an endeavor such as this.
Jason Colquitt
Jeff LePine
Michael Wesson
Acknowledgments
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OB ON SCREEN
OB AT THE BOOKSTORE
Text Features: OB Insert Boxes
“ Very comprehensive. Well laid-out. Interesting. Good mix of theoretical material and practical insights.”
This feature uses memorable scenes from recent films to bring OB concepts to life. Films like Hidden Figures, The Founder, La La Land, The Martian, Sully, and The Big Short offer rich, vivid examples that grab the attention of students.
This feature links the content in each chapter to a mainstream, popular business book. Books like Originals, The Power of Meaning, Grit, and Peak represent the gateway to OB for many students. This feature helps them put those books in a larger context.
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OB INTERNATIONALLY
OB ASSESSMENTS
This feature helps students see where they stand on key OB concepts in each chapter. Students gain insights into their personality, their emotional intelligence, their style of leadership, and their ability to cope with stress, which can help them understand their reactions to the working world.
“ The material presented in this chapter is well balanced. Again, the tables, charts, and figures help to organize the material for students.”
Changes in technology, communications, and economic forces have made business more global and international than ever. This feature spotlights the impact of glo- balization on the organizational behavior concepts described in this text. It describes cross-cultural differences in OB theories, how to apply them in international corpora- tions, and how to use OB to manage cultural diversity in the workplace.
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■ Connect content is authored by the world’s best subject matter experts, and is available to your class through a simple and intuitive interface.
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■ Multimedia content such as videos, simulations, and games drive student engagement and critical thinking skills.
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■ The Connect Insight dashboard delivers data on performance, study behavior, and effort. Instructors can quickly identify students who struggle and focus on material that the class has yet to master.
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Additional Resources
PowerPoint® Presentation Slides The PowerPoint presentation slides are designed to help instructors deliver course content in a way that maintains students’ engagement and attention. The slides include a Notes section that offers specific tips for using the slides (and the text). The Notes also provide bridges to many of the resources in the Instructor’s Manual, including innovative teaching tips and suggestions for using OB on Screen. Finally, the PowerPoints also include bonus OB Assessments for instructors who want additional assessments for their teaching.
Instructor’s Manual Prepared by Jason Colquitt, this manual was developed to help you get the most out of the text in your own teaching. It contains an outline of the chapters, innovative teaching tips to use with your students, and notes and answers for the end-of-chapter materials. It also provides a guide for the assessments in the text, and suggestions for using the OB on Screen feature. The manual also contains additional cases, exercises, and OB on Screen selections from earlier editions of the text, giving you extra content to use in your teaching.
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Brief Contents
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 3
CHAPTER 1 4 What Is Organizational Behavior?
CHAPTER 2 28 Job Performance
CHAPTER 3 60 Organizational Commitment
PART 2 INDIVIDUAL MECHANISMS 91 CHAPTER 4 92 Job Satisfaction
CHAPTER 5 124 Stress
CHAPTER 6 160 Motivation
CHAPTER 7 194 Trust, Justice, and Ethics
CHAPTER 8 232 Learning and Decision Making
PART 3 INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS 263 CHAPTER 9 264 Personality and Cultural Values
CHAPTER 10 304 Ability
PART 4 GROUP MECHANISMS 335 CHAPTER 11 336 Teams: Characteristics and Diversity
CHAPTER 12 374 Teams: Processes and Communication
CHAPTER 13 410 Leadership: Power and Negotiation
CHAPTER 14 442 Leadership: Styles and Behaviors
PART 5 ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISMS 479 CHAPTER 15 480 Organizational Structure
CHAPTER 16 508 Organizational Culture
INTEGRATIVE CASES 540
GLOSSARY/SUBJECT INDEX 549
NAME INDEX 568
COMPANY INDEX 583
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PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 3
CHAPTER 1 4 What Is Organizational Behavior?
What Is Organizational Behavior? 6
Organizational Behavior Defined 6
An Integrative Model of OB 7
Does Organizational Behavior Matter? 9
Building a Conceptual Argument 10
Research Evidence 12
So What’s So Hard? 14
How Do We “Know” What We Know About Organizational
Behavior? 16
Summary: Moving Forward in This Book 20
TAKEAWAYS 23
KEY TERMS 23
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 23
CASE 24
EXERCISE 25
ENDNOTES 26
CHAPTER 2 28 Job Performance
Job Performance 30
What Does It Mean to Be a “Good Performer”? 31
Task Performance 31
Citizenship Behavior 35
Counterproductive Behavior 39
Summary: What Does It Mean to Be a “Good Performer”? 44
Trends Affecting Performance 45
Knowledge Work 45
Service Work 45
Application: Performance Management 46
Management by Objectives 46
Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales 47
360-Degree Feedback 48
Forced Ranking 48
Social Networking Systems 49
TAKEAWAYS 49
KEY TERMS 50
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 50
CASE 51
EXERCISE 52
ENDNOTES 52
CHAPTER 3 60 Organizational Commitment
Organizational Commitment 62
What Does It Mean to Be “Committed”? 63
Types of Commitment 63
Withdrawal Behavior 69
Summary: What Does It Mean to Be “Committed”? 75
Trends That Affect Commitment 75
Diversity of the Workforce 75
The Changing Employee–Employer Relationship 77
Application: Commitment Initiatives 79
TAKEAWAYS 81
KEY TERMS 82
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 82
CASE 83
EXERCISE 84
ENDNOTES 85
PART 2 INDIVIDUAL MECHANISMS 91 CHAPTER 4 92 Job Satisfaction
Job Satisfaction 94
Why Are Some Employees More Satisfied Than Others? 94
Value Fulfillment 94
Satisfaction with the Work Itself 98
Mood and Emotions 104
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Summary: Why Are Some Employees More Satisfied
Than Others? 109
How Important Is Job Satisfaction? 109
Life Satisfaction 111
Application: Tracking Satisfaction 113
TAKEAWAYS 115
KEY TERMS 116
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 116
CASE 117
EXERCISE 117
ENDNOTES 118
CHAPTER 5 124 Stress
Stress 126
Why Are Some Employees More “Stressed” Than Others? 127
Types of Stressors 128
How Do People Cope with Stressors? 132
The Experience of Strain 135
Accounting for Individuals in the Stress Process 137
Summary: Why Are Some Employees More “Stressed”
Than Others? 139
How Important Is Stress? 140
Application: Stress Management 143
Assessment 143
Reducing Stressors 143
Providing Resources 145
Reducing Strains 146
TAKEAWAYS 149
KEY TERMS 149
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 150
CASE 150
EXERCISE 151
ENDNOTES 152
CHAPTER 6 160 Motivation
Motivation 162
Why Are Some Employees More Motivated Than
Others? 164
Expectancy Theory 164
Goal Setting Theory 170
Equity Theory 173
Psychological Empowerment 177
Summary: Why Are Some Employees More Motivated
Than Others? 180
How Important Is Motivation? 180
Application: Compensation Systems 182
TAKEAWAYS 185
KEY TERMS 185
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 186
CASE 186
EXERCISE 187
ENDNOTES 188
CHAPTER 7 194 Trust, Justice, and Ethics
Trust, Justice, and Ethics 196
Why Are Some Authorities More Trusted Than Others? 197
Trust 197
Justice 203
Ethics 208
Summary: Why Are Some Authorities More Trusted
Than Others? 215
How Important Is Trust? 217
Application: Social Responsibility 219
TAKEAWAYS 220
KEY TERMS 220
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 221
CASE 221
EXERCISE 222
ENDNOTES 223
CHAPTER 8 232 Learning and Decision Making
Learning and Decision Making 234
Why Do Some Employees Learn to Make Decisions
Better Than Others? 234
Types of Knowledge 234
Methods of Learning 236
Methods of Decision Making 241
Decision-Making Problems 246
Summary: Why Do Some Employees Learn to Make
Decisions Better Than Others? 251
How Important Is Learning? 253
Application: Training 254
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TAKEAWAYS 255
KEY TERMS 255
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 256
CASE 256
EXERCISE 257
ENDNOTES 258
PART 3 INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS 263 CHAPTER 9 264 Personality and Cultural Values
Personality and Cultural Values 266
How Can We Describe What Employees Are Like? 266
The Big Five Taxonomy 266
Other Taxonomies of Personality 279
Cultural Values 280
Summary: How Can We Describe What Employees
Are Like? 283
How Important Are Personality and Cultural Values? 285
Application: Personality Tests 287
TAKEAWAYS 291
KEY TERMS 292
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 292
CASE 293
EXERCISE 294
ENDNOTES 294
CHAPTER 10 304 Ability
Ability 306
What Does It Mean for an Employee to Be “Able”? 307
Cognitive Ability 307
Emotional Ability 313
Physical Ability 318
Summary: What Does It Mean for an Employee
to Be “Able”? 320
How Important Is Ability? 321
Application: Selecting High Cognitive Ability Employees 323
TAKEAWAYS 326
KEY TERMS 326
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 327
CASE 327
EXERCISE 328
ENDNOTES 329
PART 4 GROUP MECHANISMS 335 CHAPTER 11 336 Teams: Characteristics and Diversity
Team Characteristics and Diversity 338
What Characteristics Can Be Used to Describe Teams? 339
Team Types 339
Variations Within Team Types 342
Team Interdependence 345
Team Composition 349
Summary: What Characteristics Can Be Used
to Describe Teams? 357
How Important Are Team Characteristics? 358
Application: Team Compensation 359
TAKEAWAYS 360
KEY TERMS 360
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 361
CASE 361
EXERCISE 362
ENDNOTES 364
CHAPTER 12 374 Teams: Processes and Communication
Team Processes and Communication 376
Why Are Some Teams More Than the Sum of Their
Parts? 376
Taskwork Processes 378
Teamwork Proceses 384
Communication 386
Team States 389
Summary: Why Are Some Teams More Than the Sum
of Their Parts? 392
How Important Are Team Processes? 392
Application: Training Teams 395
Transportable Teamwork Competencies 395
Cross-Training 396
Team Process Training 396
Team Building 397
TAKEAWAYS 398
KEY TERMS 398
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 399
CASE 399
EXERCISE 400
ENDNOTES 402
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CHAPTER 13 410 Leadership: Power and Negotiation
Leadership: Power and Negotiation 412
Why Are Some Leaders More Powerful Than Others? 412
Acquiring Power 412
Using Influence 416
Power and Influence in Action 420
Negotiations 426
Summary: Why Are Some Leaders More Powerful
Than Others? 429
How Important Are Power and Influence? 429
Application: Alternative Dispute Resolution 431
TAKEAWAYS 432
KEY TERMS 433
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 433
CASE 434
EXERCISE 434
ENDNOTES 435
CHAPTER 14 442 Leadership: Styles and Behaviors
Leadership: Styles and Behaviors 444
Why Are Some Leaders More Effective Than Others? 446
Leader Decision-Making Styles 447
Day-to-Day Leadership Behaviors 452
Transformational Leadership Behaviors 456
Summary: Why Are Some Leaders More Effective
Than Others? 461
How Important Is Leadership? 464
Application: Leadership Training 466
TAKEAWAYS 467
KEY TERMS 467
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 468
CASE 468
EXERCISE 469
ENDNOTES 470
PART 5 ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISMS 479 CHAPTER 15 480 Organizational Structure
Organizational Structure 482
Why Do Some Organizations Have Different Structures
Than Others? 482
Elements of Organizational Structure 483
Organizational Design 489
Common Organizational Forms 491
Summary: Why Do Some Organizations Have Different
Structures Than Others? 497
How Important Is Structure? 498
Application: Restructuring 500
TAKEAWAYS 501
KEY TERMS 501
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 502
CASE 502
EXERCISE 503
ENDNOTES 504
CHAPTER 16 508 Organizational Culture
Organizational Culture 510
Why Do Some Organizations Have Different Cultures
Than Others? 510
Culture Components 510
General Culture Types 514
Specific Culture Types 514
Culture Strength 517
Maintaining An Organizational Culture 520
Changing An Organizational Culture 523
Summary: Why Do Some Organizations Have Different
Cultures Than Others? 526
How Important Is Organizational Culture? 527
Application: Managing Socialization 529
TAKEAWAYS 531
KEY TERMS 532
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 532
CASE 532
EXERCISE 533
ENDNOTES 534
INTEGRATIVE CASES 540
GLOSSARY/SUBJECT INDEX 549
NAME INDEX 568
COMPANY INDEX 583
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace
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CHAPTER 1 What Is Organizational Behavior?
CHAPTER 2 Job Performance
CHAPTER 3 Organizational Commitment
P A R T
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
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LEARNING GOALS
1.1 What is the definition of “organizational behavior” (OB)? 1.2 What are the two primary outcomes in studies of OB? 1.3 What factors affect the two primary OB outcomes? 1.4 Why might firms that are good at OB tend to be more profitable? 1.5 What is the role of theory in the scientific method? 1.6 How are correlations interpreted?
After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions:
What Is Organizational Behavior?
Leadership: Styles &
Behaviors
Leadership: Power &
Negotiation
Teams: Processes &
Communication
Teams: Characteristics &
Diversity
Organizational Structure
Organizational Culture
Stress
Motivation
Trust, Justice, & Ethics
Organizational Commitment
Job Performance
Job Satisfaction
Learning & Decision Making
Ability
Personality & Cultural Values
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
GROUP MECHANISMS
GROUP MECHANISMS
ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISMS
ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISMS
INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES
INDIVIDUAL MECHANISMS
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IKEA
Does the name Ingvar Kamprad ring a bell? What if I told you he grew up on a farm called Elmtaryd near the village of Agunnaryd? That’s right—he’s the founder of Sweden-based IKEA (and now you know what the letters stand for). IKEA operates 389 stores worldwide, employing 183,000 employees. Kamprad built his massive company from the humblest of beginnings. At the age of five, he began buying boxes of matches in order to sell them by the book for profit. He founded IKEA in 1943 at the age of seventeen, using seed money from his father. Kamprad began by selling knickknacks and trinkets before moving on to furniture five years later. IKEA expanded beyond Swe- den in 1963 and opened its first U.S. store in Philadelphia in 1985.
Kamprad has been described as having the classic entre- preneur’s personality—highly conscientiousness, highly cre- ative, but very willing to disagree with the opinions and views of others. Those traits helped him make a number of inno- vations, including shipping furniture using “flatpacking”— where the buyer assembles the finished product. Today, Kamprad’s company tries to instill specific traits in its employees and its organizational culture. New hires are
given the “Little IKEA Dictionary” that describes the impor- tance of humility, heritage, simplicity, equality, togetherness, and sustainability.
How do such values shape the experience of working at IKEA? In terms of equality, Lars Petersson, the leader of IKEA’s Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based U.S. headquar- ters, notes that “Hierarchy is not a big Swedish thing . . . We actually work with trust rather than control.” The com- pany has also successfully combatted the glass ceiling, with more than half of senior managerial roles filled by women. In terms of sustainability, Nabeela Ixtabalan, the head of human resources, notes “My boss would say, ‘Go home, you’ve been here too long,’ . . . Here, if you can’t do your job successfully in a reasonable amount of time, you’re doing something wrong.” IKEA’s pay philosophy is also sensitive to the long term. Hourly wages average $15.45—double the minimum wage—and are indexed to MIT’s Living Wage Calculator. And part-time employees qualify for health benefits if they work 20 hours per week. These and other aspects of life at IKEA explain why it was recently named one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For.
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WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR?
Before we describe what the field of organizational behavior studies, take a moment to ponder this question: Who was the single worst coworker you’ve ever had? Picture fellow students who col- laborated with you on class projects; colleagues from part-time or summer jobs; or peers, subordi- nates, or supervisors working in your current organization. What did this coworker do that earned him or her “worst coworker” status? Was it some of the behaviors shown in the right column of Table 1-1 (or perhaps all of them)? Now take a moment to consider the single best coworker you’ve ever had. Again, what did this coworker do to earn “best coworker” status—some or most of the behaviors shown in the left column of Table 1-1?