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The most critical yet accessible introduction to work and organizational behaviour.
List of contents
- Approaching management critically
- 1: Setting the scene
- 2: Employees' views of work
- 3: Managerial views of work
- 4: The rationality of management
- 5: Sexuality, sex typing, and gender
- Classic organizational behaviour and the critique
- 6: Motivation
- 7: Leadership
- 8: Perception
- 9: Personality
- 10: Organizational learning
- 11: Culture
- 12: Teams and teamworking
- 13: Structure
- 14: All change?
- The core of critical approaches
- 15: Managerial power and control
- 16: Organizational misbehaviour
- 17: Voluntary, not-for-profit, and alternative organizations
- 18: Health, well-being, emotion, and stress
About the author
Fiona Wilson is Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. Before moving to Glasgow, she worked at the University of St Andrews: first as a Lecturer, then as a Senior Lecturer. Previously, Fiona had been employed as a researcher at Manchester Business School and University of Bradford Management Centre. Fiona completed a PhD at Manchester Business School in 1986. She is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management, an Academic Fellow of the CIPD, and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
Summary
The most critical yet accessible introduction to work and organizational behaviour.
Additional text
A stimulating, astute, and original introduction to the core questions on work, organizations, and their management.
