Organizational Theory & Behaviour

This edited book addresses two critical issues in international management: building trust and managing boundary spanning activities between intern...

Every day we hear stories about the consequences of human frailties for individuals, their families and friends, and their organizations. Some of t...

Innovation in technology and services was once the result of specialist knowledge developed within a single corporation; now, a single focus on the...

This book focuses on leadership -- what it is, how it works, and how complex, multi-layered and multi-dimensional it is -- and how it will change i...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of innovation management and its applications in various business contexts, providing an overview and ...

How do institutions influence and shape cognition and action in individuals and organizations, and how are they in turn shaped by them? Various soc...

This edited volume discusses time and fractal phenomena in economics, entrepreneurship, and management. Chapters embrace a wide spectrum of topics,...

Moving between linguistic, professional and national boundaries is part of the daily reality of modern workplaces, where the concept of a 'job for ...

How does a smart organization model enable self-governments to lead local and regional development in a sustainable and resilient manner? What are ...

This thought-provoking book examines breakdowns in the quality of health and social care over the past decade, exploring governance failures and th...

Our everyday lives are structured by the rhythms, values, and practices of various organizations, including schools, workplaces, and government age...

Kick Down the Door of Complacency provides a new solution to an old problem: how to persuade and teach managers to enact Continuous Improvement.The...

GIS projects have previously been viewed primarily as technical exercises, but it is now evident that the success of GIS projects depends as much o...

This is the Open Access edition of Global Focus from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). Global Focus has become one of the ...

The book presents a new type of leadership focused on sustainable human development and organizational sustainability, which is based on the self-r...

Employee Learning in Small Organizations provides a clear, concise and comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of employee learning in mi...

Embracing listening as a useful tool for strengthening organization-publics and organization-employee relationships, this book offers theoretical a...

This book provides an original and compelling analysis of registration as a dynamic process which makes and unmakes legal identities.Critical legal...

This book explores the intricate connections that link the current digitalization of manufacturing to our daily lives and identities as members of ...

Very little research has been conducted on how parliamentary oversight is undertaken in small countries and jurisdictions or across the southern Af...

Virtually everyone accepts that workplaces are complex, but there is little insight into how we might engage with complexity more skilfully. If com...

Through a deep dive into specific problem representations in the policymaking on anti- sexual harassment at workplaces (SHW) in India, this book ma...

Effective leadership and organizational performance are concepts that continue to receive widespread attention in the business world. This book exp...

We are facing a new and urgent challenge when collaborating across organizations, and with broader stakeholder groups: how to overcome polarization...

Why Customers Would Rather Have a Smartphone than a Car explores some of the fundamental changes in consumer behaviour: Why do we buy less in shops...

This title was first published in 2000. Exploring issues surrounding the constitution of managerial knowledge, newer forms of organizational contro...

No one likes change. Too often its viewed as something that must be endured; something to get through as fast as possible so that everything can re...

The concept of followership, like leadership, is not new to the extent that it has been around since the beginning of creation. It is so pervasive ...

Political and financial upheaval is not a new phenomenon from the tulip bulb bubble in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century to Black Monday ...