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Proactive employee behaviour refers to the attempt to improve existing conditions in the workplace or create new ones, as well as actions to change one's work environment, interpersonal relationships and socialisation behaviour instead of passively adapting to it. This contributed volume explores the role of proactive behaviour in employer/employee relations and in the wider context of the organization and society. It includes a comprehensive section that aims to provide a broad and descriptive perspective on the concepts of proactive behaviour and the research landscape. It examines areas including mental health, emotional management, disadvantaged employees, gender and queer-based perspectives, changes and conflict, sustainability, and non-profit organizations. Although proactive behavior is a desired behavior in business life, individuals who exhibit proactive behavior in the workplace can experience difficulties. For this reason, blind spots and hurdles that surround proactive behavior are also explored in this book.
Examined in the light of current events, trends and the latest research, this book is intended to be a comprehensive guide on the positive and negative organizational behavior issues associated with proactive behavior. It will be of great interest to academics and students, as well as managers and all those with a wider interest in organizational behaviour.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Types of Proactive Behavior and an Overview.- Chapter 2: Mental Health and Proactive Behaviour.- Chapter 3: Empowerment in Proactive Behavior and Emotion Management.- Chapter 4: Proactive Approaches to Ensure Occupational Health and Safety of Disadvantaged Workers. - Chapter 5: Proactive Behaviours (PBs): Towards a Gender and LGBTQ+ Inclusive Approach.- Chapter 6: Change Management and Proactive Behavior.- Chapter 7: Developing Proactive Behavior in the context of Conflict Management.- Chapter 8: The Dark Side of Proactive Behaviors and Blind Spot Management.- Chapter 9: New Approaches to Proactive Behavior Development.
About the author
Fahri Özsungur is an Associate Professor in Management and strategy and Social Work at Mersin University, Turkey. He has published widely in books and journals.
Fevziye Bekar is an Assistant Professor at Gümüşhane University, Turkey. Her research is primarily on employee proactive behavior.
