Organizational Theory & Behaviour

Is the University as we know it dead? Monika Kostera thinks not, but across the globe universities are under attack, be it by external forces or fr...

Work Identity at the End of the Line? tells the story of workplace culture and identity in the railway industry before during and after privatizati...

Humanistic Marketing is a response to the currently growing mega-trend call for rethinking marketing. The book organizes current thinking around th...

Focuses on the individual experiences of Western expatriates in China by merging academic knowledge and real-life testimonials given by interviewee...

Transnational Corporations and Transnational Governance examines the different kinds of distance-related barriers related to cross-border investmen...

Business-to-business customer expectations have changed. To surviveand thrivein todays economy, where customers are constantly reevaluating their p...

Given the most popular understanding of Chinese comparative advantage is their low labour cost, The Source of Innovation in China argues the fundam...

Operational Research (OR) deals with the use of advanced analytical methods to support better decision-making. It is multidisciplinary with strong ...

Models of Scenario Building and Planning offers a unique and innovative exploration of the scenario approach. The book focuses on the analysis of t...

This book deals with the organizational use of aesthetic means. Based on the idea that organizations are systems of communication, it is shown that...

Franchising Globally is first of its kind to examine franchising both from an entrepreneurial and from an international perspective. The book inclu...

Dieses Buch zeigt Wege zur Entwicklung einer würdevollen Organisation auf. Diese können sowohl der Organisation, als auch den in ihr arbeitenden Me...

Presents research findings and theoretical developments in the International Business field, with special emphasis on the issues of internationaliz...

Highlights new realities, challenges and opportunities facing organizations and businesses in managing people in contemporary Africa and attempts t...

Provides an understanding of how HRM policies and practices differ across countries and how the development of management practice may be affected ...

Resilience is a word that is used in many different ways in different contexts, this new and innovative book focuses on psychological resilience in...

This book examines the impact of public sector reforms and reorganisations on the experiences of the UK public sector's six million workers and tho...

Explores the transformations that have taken place in Japanese workplaces since the dawn of the new millennium in terms of management practices, pa...

In Understanding Psychological Bonds between Individuals and Organizations the author integrates different theoretical perspectives on how individu...

With contributions from thirty authors from fifteen countries, this is a 'white book' for international work-family research and practice. The auth...

The strategic concepts and tools illustrated in this book provide a framework for devising and implementing strategies favouring longevity of famil...

People are happiest and most productive if they can choose what they work on and who they work with. Self-selecting teams give people that choice. ...

Managing Behavior in Organizations provides a brief tour of the scientific and practical highlights of organizational behavior (OB).

This book explores the history and global expansion of AB Volvo, one of the hundred largest corporations in the world, through the experiences of i...

Exploring major questions such as what people want from their work and why, Just Work discusses both new and enduring themes, examining to what ext...

Controlling RiskIn A Dangerous World How do operators prevent the next accident that is inevitably trying to kill them? How do they improve perfor...

Captures the insights of leading academics and practitioners based on decades of research around the globe on factors of success and failures of pr...

Marketing has become the dominant connecting mode of expression between business and non-business organisations and customers and consumers. Howeve...

Why do some companies succeed better than others? It is well known that there are many variables such which may impact a company's performance. The...

Employee and manager rebellions occur more often than you might think. This book argues how important it is to take these protests seriously. The a...

This book discusses continuous improvement strategies of Japanese convenience store operators. The study highlights the efforts of companies operat...

A comprehensive picture of the Greek business system and management practices placed in a comparative context. The editors bring together knowledge...

Focusing on safety and environmental protection issues, this book provides incisive, cutting-edge theoretical analysis that evaluates the impact of...

Presenting contributions from 10 professionals, this collection describes what it takes to be a consultant in the organizational world. At times de...

The world's governments are overwhelmed with climate change, war and unrest, the global financial crisis and poverty but there is a promising inven...

This essential best-practices toolkit with lessons from world-class leaders-FedEx, Nokia, Alcoa, Whirlpool, Microsoft, and others-tells how to succ...

An inside look at a Wall Street trading room and what this reveals about todays financial systemDebates about financial reform have led to the reco...

This guide complements traditional project management by focusing on the critical pre-project stage. It addresses a major challenge: only 12% of pr...

The source of the problem is not so much the new, but the threat of the loss of the old.Resistance to change is often grudgingly accepted as an una...

Going beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for r...