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Book SynopsisLanguage permeates every facet of international business in the 21st century. However, being aware of this multilingual reality is not enough. This book presents a case for recognizing and appreciating the importance of language, its multifaceted role and the range of effects it may have on internationalizing firms.Responding to the growing interest in the role of language in international business, this book presents language as a critical management challenge for the internationalizing firm. Several perspectives are explored, including the individual, the firm and the broader society in which language use is embedded. Empirical examples of language roles are identified through examining human resource management, international marketing and foreign operation modes and networks in business. Language in International Business reveals a fresh understanding of the complexity of the multilingual reality that internationalizing firms face.Students from undergraduate to PhD level studying international business and management, sociolinguistics or international business communication will benefit from the rich source of new research questions ascertained in this book. Business practitioners will find the book insightful, managerially-oriented, and easily accessible.Contents: 1. Language and Global Business Expansion 2. Translation 3. Confronting Language: The Individual in the Organisational Context 4. Language and International Management 5. Language and Networks 6. Language and Human Resource Management 7. Language and International Marketing 8. Language and Foreign Operation Modes 9. Language Strategy and Management 10. Conclusion IndexTrade Review‘This is a terrific book. With English now established as the lingua franca of business, some might be tempted to assume that language isn’t a big deal any more in the world of business. But the authors show how mistaken this assumption is. With a mix of careful of research and detailed examples, they show how language use in international firms influences the meaning of written documents, power relationships between people, and how individuals make sense of their corporate environment. Language becomes, in effect, a window on the entire set of challenges faced by an international firm, and this has profound implications for executives and researchers alike.’ -- Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School, UK‘A comprehensive treatment of a key international business variable that we all too often take for granted. Language is and will remain a critical component of business performance in a global environment.’ -- Oded Shenkar, Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, US‘The authors' analysis of the multilingual reality of global business expansion is consistent with my experience as chairman of a global company. Although the book has been written by academics, the writing style is clear and direct, making it an accessible and enjoyable read for anyone in the business community who is interested in the way language impacts business performance. I am happy to recommend it.’ -- Antti Herlin, Board Chairman, KONE Corporation, FinlandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Language and Global Business Expansion 2. Translation 3. Confronting Language: The Individual in the Organisational Context 4. Language and International Management 5. Language and Networks 6. Language and Human Resource Management 7. Language and International Marketing 8. Language and Foreign Operation Modes 9. Language Strategy and Management 10. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThe ecological study of firms has often been restricted by the approaches commonly used in organizational ecology. Uniquely, Colin Jones and Gimme Walter use autecology to explain the selective survival of all manner of firms that researchers, customers and resource providers encounter daily. It is the first work to unite views on the topic previously considered 'alternative', while remaining compatible with most theories of the firm. Autecology encourages researchers to contextualize ecological processes of firms, namely, their adaptive behaviors, the structure and dynamics of the environment, and their environmental interactions. This book emancipates the firm and its actors from a host of environmental assumptions that they are thought to share with others. In doing so, the authors explain how and why firms can and should be investigated on an ecological level. Drawing upon the historical and contemporary renaissance of autecological thought, this book elevates the ecological independence of the firm and its actors' agency to solve problems in its environment. This study provides the means to consolidate the ecological study of firms and, more broadly, other forms of ecological study beyond the domain of social studies. This book will appeal to organizational and managerial researchers, sociologists, and anthropologists, given the manner in which human agency is promoted in an ecological context. Researchers interested in critical realism will also find this an engaging work.Trade Review'Jones and Walter present an alternative view for studying organizations as ecologies, namely the autecological approach. This novel approach to studying organizations centres on the co-evolving relationship between the individual firm and its operational environment. The adaptation of firms is viewed within the context of how they experience and modify their unique operational environments. This firm-centred approach highlights the importance of ecological scale and environment heterogeneity, and the unique relationship between different environmental variables and the firm.' --Dermot Breslin, Sheffield University Management School, UK'An Autecological Theory of the Firm and its Environment posits many important challenges to how social scientists can properly understand organizational adaptation, evolution, and survival. The impressive autecological approach proposed in this book can shed new light on how both scholars and practitioners can interpret a number of phenomena associated with the current practice of business, especially in terms of firm-environment co-evolving relationships.' --Gianpaolo Abatecola, University of Rome ''Tor Vergata'', ItalyTable of ContentsContents: PART I AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY OF THE FIRM 1. An alternative ecological theory of the firm and its environment PART II THE FIRM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT 2. What is a firm? 3. What is an environment? 4. Modification and matching PART III EXPLAINING ADAPTATION 5. A model of transferred demand PART IV TOWARDS AN AUTECOLOGICAL APPROACH 6. Methodological issues 7. Opportunities and future directions Index

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Book SynopsisCovering the period of the financial crisis, this Research Handbook discusses the degree of importance of different driving forces on employee turnover. The discussions contribute to policy agendas on productivity, firm performance and economic growth. The contributors provide a selection of theoretical and empirical research papers that deal with aspects of employee turnover, as well as its effects on workers and firms within the current socio-economic environment. It draws on theories and evidence from economics, management, social sciences and other related disciplines.With its interdisciplinary approach, this book will appeal to a variety of students and academics in related fields. It will also be of interest to policy makers, HR experts, firm managers and other stakeholders. Contributors: I. Beltrán Martín, S. Bevan, M. Bossler, C. Carrillo-Tudela, W.-J.A. Chang, M. Coles, C.L. Cooper, H. Dale-Olsen, M. Daskalaki, T. Eriksson, P. Ferreira, R.W. Griffeth, K.E. Hall, L. Holbeche, J.-T. Kao, Y. Lai, C.S. Long, A.-M. Mohammed, K. Morrell, E. Parry, J. Purl, G. Saridakis, S. Taylor, R. Upward, P. Urwin, W.K. Wan Ismail, M. Wong El LeenTrade Review'Like a divorce, turnover is important for both partners: here, workers and firms. Some turnover in a firm is probably good, but how much should there be and how much is there? What are its drivers and consequences? And what, if anything, should we do about it? The current volume provides an extremely useful snapshot of this interdisciplinary literature, from which readers will come away with many ideas for future research.' --Andrew Clark, Paris School of Economics, France'This Handbook picks up a mature research area - employee turnover - and places it in the latest context. Turnover is looked at through a series of new lenses from the fields of organizational psychology, human capital management and analytics, mobility, and intergenerational research. The international contributors bring a global and contemporary perspective to the topic, and capture the latest evidence on the most important predictors, consequences and management options for turnover. An excellent resource for researchers and reflective practitioners alike.' --Paul Sparrow, Centre for Performance-led HR, Lancaster University Management School, UK'I warmly welcome this timely volume put together by George Saridakis and Cary Cooper. They have assembled an authoritative collection of papers and then provided an excellent editorial overview of issues relating to job turnover. I particularly liked the examination of job turnover from the very different perspectives of workers, businesses and the economy as a whole.' --David Storey, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The State of Employee Turnover George Saridakis and Cary L. Cooper 2. Employee Turnover Harald Dale-Olsen 3. Understanding and Measuring Employee Turnover Kevin Morrell 4. Two Decades of Employee Retention, Tenure and Turnover Peter Urwin and Emma Parry 5. Analysing, Monitoring and Costing Labour Turnover Stephen Bevan 6. Employee Turnover as a Cost Factor of Organisations Anne-Marie Mohammed, Yanqing Lai, Maria Daskalaki and George Saridakis 7. Inter- and Intra-firm Mobility of Workers Tor Eriksson 8. Perception of Training and Turnover Intention Choi Sang Long, Mikkay Wong Ei Leen and Wan Khairruzzaman Wan Ismail 9. Compensation Policy and Employee Turnover Stephen Taylor 10. Turnover amongst Generation Y Linda Holbeche 11. A Role Perspective on Turnover Intentions: Examining Behavioral Predictors Jui-Tang Kao and Wan-Jing April Chang 12. A Diagnostic Methodology for Discovering the Reasons for Employee Turnover using Shocks and Events Justin Purl, Kathleen E. Hall and Rodger W. Griffeth 13. Quit Turnover and the Business Cycle: A Survey Carlos Carrillo-Tudela and Melvyn Coles 14. Employment, Turnover and Career Progress Priscila Ferreira 15. Employee Turnover and the Expansion and Contraction of Employers Mario Bossler and Richard Upward 16. High Performance Human Resource Practices and Voluntary Employee Turnover Inmaculada Beltrán Martín Index

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Book SynopsisCovering the period of the financial crisis, this Research Handbook discusses the degree of importance of different driving forces on employee turnover. The discussions contribute to policy agendas on productivity, firm performance and economic growth. The contributors provide a selection of theoretical and empirical research papers that deal with aspects of employee turnover, as well as its effects on workers and firms within the current socio-economic environment. It draws on theories and evidence from economics, management, social sciences and other related disciplines.With its interdisciplinary approach, this book will appeal to a variety of students and academics in related fields. It will also be of interest to policy makers, HR experts, firm managers and other stakeholders. Contributors: I. Beltrán Martín, S. Bevan, M. Bossler, C. Carrillo-Tudela, W.-J.A. Chang, M. Coles, C.L. Cooper, H. Dale-Olsen, M. Daskalaki, T. Eriksson, P. Ferreira, R.W. Griffeth, K.E. Hall, L. Holbeche, J.-T. Kao, Y. Lai, C.S. Long, A.-M. Mohammed, K. Morrell, E. Parry, J. Purl, G. Saridakis, S. Taylor, R. Upward, P. Urwin, W.K. Wan Ismail, M. Wong El LeenTrade Review'Like a divorce, turnover is important for both partners: here, workers and firms. Some turnover in a firm is probably good, but how much should there be and how much is there? What are its drivers and consequences? And what, if anything, should we do about it? The current volume provides an extremely useful snapshot of this interdisciplinary literature, from which readers will come away with many ideas for future research.' --Andrew Clark, Paris School of Economics, France'This Handbook picks up a mature research area - employee turnover - and places it in the latest context. Turnover is looked at through a series of new lenses from the fields of organizational psychology, human capital management and analytics, mobility, and intergenerational research. The international contributors bring a global and contemporary perspective to the topic, and capture the latest evidence on the most important predictors, consequences and management options for turnover. An excellent resource for researchers and reflective practitioners alike.' --Paul Sparrow, Centre for Performance-led HR, Lancaster University Management School, UK'I warmly welcome this timely volume put together by George Saridakis and Cary Cooper. They have assembled an authoritative collection of papers and then provided an excellent editorial overview of issues relating to job turnover. I particularly liked the examination of job turnover from the very different perspectives of workers, businesses and the economy as a whole.' --David Storey, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The State of Employee Turnover George Saridakis and Cary L. Cooper 2. Employee Turnover Harald Dale-Olsen 3. Understanding and Measuring Employee Turnover Kevin Morrell 4. Two Decades of Employee Retention, Tenure and Turnover Peter Urwin and Emma Parry 5. Analysing, Monitoring and Costing Labour Turnover Stephen Bevan 6. Employee Turnover as a Cost Factor of Organisations Anne-Marie Mohammed, Yanqing Lai, Maria Daskalaki and George Saridakis 7. Inter- and Intra-firm Mobility of Workers Tor Eriksson 8. Perception of Training and Turnover Intention Choi Sang Long, Mikkay Wong Ei Leen and Wan Khairruzzaman Wan Ismail 9. Compensation Policy and Employee Turnover Stephen Taylor 10. Turnover amongst Generation Y Linda Holbeche 11. A Role Perspective on Turnover Intentions: Examining Behavioral Predictors Jui-Tang Kao and Wan-Jing April Chang 12. A Diagnostic Methodology for Discovering the Reasons for Employee Turnover using Shocks and Events Justin Purl, Kathleen E. Hall and Rodger W. Griffeth 13. Quit Turnover and the Business Cycle: A Survey Carlos Carrillo-Tudela and Melvyn Coles 14. Employment, Turnover and Career Progress Priscila Ferreira 15. Employee Turnover and the Expansion and Contraction of Employers Mario Bossler and Richard Upward 16. High Performance Human Resource Practices and Voluntary Employee Turnover Inmaculada Beltrán Martín Index

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Book SynopsisA high level of employee commitment holds particular value for organizations owing to its impact on organizational effectiveness and employee well-being. This Handbook provides an up-to-date review of theory and research pertaining to employee commitment in the workplace, outlining its value for both employers and employees and identifying key factors in its development, maintenance or decline.Including chapters from leading theorists and researchers from around the world, this Handbook presents cumulated and cutting-edge research exploring what commitment is, the different forms it can take, and how it is distinct from related concepts such as employee engagement, work motivation, embeddedness, the psychological contract, and organizational identification. Examining topics such as high-commitment work systems, work attitudes and motivation, the Handbook provides integration with related literatures. Internationally applicable, sections also discuss the implications of culture differences for commitment and present the latest developments in research methods and analytic techniques that can be used to advance our understanding of commitment.Comprehensive and engaging, the Handbook of Employee Commitment is essential reading for commitment scholars and researchers interested in the latest developments in the field as well as for international scholars who will benefit from its guidance on how to approach research in unique cultures. It will also prove of prime interest to managers and management consultants with its wealth of suggestions to guide evidence-based practice.Contributors: S.L. Albrecht, N.J. Allen, B.K. Anderson, L.M. Arciniega, J. Barling, T.E. Becker, K. Bentein, M.E. Bergman, D.R. Bobocel, N.L. Bremner, C.T. Brinsfield, G. Caesens, A.C. Chris, L. Clark, A. Cohen, S. Datta, V.L. Dhir, O.J. Dineen, R. Eisenberger, J.A. Espinoza, J. Felfe, M. Gagné, D.G. Gallagher, I.R. Gellatly, Y. Griep, S.D. Hansen, L.M. Hedberg, M.R.W. Hamstra, B.C. Holtom, P. Horsman, J. Howard, V.A. Jean, K. Jiang, Z. Junhong, E.K. Kelloway, H.J. Klein, J. Koen, E.R. Maltin, B. Marcus, J.P. Meyer, N.A. Morelli, A.J.S. Morin, F. Mu, A. Newman, H. Park, E. Read, R.A. Roe, O.N. Solinger, H. Spence Laschinger, D.J. Stanley, F. Stinglhamber, M. Trivisonno, R. Van Dick, W. Van Olffen, A.E.M. Van Vianen, R.J. Vandenberg, C. Vandenberghe, D. Wang, S.A. Wasti, J. WombacherTrade Review'If you need a readable topographical map of commitment in organizations, this is the book. Thorough, clear, grounded in research, and multinational in its contributors, the Handbook is a valuable resource for scholars, students, and reflective practitioners. Reflecting both areas of agreement and divergence, the Handbook brings the reader up to speed on key issues for research and practice, and guides researchers toward important avenues for future study.' --Denise M. Rousseau, Carnegie Mellon University, US'Workplace commitment has commanded the attention of established researchers for many years. Young, emerging scholars throughout the world are also drawn to this important topic. This Handbook does what a handbook should: it offers the latest thinking on commitment, its fundamental nature, its antecedents, its consequences, its targets, its measurement, and yes, even its ''dark sides''. We learn too there are still many unanswered questions and controversies surrounding commitment. This volume provides the impetus to answer these questions and to advance our understanding of this captivating topic.' --Paula C. Morrow, Iowa State University, US'This book is the most comprehensive examination of employee commitment in Eastern as well as Western cultures on the market. Hence, it will be of utmost interest to behavioral scientists as well as practitioners who work with international organizations' --Gary Latham, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Employee Commitment: An Introduction and Roadmap J.P. Meyer Part I Conceptualization of Commitment 2. Commitment as a Unidimensional Construct H.J. Klein and H. Park 3. Commitment as a Multi-Dimensional Construct N.J. Allen 4. Multiple Foci of Workplace Commitments T.E. Becker Part II Related Constructs 5. A Motivational Model of Employee Attachment to an Organization M. Gagné and J. Howard 6. Organizational Commitment and Employee Engagement: 10 Key Questions S.L. Albrecht and O.J. Dineen 7. Job Embeddedness, Employee Commitment and Related Constructs B.C. Holtom 8. Organizational Identification R. Van Dick 9. Psychological Contracts S.D. Hansen and Y. Griep Part III Foci of Commitment 10. Occupational Commitment J.P. Meyer and J.A. Espinoza 11. Social commitments C. Vandenberghe 12. The Rise, Decline, Resurrection, and Growth of Union Commitment Research P. Horsman, D.G. Gallaghar and E.K. Kelloway 13. Action Commitments J.P. Meyer and B.K. Anderson Part IV Consequences of Commitment 14. Employee Turnover and Absenteeism I.R. Gellatly and L.M. Hedberg 15. Employee Commitment and Performance D.J. Stanley and J.P. Meyer 16. Counterproductive Work Behavior B. Marcus 17. Employee Commitment and Well-being A.C. Chris, E.R. Maltin and J.P. Meyer 18. Affective Consequences of Workplace Commitments H.J. Klein and C.T. Brinsfield Part V Drivers of Commitment 19. Individual Differences as Causes of the Development of Commitment M.E. Bergman and V.A. Jean 20. Person-Environment Fits as Drivers of Commitment A.E.M. van Vianen, M.R.W. Hamstra and J. Koen 21. Strategic Human Resource Management and Organizational Commitment K. Jiang 22. Organizational Leadership and Employee Commitment M. Trivisonno and J. Barling 23. Employee Empowerment and Organizational Commitment Laschinger, E. Read and Z. Junhong 24. Perceived Organizational Support F. Stinglhamber, G. Caesens, L. Clark and R. Eisenberger 25. Organizational Justice and Employee Commitment: A Review of Contemporary Research D.R. Bobocel and F. Mu Part VI Commitment across Cultures 26. Understanding Commitment Across Cultures S.A. Wasti 27. Commitment in Europe J. Felfe and J. Wombacher 28. Employee Commitment in China A. Newman and D. Wang 29. An Examination of the Social-Institutional, Cultural, and Organizational Antecedents of Commitment in India V.L. Dhir, N.L. Bremner and S. Datta 30. Commitment in the Middle East A. Cohen 31. Organizational Commitment: A Latin American Soap Opera L.M. Arciniega Part VII Methodological Issues 32. A Contemporary Update on Testing for Measurement Equivalence and Invariance R.J. Vandenberg and N.A. Morelli 33. Tracking Change in Commitment over Time: The Latent Growth Modeling Approach K. Bentein 34. Capturing the process of committing: Design Requirements for a Temporal Measurement Instrument W. van Olffen, O.N. Solinger and R.A. Roe 35. Person-Centered Research Strategies in Commitment Research A.J.S. Morin Part VIII Conclusion 36. Employee Commitment: A Back and Moving Forward J.P. Meyer Index

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Book Synopsis'The book is a much needed foundation into current scholarship on the practice and logic of team formation and function in entrepreneurial situations. The book offers both in-depth and comprehensive views of theory on entrepreneurial teams, as well as examples of current research. I am particularly impressed with the insights offered through a disciplined focus on the contextual aspects of entrepreneurial teams.'- William B. Gartner, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and California Lutheran University, USIn recent years there has been an increasing body of evidence suggesting that firms founded by entrepreneurial teams are more likely to achieve fast growth than firms founded by lone actors. This Research HandbookM explores the position of entrepreneurial teams within existing literature and challenges current perspectives through a diverse range of research lenses. Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Teams expands the boundaries of entrepreneurship literature by examining essential issues such as formation, structuring, deep-level diversity and emergent states. The chapters also consider different contexts of application and investigate under-researched topics such as entrepreneurial teams within indigenous communities, ethnically diverse groups and women entrepreneurs. This comprehensive Research Handbook offers a wide range of research methodologies, perspectives and insights that will appeal to scholars, practitioners and entrepreneurs alike.Contributors include: H.E. Aldrich, C. Ben-Hafaiedh, M. Brettel, G. Campopiano, L. Cassia, L.M. Cloutier, T.M. Cooney, S. Cueille, J.P. De Borst, A. Discua Cruz, F. Dufays, E. Hadjielias, M. Henare, C. Howorth, B. Huybrechts, M.K. Kihiko, P.H. Kim, M.W. Kinoti, J.-F. Lalonde, J. Levie, B. Lythberg, R. Mauer, T. Minola, A. Nicholson, G. Recasens, S. Schoss, D. Vredenburgh, C. Woods, W. ZhouTrade Review'This book is a must-read for anyone interested in entrepreneurial teams. The chapters span various issues in the structuring and processes of entrepreneurial teams and place entrepreneurial teams in multiple contexts. The book provides a solid foundation for developing or furthering understanding of entrepreneurial teams whether a novice or an experienced researcher or practitioner.' --Leon Schjoedt, Mahasarakham University, Thailand'Entrepreneurship is increasingly recognised as a joint effort amongst people with ambition and vision. This book brings together the latest research on entrepreneurial teams by the world's leading authorities on the subject. The chapters provide insight on contemporary theoretical and practical issues in relation to entrepreneurial teams and are a must-read for those interested in this growing aspect of the economy.' --Robert Blackburn, Kingston University, UK'Ben-Hafaiedh and Cooney have put together a book that is an impressive contribution to entrepreneurial team research and practice. It brings together a collection of studies on how these teams are formed, how they function, are led, and ultimately impact on venture performance. I highly recommend this collection of essays to researchers and those in the entrepreneurship eco-system who seek evidence based prescriptions to achieve venture team effectiveness.' --Maw-Der Foo, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Mike Wright 1. Introduction Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh and Thomas Cooney PART I LEARNING FROM THEORY AND PRACTICE 2. Entrepreneurial Teams Research in Movement Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh 3. Urban Legends or Sage Guidance: A Review of Common Advice about Entrepreneurial Teams Phillip H. Kim and Howard E. Aldrich PART II DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAMS 4. Entrepreneurial Team Formation: The Role of the Family Giovanna Campopiano, Tommaso Minola and Lucio Cassia 5. Entrepreneurs’ Perspectives on the Structuring Phase of the Entrepreneurial Team L. Martin Cloutier, Sandrine Cueille and Gilles Recasens 6. Which Deep-Level Diversity Compositions of New Venture Teams Lead to Success or Failure? Stephanie Schoss, René Mauer and Malte Brettel 7. How Owner-Manager Team Size Influences the Potential Economic Contribution of Owner-Managed Businesses Jonathan Levie and Johan P. De Borst 8. Dispositional Antecedents of Shared Leadership Emergent States on Entrepreneurial Teams Wencang Zhou and Donald Vredenburgh PART III CONTEXTUALIZING ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAMS 9. Family Entrepreneurial Teams Allan Discua Cruz, Elias Hadjielias and Carole Howorth 10. Te Ohu Umanga Māori: Temporality and Intent in the Māori Entrepreneurial Team Mānuka Hēnare, Billie Lythberg, Amber Nicholson and Christine Woods 11. Ethnic Diversity in Entrepreneurial Teams and the Role of Culture Shock on Performance Jean-François Lalonde 12. Women Empowerment through Government Loaned Entrepreneurship Teams (GLETs) in Kenya Mary Wanjiru Kinoti, Moses Kibe Kihiko and Thomas M. Cooney 13. Entrepreneurial Teams in Social Entrepreneurship: When Team Heterogeneity Facilitates Organizational Hybridity Frédéric Dufays and Benjamin Huybrechts Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Organizational Politics offers a broad perspective on the intriguing phenomena of power, influence and politics in the modern workplace; their meaning for individuals, groups and other organizational stakeholders; and their effect on organizational outcomes and performances. Comprising entirely of new chapters and insights, this second edition revisits the theory on organizational politics (OP) and examines its progress and changes in emphasis in recent years.This timely and informative book provides a comprehensive set of state-of-the-art studies on workplace politics based on experiences from around the world. The contributors highlight topics such as political skills, political will, politics and leadership, compensations, politics and performance, and politics and the learning climate.Students and scholars will benefit from the up-to-date collection of studies in the field of OP. This Handbook will also be of interest to practitioners and managers from public and private sectors looking for better explanations of internal processes in business.Contributors: S.L. Albrecht, G. Blickle, S.L. Bohle, D.A. Buchanan, M.R. Buckley, A. Capezio, A.M. Carnes, A. Drory, A.J. DuBrin, L. Eldor, B.P. Ellen III, G.R. Ferris, R. Frieder, J.N. Harris, S.E. Hill, J.D. Jacobs, I. Kapoutsis, E.M. Landells, L.P. Maher, G. Meisler, J.P. Meriac, M. Mizrahi, T.P. Munyon, K. Oerder, G.B. Schmidt, N. Schütte, H. Sibunruang, A.L.E. Thomas, D.R. Vashdi, E. Vigoda-Gadot, A. Wihler, D. WindsorTrade Review'This edited Handbook is a must read for anyone interested in organizational politics. The beauty of this edition of the Handbook is that it not only provides an interesting and thorough historical review of the theories and concepts associated with organizational politics research but also delivers a much-needed road map for the future direction of the field.' --Micki Kacmar, Texas State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Amos Drory PART I POLITICAL SKILL, POLITICAL WILL, LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE 1. The Roles of Political Skill and Political Will in Job Performance Prediction: A Moderated Nonlinear Persective John N. Harris, Liam P. Maher, and Gerald R. Ferris 2. Playing the Political Game at Work: The Roles of Political Will, Political Prudence, and Political Skill Ilias Kapoutsis 3. Political Skill, Leadership, and Performance: The Role of Vision Identification and Articulation Andreas Wihler, Rachel Frieder, Gerhard Blickle, Katharina Oerder and Nora Schütte 4. Political is the New Prosocial: Leaders’ Support of Followers through Political Behavior B. Parker Ellen III, Gerald R. Ferris and M. Ronald Buckley PART II ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND THE SOCIAL SPHERE 5. Pay-For-Politics: Considering the Variable Compensation - Organizational Politics Relationship Timothy P. Munyon, Jacquelyn D. Jacobs, Andrew M. Carnes and Sergio López Bohle 6. How Social Media Can Impact the Organizational Political Process Gordon B. Schmidt 7. Political Blunders within Organizations Andrew J. DuBrin PART III BETWEEN DARK AND BRIGHT: ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS IN COLORS 8. Learning Culture and Organizational Politics: A Theoretical Model and Preliminary Test of Their Impact on Effective Organizational Auditing Moshe Mizrahi, Dana R. Vashdi and Eran Vigoda-Gadot 9. Looking on the Bright Side: The Positive Role of Organizational Politics in the Relationship between Employee Engagement and Work Performance Liat Eldor 10. The Ethical Sphere: Organizational Politics, Fairness, and Justice Duane Windsor 11. The Effects of Machiavellian Leaders on Employees’ Use of Upward Influence Tactics: An Examination of the Moderating Roles of Gender and Perceived Leader Similarity Hataya Sibunruang and Alessandra Capezio PART IV NEW FRONTIERS: MATURITY, EMOTIONS, AND NEW METHODS 12. Organizational Politics and a Maturity Model: An Integration and Extension of Existing Models and Dimensions Erin M. Landells and Simon L. Albrecht 13. Emotion and Emotional Intelligence in Organizational Politics Amos Drory and Galit Meisler 14. Rats in the Shadows: Researching Organizational Politics David A. Buchanan 15. Political Behaviors, Politics Perceptions and Work Outcomes: Moving to an Experimental Study Sarah E. Hill, Amanda L.E. Thomas and John P. Meriac Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Organizational Politics offers a broad perspective on the intriguing phenomena of power, influence and politics in the modern workplace; their meaning for individuals, groups and other organizational stakeholders; and their effect on organizational outcomes and performances. Comprising entirely of new chapters and insights, this second edition revisits the theory on organizational politics (OP) and examines its progress and changes in emphasis in recent years.This timely and informative book provides a comprehensive set of state-of-the-art studies on workplace politics based on experiences from around the world. The contributors highlight topics such as political skills, political will, politics and leadership, compensations, politics and performance, and politics and the learning climate.Students and scholars will benefit from the up-to-date collection of studies in the field of OP. This Handbook will also be of interest to practitioners and managers from public and private sectors looking for better explanations of internal processes in business.Contributors: S.L. Albrecht, G. Blickle, S.L. Bohle, D.A. Buchanan, M.R. Buckley, A. Capezio, A.M. Carnes, A. Drory, A.J. DuBrin, L. Eldor, B.P. Ellen III, G.R. Ferris, R. Frieder, J.N. Harris, S.E. Hill, J.D. Jacobs, I. Kapoutsis, E.M. Landells, L.P. Maher, G. Meisler, J.P. Meriac, M. Mizrahi, T.P. Munyon, K. Oerder, G.B. Schmidt, N. Schütte, H. Sibunruang, A.L.E. Thomas, D.R. Vashdi, E. Vigoda-Gadot, A. Wihler, D. WindsorTrade Review'This edited Handbook is a must read for anyone interested in organizational politics. The beauty of this edition of the Handbook is that it not only provides an interesting and thorough historical review of the theories and concepts associated with organizational politics research but also delivers a much-needed road map for the future direction of the field.' --Micki Kacmar, Texas State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Amos Drory PART I POLITICAL SKILL, POLITICAL WILL, LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE 1. The Roles of Political Skill and Political Will in Job Performance Prediction: A Moderated Nonlinear Persective John N. Harris, Liam P. Maher, and Gerald R. Ferris 2. Playing the Political Game at Work: The Roles of Political Will, Political Prudence, and Political Skill Ilias Kapoutsis 3. Political Skill, Leadership, and Performance: The Role of Vision Identification and Articulation Andreas Wihler, Rachel Frieder, Gerhard Blickle, Katharina Oerder and Nora Schütte 4. Political is the New Prosocial: Leaders’ Support of Followers through Political Behavior B. Parker Ellen III, Gerald R. Ferris and M. Ronald Buckley PART II ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND THE SOCIAL SPHERE 5. Pay-For-Politics: Considering the Variable Compensation - Organizational Politics Relationship Timothy P. Munyon, Jacquelyn D. Jacobs, Andrew M. Carnes and Sergio López Bohle 6. How Social Media Can Impact the Organizational Political Process Gordon B. Schmidt 7. Political Blunders within Organizations Andrew J. DuBrin PART III BETWEEN DARK AND BRIGHT: ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS IN COLORS 8. Learning Culture and Organizational Politics: A Theoretical Model and Preliminary Test of Their Impact on Effective Organizational Auditing Moshe Mizrahi, Dana R. Vashdi and Eran Vigoda-Gadot 9. Looking on the Bright Side: The Positive Role of Organizational Politics in the Relationship between Employee Engagement and Work Performance Liat Eldor 10. The Ethical Sphere: Organizational Politics, Fairness, and Justice Duane Windsor 11. The Effects of Machiavellian Leaders on Employees’ Use of Upward Influence Tactics: An Examination of the Moderating Roles of Gender and Perceived Leader Similarity Hataya Sibunruang and Alessandra Capezio PART IV NEW FRONTIERS: MATURITY, EMOTIONS, AND NEW METHODS 12. Organizational Politics and a Maturity Model: An Integration and Extension of Existing Models and Dimensions Erin M. Landells and Simon L. Albrecht 13. Emotion and Emotional Intelligence in Organizational Politics Amos Drory and Galit Meisler 14. Rats in the Shadows: Researching Organizational Politics David A. Buchanan 15. Political Behaviors, Politics Perceptions and Work Outcomes: Moving to an Experimental Study Sarah E. Hill, Amanda L.E. Thomas and John P. Meriac Index

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, Dean Shepherd focuses on the varying topics of entrepreneurship unified through conjoint analysis. Although the topic of entrepreneurial decision making is broad, in doing so, he reveals the mechanisms that come into play during the entrepreneurial decision-making process.Scholars of entrepreneurship and organizational behavior will find this collection an essential resource for understanding how decision making is achieved in entrepreneurial settings.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Dean A. Shepherd PART I DECISION MAKING ABOUT ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES 1. Young Rok Choi and Dean A. Shepherd (2004), ‘Entrepreneurs’ Decisions to Exploit Opportunities’, Journal of Management, 30 (3), June, 377–95 2. J. Michael Haynie, Dean A. Shepherd and Jeffery S. McMullen (2009), ‘An Opportunity for Me? The Role of Resources in Opportunity Evaluation Decisions’, Journal of Management Studies, 46 (3), May, 337–61 3. J. Robert Mitchell and Dean A. Shepherd (2010), ‘To Thine Own Self be True: Images of Self, Images of Opportunity, and Entrepreneurial Action’, Journal of Business Venturing, 25 (1), January, 138–54 4. Dean A. Shepherd, Holger Patzelt and Robert A. Baron (2013), ‘“I Care about Nature, but…”: Disengaging Values in Assessing Opportunities that Cause Harm’, Academy of Management Journal, 56 (5), October, 1251–73 PART II DECISION MAKING ABOUT ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECTS 5. Judith Behrens, Holger Ernst and Dean A. Shepherd (2014), ‘The Decision to Exploit an R&D Project: Divergent Thinking across Middle and Senior Managers’, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31 (1), January, 144–58 6. Anja Klaukien, Dean A. Shepherd and Holger Patzelt (2013), ‘Passion for Work, Nonwork-Related Excitement, and Innovation Managers’ Decision to Exploit New Product Opportunities’, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (3), May, 574–88 7. Ethel Brundin, Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd (2008), ‘Managers’ Emotional Displays and Employees’ Willingness to Act Entrepreneurially’ Journal of Business Venturing, 23 (2), March, 221–43 8. Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd (2009), ‘Strategic Entrepreneurship at Universities: Academic Entrepreneurs’ Assessment of Policy Programs’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 33 (1), January, 319–40 PART III MAKING THE DECISION TO PURSUE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER 9. Evan J. Douglas and Dean A. Shepherd (2002), ‘Self-Employment as a Career Choice: Attitudes, Entrepreneurial Intentions, and Utility Maximization’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 26 (3), Spring, 81–90 10. Dean A. Shepherd, Evan J. Douglas and Jason R. Fitzsimmons (2008), ‘MBA Admission Criteria and an Entrepreneurial Mind-Set: Evidence from “Western” Style MBAs in India and Thailand’, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 7 (2), June, 158–72 11. Dean A. Shepherd and Andrew Zacharakis (2000), ‘Structuring Family Business Succession: An Analysis of the Future Leader’s Decision Making’ Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 24 (4), Summer, 25–39 12. Jeffery S. McMullen and Dean A. Shepherd (2006), ‘Encouraging Consensus-Challenging Research in Universities’, Journal of Management Studies, 43 (8), December, 1643–69 PART IV THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS 13. J. Michael Haynie, Dean A. Shepherd and Holger Patzelt (2012), ‘Cognitive Adaptability and an Entrepreneurial Task: The Role of Metacognitive Ability and Feedback’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36 (2), March, 237–65 14. J. Robert Mitchell, Dean A. Shepherd and Mark P. Sharfman (2011), ‘Erratic Strategic Decisions: When and Why Managers are Inconsistent in Strategic Decision Making’, Strategic Management Journal, 32 (7), July, 683–704 15. J. Robert Mitchell and Dean A. Shepherd (2012), ‘Capability Development and Decision Incongruence in Strategic Opportunity Pursuit’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 6 (4), December, 355–81 16. Volker Bruns, Daniel V. Holland, Dean A. Shepherd and Johan Wiklund (2008), ‘The Role of Human Capital in Loan Officers’ Decision Policies’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 32 (3), May, 485–506 PART V DECISION MAKING ABOUT PERSISTING WITH AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ENDEAVOUR 17. Dawn R. DeTienne, Dean A. Shepherd and Julio O. De Castro (2008), ‘The Fallacy of “Only the Strong Survive”: The Effects of Extrinsic Motivation on the Persistence Decisions for Under-Performing Firms’, Journal of Business Venturing, 23 (5), September, 528–46 18. Daniel V. Holland and Dean A. Shepherd (2013), ‘Deciding to Persist: Adversity, Values, and Entrepreneurs’ Decision Policies’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 37 (2), March, 331–58 19. Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd (2008), ‘The Decision to Persist with Underperforming Alliances: The Role of Trust and Control’, Journal of Management Studies, 45 (7), November, 1217–43 PART VI VENTURE CAPITALISTS’ DECISION MAKING 20. Dean A. Shepherd (1999), ‘Venture Capitalists’ Assessment of New Venture Survival’, Management Science, 45 (5), May, 621–32 21. Andrew L. Zacharakis and Dean A. Shepherd (2001), ‘The Nature of Information and Overconfidence on Venture Capitalists’ Decision Making’, Journal of Business Venturing, 16 (4), July, 311–32 22. Andrew L. Zacharakis, Jeffery S. McMullen and Dean A. Shepherd (2007), ‘Venture Capitalists’ Decision Policies across Three Countries: An Institutional Theory Perspective’, Journal of International Business Studies, 38 (5), September, 691–708 23. Dean A. Shepherd and Andrew Zacharakis (1999), ‘Conjoint Analysis: A New Methodological Approach for Researching the Decision Policies of Venture Capitalists’, Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 1 (3), 197–217 Index

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Book SynopsisOur knowledge and understanding of organizations is both enabled and constrained by an invisible relationship of power that is embedded in the ways in which we act and speak. This book offers a succinct but comprehensive introduction to the vast field of organizational discourse analysis, the approach that studies organization as a linguistic phenomenon, and offers an original approach to investigate the relationship between materiality and discourse. Three original images of discourse are employed: discourse as a map, discourse as organizing and discourse as a mask. These metaphors are used as cognitive tools to highlight different implications and perspectives on discourse. The book critically compares and contrasts various linguistic-focused approaches to the study of organizations, and proposes the use of linguistic phenomena in connection with other methodologies. One section even offers an exemplification of the proposed approach to discourse analysis, presenting a map of discursive terrain, which plays a central role in the reproduction of local organizational and management discourses. This rich and approachable introduction is targeted at graduate and doctoral students, as well as non-specialist academics who want to familiarize themselves with the organizational discourse debate.Trade Review'Finally there is a book that explores the depths and contours of organizational discourse in a way that is simultaneously sophisticated and accessible. Marco Berti's achievement is to have canvassed a multitude of theoretical and methodological ways that discourse is deployed in the study of organizations, and to have distilled that into a comprehensive framework of metaphors. The result is a novel and valuable approach to organizational discourse analysis that synthesizes the field without sacrificing any of its complexity.' --Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney, Australia'Research on organizational discourse has indeed become one of the most fruitful and interesting areas in the field of organization and management studies, and has not only improved our understanding of how communication works, but also helps to ''see'' how discourses shape reality. The book introduces three ''images'' of discourse with the purpose of both illustrating and enabling the emergence of new knowledge and meaning: organizational discourse as a map, as organizing and as a mask. Moreover it provides a concrete exemplification of an application of organizational discourse analysis: the global institution of business education. The heuristic potential of the approach is employed to critically describe a complex inter-organizational field of practices relevant to how we ''do'' society through discourses.' --Silvia Gherardi, University of Trento, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Aim and Structure of the Book 1. Language and Organization 2. The Discourse of Organizational Discourse 3. The Power of Metaphors 4. Discourse as a Map 5. Discourse as Organizing 6. Discourse as Mask: Silence, Emptiness and Ambiguity in Discourse 7. Organizational Discourse Analysis in Practice: The Case of Business Education Discourse 8. References Index

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Book SynopsisOne-size-fits-all cluster policies have been rightly criticized in the literature. One promising approach is to focus cluster policies on the specific needs of firms depending on the stage of development (emergence, growth, sustainment or decline) their cluster is in. In this highly insightful book, these stage-specific cluster policies are analysed and evaluated. Moreover, several chapters also focus on smart specialization policies to promote regional development by taking into account the emergence and adaptation of clusters and industries. In so doing, the book contributes to a newly emerging literature on how the cluster life cycle concept can inform policies and how these policies differ from static approaches that ignore the dynamism of clusters. The underlying idea is to foster the ability of clusters to renew themselves and to generate new developmental paths, thus preventing stagnation and decline. This state-of-the-art exploration of smart specialization from a cluster life cycle perspective is an invaluable book for academics in the fields of economic geography, entrepreneurship, innovation, industrial economics, regional studies and cluster research. It will also appeal to regional policy makers and practitioners dealing with public policy.Contributors include: Y. Al-Saleh, B.T. Asheim, A. Auer, M. Benner, P. Cooke, D. Fornahl, J.K. Fosse, M. Fromhold-Eisebith, M. Grillitsch, R. Hassink, A. Isaksen, K. Koschatzky, H. Kroll, T. Lämmer-Gamp, B. Lageman, S. Mahroum, R. Martin, G. Meier zu Köcker, J. Nordhause-Janz, R. Normann, R. Ramlogan, D. Rehfeld, M. Rothgang, E. Schnab, T. Stahlecker, F. Tödtling, M. Trippl, E. Uyarra, J. VicenteTrade Review'Clusters pass through life cycles - they emerge, grow, mature and ultimately decline. Unlike the human body, however, they can adapt and transform to escape their terminal fate. This cyclic nature of cluster development has long been ignored by static and one-size-fits-all policy approaches. Linking cluster life cycles to cluster policies and initiatives, this carefully edited book bridges that gap by bringing together established scholars and experienced consultants. It is thus essential reading for scholars, students, policy-makers and practitioners.' --Matthias Kiese, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany'This excellent book fills an important gap in the literature on clusters and cluster policy. In my view, it is the most comprehensive overview on evolutionary cluster thinking to date and therefore a must read for scholars in the field. But thanks to its relevant ideas, policy lessons and case studies, I also consider it a good read for forward-looking policy makers involved in cluster development.' --Gert-Jan Hospers, University of Twente, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Towards a more open and dynamic approach on cluster policy Robert Hassink and Dirk Fornahl Part I Ideas - How should a policy be designed? 1. The role of clusters and public policy in new regional economic path development Bjørn T. Asheim, Arne Isaksen, Roman Martin and Michaela Trippl 2. Cluster policy in an evolutionary world? Rationales, instruments and policy learning Elvira Uyarra and Ronnie Ramlogan 3. Network failures and policy challenges along the life cycle of clusters Jérôme Vicente 4. Cluster Policy: Renewal through the integration of institutional variety Markus Grillitsch and Bjørn T. Asheim 5. Intra-regional collaborative learning between cluster initiatives – a factor of cluster (policy) dynamics? Martina Fromhold-Eisebith 6. Management strategies in cluster projects – Cases and discussion Jens Kristian Fosse and Roger Normann 7. Core design features of an integrated cluster policy Gerd Meier zu Köcker and Thomas Lämmer-Gamp Part II Smart Specialisation – What can we learn for cluster policy? 8. Smart specialization and cluster emergence: Elements of evolutionary regional policies Maximilian Benner 9. Cluster policy adjustments in the context of smart specialization? Impressions from Germany Knut Koschatzky, Henning Kroll, Esther Schnabl and Thomas Stahlecker Part III Case studies – How does cluster life cycle policy take place? 10. Are policies supporting cluster development? A comparative firm-level analysis Alexander Auer and Franz Tödtling 11. Do cluster initiatives develop in cycles? The example of Germany`s Spitzenclusters Michael Rothgang and Bernhard Lageman 12. Integration – Fragmentation – Reintegration? Studying cluster evolution, regional path development and cluster policies in the Ruhr Area Dieter Rehfeld and Juergen Nordhause-Janz 13. "Eventually even attractive illusions come to an end": the death of "Monitor" – and demise of "clusters"? Philip Cooke 14. The surrogate model of cluster creation: The case of Mubadala in Abu Dhabi Sami Mahroum and Yasser Al-Saleh Index

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Book SynopsisIn just one generation, South Korea has transformed from a recipient of foreign aid to a member of the G20. In this informative book, South Korea is used as a case by which to explore and illustrate specific issues arising from the complex relationships between the nation's economic development and society. O. Yul Kwon considers the task of achieving sustainable and equitable social and economic development in South Korea. Kwon presents an in-depth analysis from macro perspectives as well as examining micro-level relationships between economic development and social trust in the recent past. Grounded in empirical research of Korean society and economy, Kwon offers practical suggestions by which to achieve sustainable and equitable development in South Korea. This insightful and timely book provides valuable information for a scholarly audience interested in South Korean history, economics and society, and for researchers investigating the significance of the relationship between economic development and society as well as social trust.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction PART I SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND SOCIAL TRUST IN KOREA 1. Social trust: its concepts, determinants, roles, and raising ways 2. Recent economic development and emerging social issues in Korea 3. Social evolution in conjunction with economic development in Korea 4. Social Trust and Economic Development in Korea 5. Economic Bipolarization and its Effects on Society in Korea PART II RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOCIAL TRUST AND THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS IN KOREA 6. Interpersonal Trust 7. Social Trust in Government 8. Social Trust in Business 9. Social Trust in Labor Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume demonstrates the dynamism and diversity of entrepreneurship as it is practised by men and women across a variety of contexts, and also the vibrancy and relevance of the entrepreneurship research field as it attempts to understand and communicate this widespread social and economic phenomenon.'- Sara Carter, Strathclyde Business School, UK'This book showcases thought-provoking studies that reflect what European entrepreneurship scholarship has successfully pioneered: penetrating analyses of often taken-for-granted assumptions about the nature of entrepreneurship. These chapters direct readers to where entrepreneurship scholarship will likely go in the future, particularly in using 'gendered' perspectives to realize the heterogeneity of entrepreneurial activity in various contexts.'- William B. Gartner, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and California Lutheran University, USBy combining high-quality and in-depth research in the field, this book provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the current topical issues in European entrepreneurship and small business research.With contributions from international experts, the book provides a particular focus on the behaviour between individuals and groups within different contexts; the personal and structural factors that shape entrepreneurial and small business activity; and a focus on gender in entrepreneurship within different contexts.Students and academics interested in gender and entrepreneurship will benefit from this far-reaching book. The contextual and practical approach will also be of use to national and regional policy makers.Contributors: S. Aaltonen, R. Blackburn, J. Byrne, A. Chepurenko, O. Duygulu, S. Fattoum, C.I. Gögüs, M. Guerrero, J. Hermes, U. Hytti, T. Mainela, S. Marlow, J. Mitra, Ö. Örge, S. Tegtmeier, D. Urbano, F. WelterTrade Review‘This volume demonstrates the dynamism and diversity of entrepreneurship as it is practised by men and women across a variety of contexts, and also the vibrancy and relevance of the entrepreneurship research field as it attempts to understand and communicate this widespread social and economic phenomenon.’ -- Sara Carter, Strathclyde Business School, UK‘This book showcases thought-provoking studies that reflect what European entrepreneurship scholarship has successfully pioneered: penetrating analyses of often taken-for-granted assumptions about the nature of entrepreneurship. These chapters direct readers to where entrepreneurship scholarship will likely go in the future, particularly in using “gendered” perspectives to realize the heterogeneity of entrepreneurial activity in various contexts.’ -- William B. Gartner, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and California Lutheran University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Robert Blackburn, Ulla Hytti and Friederike Welter 2. Entrepreneurial Activity under ‘Transition’ Alexander Chepurenko 3. Women Gender and Entrepreneurship: Why Can’t a Woman be More Like a Man? Susan Marlow 4. Institutional Entrepreneuring in Erratic Environments Jan Hermes and Tuija Mainela 5. The Effect of University and Social Environments on Graduates’ Start-up Intentions: An Exploratory Study in IberoAmerica Maribel Guerrero and David Urbano 6. Determinants and Measurement of Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy Among Woman Entrepreneurs Silke Tegtmeier and Jay Mitra 7. Gendering Entrepreneurship: A Discursive Analysis of a Woman’s Entrepreneur Competition Celile Itır Göğüş, Örsan Örge and Ozan Duygulu 8. The Gendered Nature of Family Business Succession: Case Studies from France Janice Byrne and Salma Fattoum 9. Practices Hindering Employee Innovative Behaviour in Manufacturing SMEs Satu Aaltonen and Ulla Hytti Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of articles uses economic theory to explain the governance of organizations. It covers the governance of families, oligarchies, democracies, for profit firms and non-profit institutions such as religious organizations. The widespread and novel subject matter within a set of focused economic questions results in fascinating reading allowing the reader to see how similar issues can be answered in areas where the person has little knowledge of the subject. This is an engaging and useful tool for students, researchers and academics wanting to expand their area of expertise into new and exciting realms.Contributors include: D. Acemoglu, R. Gibbons, H. Hansmann, P. Leeson, P. Rubin, B. WeingastTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Donald Wittman PART I WHO GOVERNS? 1. Henry Hansmann (1988), ‘Ownership of the Firm’, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, IV (2), Fall, 267–304 2. Paul H. Rubin (1978), ‘The Theory of the Firm and the Structure of the Franchise Contract’, Journal of Law and Economics, 21 (1), April, 223–33 3. Sanford J. Grossman and Oliver D. Hart (1986), ‘The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration’, Journal of Political Economy, 94 (4), August, 691–719 4. Jonathan Levin and Steven Tadelis (2005), ‘Profit Sharing and the Role of Professional Partnerships’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120 (1), February, 131–71 5. Peter T. Leeson (2007), ‘An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization’, Journal of Political Economy, 115 (6), December, 1049–94 PART II POWER RELATIONS IN SHARED-GOVERNANCE 6. Shelly Lundberg and Robert A. Pollak (1996), ‘Bargaining and Distribution in Marriage’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 10 (4), Fall, 139–58 7. L.S. Shapley and Martin Shubik (1954), ‘A Method for Evaluating the Distribution of Power in a Committee System’, American Political Science Review, 48 (3), September, 787–92 8. David P. Baron and John A. Ferejohn (1989), ‘Bargaining in Legislatures’, American Political Science Review, 83 (4), December, 1181–206 9. Rui J.P. de Figueiredo, Tonja Jacobi and Barry R. Weingast (2006), ‘The New Separation-of-Powers Approach to American Politics’, in Barry R. Weingast and Donald A.Wittman (eds), Oxford Handbook of Political Economy, Chapter 11, New York, USA: Oxford University Press, 199–222 PART III HOW DO THOSE WHO GOVERN ACTUALLY CONTROL? 10. Eugene F. Fama and Michael C. Jensen (1983), ‘Separation of Ownership and Control’, Journal of Law and Economics, XXVI (2), June, 301–25 11. Neil Bruce and Michael Waldman (1990), ‘The Rotten-Kid Theorem Meets the Samaritan’s Dilemma’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 105 (1), February, 155–65 12. Donald Wittman (2005), ‘The Internal Organization of the Family: Economic Analysis and Psychological Advice’, Kyklos, 58 (1), February, 121–44 13. Ronald Wintrobe (1990), ‘The Tinpot and the Totalitarian: An Economic Theory of Dictatorship’, American Political Science Review, 84 (3), September, 849–72 14. Daron Acemoglu, Thierry Verdier and James A. Robinson (2004), ‘Alfred Marshall Lecture: Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule: A Model of Personal Rule’, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2 (2–3), April–May, 162–92 15. Donald Wittman (2013), ‘Strategic Behavior and Organizational Structure in Religions’, British Journal of Political Science, 44 (4), October, 717–39 16. Mathew D. McCubbins and Thomas Schwartz (1984), ‘Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms’, American Journal of Political Science, 28 (1), February, 165–79 PART IV DEMOCRACIES VERSUS OLIGARCHIES 17. James M. Enelow and Melvin J. Hinich (1984), ‘Probabilistic Voting and the Importance of Centrist Ideologies in Democratic Elections’, Journal of Politics, 46 (2), May, 459–78 18. Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman (1996), ‘Electoral Competition and Special Interest Politics’, Review of Economic Studies, 63 (2), April, 265–86 19. Donald Wittman (2009), ‘How Pressure Groups Activate Voters and Move Candidates Closer to the Median’, Economic Journal, 119 (540), October, 1324–43 20. Mancur Olson (1993), ‘Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development’, American Political Science Review, 87 (3), September, 567–76 21. Daron Acemoglu (2008), ‘Oligarchic versus Democratic Societies’, Journal of the European Economic Association, 6 (1), March, 1–44 PART V WHY GOVERNANCE? 22. Robert Gibbons (2005), ‘Four Formal(izable) Theories of the Firm?’, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 58 (2), October, 200–245 23. Kai A. Konrad and Stergios Skaperdas (2012), ‘The Market for Protection and the Origin of the State’, Economic Theory, 50 (2), June, 417–43 24. Jack Hirshleifer (1995), ‘Anarchy and Its Breakdown’, Journal of Political Economy, 103 (1), February, 26–52 25. David Skarbek (2011), ‘Governance and Prison Gangs’, American Political Science Review, 105 (4), November, 702–16 Index

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Book SynopsisAlmost every person works at some point in their lives. The Research Handbook on Work and Well-Being examines the association of particular work experiences with employee and organizational health and performance. Ronald J. Burke and Kathryn M. Page bring together an impressive collection of contributions where well-being is considered an umbrella term for happiness, satisfaction, flow, engagement, commitment and organizational identification, among other concepts. Chapters describe successful organizational efforts to achieve high levels of employee well-being and creating psychologically healthy workplaces. They cover topics such as transformational leadership, organizational support, training and development and supportive work-family policies and programs. Acknowledging that work experiences and conditions can also contribute to dissatisfaction, insecurity, illness, injuries and even death, they also examine negative work experiences and conditions such as abusive supervision, occupational stress, little control and insecurity. Practical and engaging, this Handbook will appeal to academics and students interested in work and health. Containing the latest research evidence, it will also offer valuable insights to human resource managers, organizational wellness managers and occupational health practitioners.Contributors include: B.L. Ahrens, H.C. Atkinson, D.W. Ballard, T.M. Brobst, R.J. Burke S. Clarke, J.P. Dahms, A. Day, J.K. Dimoff, K.J. Emich, P. Fairlie, M.J. Grawitch, S. Gregersen, J. Halbesleben, N. Hartling, F. Hull, E.K. Kelloway, D. Klotz, C. Korunka, B. Kubicek, M. Lafleche, T. LaMontagne, L.M. Lavaysse, W. Lewchuk, H. Lingard, J. Leilanie Del Prado Lu, A. Milner, K. Moore, V.J. Morganson, A. Nienhaus, K. Page, A. Pervez, N. Reavley, A.M. Richardsen, T.Taris, C. Thomson, M. Turner, S. Vincent-Hoper, J. Weston, T.A. Wright, C.M. Youssef-MorganTrade Review'Well-being and stress have become a reality in our work lives. Burnout, job insecurity, and precarious employment lead to poor employee outcomes. Extraordinary leadership, gratitude, and psychological capital lead to positive well-being. This volume, written by leading scholars in the field, provides current and comprehensive research on the nature of stress and well-being in the contemporary workplace. It also covers topics on leadership interventions, new work hazards, psychologically healthy workplace practices, and mindfulness at work, with implications for managers and organizations.' --(Eddy Ng, Dalhousie University, Canada)'This volume brings together an impressive cast of contributors, international experts in the field, and provides much needed insights connecting work to health, delving into the evidence across countries, and occupations, inspiring empirically-based practice and public policy to improve worker health and well-being. (Un)Fortunately, due to the bad and good of work, it has never been more timely.' --(Maureen Dollard, University of South Australia)Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION: WHY WELL-BEING MATTERS 1. Work and Well-Being Ronald J. Burke 2. The Many “Faces” of Well-Being Thomas A. Wright, Kyle J. Emich and Dorothy Klotz 3. Job Demands in a Changing World of Work Bettina Kubicek and Christian Korunka 4. Models in Work and Health Research: The JDC(S) and JD-R Frameworks Toon W. Taris PART II WORK AND WELL-BEING: THE BAD NEWS 5. Burnout and Well-Being Adam Pervez and Jonathon Halbesleben 6. Job Insecurity: Implications for Employee Well-Being Tahira M. Probst and Lindsey M. Lavaysse 7. Precarious Employment: What it Means for Workers and Their Families Wayne Lewchuk and Michelynn Laflèche PART III AN ANALYSIS OF WORK AND HEALTH IN SOME OCCUPATIONS 8. Well-Being of Farmers and Miners: A Study on the Occupational and Safety Risks of These Vulnerable Populations Jinky Leilanie Del Prado-Lu 9. Work and Wellbeing in the Construction Industry Helen Lingard and Michelle Turner 10. Stress in Policing: Sources, Consequences Ad Interventions Ronald J. Burke 11. Workplace Mental Health in the Veterinary Sector Kathryn M. Page, Nicola J. Reavley, Alison J. Milner, Jenny Weston, Christine E. Thomson and Anthony D. LaMontagne PART IV WORK AND WELL-BEING: THE GOOD NEWS. 12. Leadership and Employee Well-Being Sophie Vincent-Hoper, Friederike Teetzen, Sabine Gregersen and Albert Nienhaus 13. Work Engagement and Employee Well-Being Paul Fairlie 14. Gratitude: An Antidote to Work Stress. Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan and Barbara L. Ahrens 15. Developing Psychological Capital to Boost Work Performance and Wellbeing. Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan and Jeff Dahms 16. A Safe Workplace Environment. Sharon Clarke 17. Work-Family Enrichment: A Literature Review Valerie J. Morganson and Holly C. Atkinson 18. Finding the Balance: Initiatives to Promote Work-Life Balance Arla Day and Nikola Hartling PART V INTERVENTIONS ADDRESSING THE WORK-WELL-BEING RELATIONSHIP 19. The Global Workplace and the New Work Hazards: What are the Necessary Responses at the National and Firm Levels? Jinky Leilanie Del Prado-Lu 20. Leadership Interventions to Improve Well-Being E. Kevin Kelloway and Jennifer K. Dimoff 21. Mindfulness at Work Kathleen A. Moore 22. Corporate Wellness Programs: Do They Increase Employee Well-Being? Astrid M. Richardsen 23. Psdychologically Healthy Workplace Practices and Employee Well-Being. David W.Ballard and Matthew J. Grawitch Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides an overview of neuroscience-driven research methodologies and how those methodologies might be applied to theory-based research in the nascent field of neuroentrepreneurship. A key challenge of this field is that few neuroscientists are trained as entrepreneurship scholars and few entrepreneurship scholars are trained as neuroscientists, but this book skillfully bridges that gap. Expert contributors include concrete examples of new ways to conduct research in their contributions, which have the potential to shed light onto areas such as decision making and opportunity recognition and allow neuroentrepreneurs to ask different, perhaps better, questions than ever before. This Handbook also presents current thinking and examples of pioneering work, serves as a reference for those wishing to incorporate these methods into their own research, and provides several helpful discussions on the nature of answerable questions using neuroscience techniques. Neuroentrepreneurship is an important, emerging field for neuroscientists and entrepreneurship scholars alike. For the former audience, this book presents concrete research questions and entrepreneurship applications; for the latter, it serves as a primer and introduction to neuroscientific methods. Graduate students studying entrepreneurship, and practitioners who are keen to promote innovation and entrepreneurial skills in their leadership, will also find this Handbook to be of interest.Contributors include: W. Becker, C. Bellavitis, M.C. Boardman, M. Colosio, C. Couffe, M. Day, P.M. de Holan, A.A. Gorin, S. Guillory, N. Krueger, A. Passarelli, V. Pérez-Centeno, C. Reeck, L. Schjoedt, K.G. Shaver, A. Sud, T. Treffers, M.K. WardTrade Review'By bringing together neurological science with entrepreneurship studies, the editors of this book have created startling new insights, methodologies, and ultimately an important new field. This pathbreaking new book will cause scholars in both areas to rethink their traditional methods, topics and reach of their research.' --David Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Mellani Day, Mary C. Boardman and Norris Krueger Part I Neuroscience Principles, Techniques and Tools 2. Brain-Driven Entrepreneurship Research: A Review and Research Agenda Víctor Pérez-Centeno 3. Human Psychophysiological and Genetic Approaches in Neuroentrepreneurship Marco Colosio, Cristiano Bellavitis and Alexei A. Gorin 4. Unpacking Neuroentrepreneurship: Conducting Entrepreneurship Research with EEG Technologies Pablo Martin De Holan and Cyril Couffe 5. A Brief Primer on Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in Entrepreneurship Research M. K. Ward, Crystal Reeck and William Becker 6. Experimental Methodological Principles for Entrepreneurship Research Using Neuroscience Techniques Víctor Pérez-Centeno Part II Neuroscience Applications - Entrepreneurial Judgement, Decision-Making and Cognition 7. Entrepreneurial Return on Investment through a Neuroentrepreneurship Lens Mellani Day and Mary C. Boardman 8. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Entrepreneurial Risk: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges Kelly G. Shaver, Leon Schjoedt, Angela Passarelli and Crystal Reeck 9. A Few Words about Entrepreneurial Learning, Training and Brain Plasticity Aparna Sud 10. A Few Words about Neuro-experimental Designs for the Study of Emotions and Cognitions in Entrepreneurship Theresa Treffers 11. Which Tool Should I Use? Neuroscientific Technologies for Brain-Driven Entrepreneurship Researchers Víctor Pérez-Centeno 12. A Few Words about What Neuroentrepreneurship Can and Cannot Help Us With Sean Guillory, Mary C. Boardman and Mellani Day Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook establishes the 'contextualization' of the learning organization idea as a research field.In contrast to much of the previous literature, which has approached the learning organization as a panacea that every organization could and should adopt, this major new Handbook puts the learning organization into context. It examines the relevance of the learning organization idea to organizations in various specific contexts, employing examples from a wide variety of cultures including China and Islamic nations, and from industries as diverse as the police force, care services for the elderly and family firms.Scholars and students with an interest in organizational learning will find this important Handbook enriching. Human resource practitioners will also find plenty of invaluable information in this resource.Contributors: C. Abrahamson Löfström, A. Ahmad, M. Babur, Y. Baruch, N. Birdthistle, D.A. Blackman, C. Blantern, P. Bogolyubov, T. Boydell, H.T.M. Bui, J. Burgoyne, X. Cong, D.J. Delgado-Hernández, M. Drobnjak, M. Easterby-Smith, Z. Fan, C. Filstad, T.N. Garavan, P. Gottschalk, J.F.L. Hong, S.-w. Hsu, D. Jamali, B. Li, Z. Li, M. Lin, C. Lloyd, D. McDowall, A. Örtenblad, C. Peng, Y. Sidani, R.S. Snell, C. Stothard, S. Talbot, M. Torokoff-Engelbrecht, K.E. Watkins, D. Weir, J. ZhouTrade ReviewÖrtenblad offers a contingency framework differentiating the idea of the learning organization as portrayed in research and practice to shed light on context as key to the idea's relevance. The contingency framework anchors chapter authors' interrogation into adaptation of enduring, underlying principles by divergent context - in industry, sector, national culture, religious orientation, and philosophical underpinnings. Readers will value analysis and synthesis of what is known from research as well as informed probing of what could be learned through the lens of provocative viewpoints. Scholars will appreciate Örtenblad's assessment of extant research and arguments made for ''researcher-assisted adaptation'' to balance rigid prescriptions with informed guidance in navigating contextual differences when deciding to enact the learning organization. --Victoria J. Marsick, Columbia UniversityThe handbook is a very well researched and excellent tool for anyone interested in the concept of learning, and particularly in the global organizational context. I highly recommend this book to managers of companies both large and small wanting to compete in the global landscape by highlighting the important learning that occurs in their organizations. --Vanessa Ratten, Thunderbird International Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Anders Örtenblad PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1. Introduction: Putting the Learning Organization into Context: An Emerging Research Field Anders Örtenblad 2. What do we Mean by ‘Learning Organization’? Anders Örtenblad 3. Putting the Learning Organization into Context: Contributions from Previous Works Anders Örtenblad, Ziyun Fan, Chenghao Peng, Boying Li, Ziyan Li, Xiaoying Cong and Jie Zhou 4. Contextualizing the Learning Organization: Approaches to Research Design Anders Örtenblad 5. Obstacles to the Learning Organization David Weir and Anders Örtenblad PART II: THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION IN CONTEXT Section A. Culture and Religion 6. National Culture and the Learning Organization: An Integrative Framework Pavel Bogolyubov and Mark Easterby-Smith 7. Developing Learning Organizations in China Jacky F.L. Hong, Robin Stanley Snell and Mian Lin 8. Learning Organization Practices in Mexico: An Empirical Study David Joaquín Delgado-Hernández and Made Torokoff-Engelbrecht 9. Islamic Perspective of the Learning Organization Aini Ahmad Section B. Industries and Sectors 10. Learning, Trust and Change within the Australian Army: The Development of the Army Learning Organization Questionnaire (ALOQ) Maya Drobnjak, Christina Stothard, Steven Talbot, Karen E. Watkins and Denise McDowall 11. The Police Force: To be or not to be a Learning Organization? Cathrine Filstad and Petter Gottschalk 12. The Learning Organization in Elderly Care – Can it Fit? Carina Abrahamson Löfström 13. Family Firms as Learning Organizations Naomi Birdthistle and Thomas N. Garavan 14. Universities as Learning Organizations: Internationalization and Innovation Hong T.M. Bui and Yehuda Baruch Section C. Mixed Contexts 15. Public Sector Organizations as Learning Organizations: Insights from the Education System in Pakistan Muhammad Babur 16. The Learning Organization: Opportunities and Challenges for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Developing Countries Dima Jamali, Yusuf Sidani and Charissa Lloyd PART III: REFLECTIONS ON THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION 17. The Universality of Learning Company Principles: A Critical Realist Approach John Burgoyne 18. Who is the Learning Organization For? A Stakeholder Contingency Approach to Contextualizing Managerial Panaceas Anders Örtenblad 19. ‘The Learning Organization’ – Drop the Dead Metaphor! Performing Organizing and Learning in Networks (So to Speak) Chris Blantern, Tom Boydell and John Burgoyne 20. Alternative Learning Organization Shih-wei Hsu 21. Contextualising the Learning Organization: How will it Help us Learn in the Future? Deborah Ann Blackman 22. Towards a Contingency Model: Recommendations for Further Research Anders Örtenblad Index

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Book SynopsisStrategic innovation dynamically brings about strategic positioning through new products, services and business models. Through detailed reviews of existing dynamic capabilities and in-depth case studies, this book presents a theoretical model of a strategic innovation system to enable a large company to maintain its competitiveness and establish sustainable growth. Companies studied include Apple, Sony, Cisco, SoftBank and Fujifilm. Large corporations have to be innovators that can reinforce their positions through incremental innovation, while constantly renewing or destroying existing business through radical innovation. To achieve this, Mitsuru Kodama presents the concept of 'Capabilities Congruence' - a business factor in large corporations that brings about sustainable growth over the long term by achieving strategic innovation as the corporation enacts dynamic capabilities and strategic innovation capabilities. Sustainable Growth Through Strategic Innovation offers fresh insights to academics, researchers and students in business and management. It is also intended to provide practical guidance to leaders and managers in the broader business environment.Trade Review`This book examines dynamic capabilities from both theoretical and empirical perspectives and elaborates the practical application of the theory while retaining academic rigor at the same time. Professor Mitsuru Kodama does not just reside in business academia but practices business himself in the high-tech field. His original approach to the theorization of strategic innovation is highlighted in his new, thought-provoking framework. This book is full of practical and theoretical insights not only for students of management theory and practitioners but also researchers and scholars.' --Ikujiro Nonaka, Hitotsubashi University, JapanTable of ContentsContents: 1. Strategic Innovation for Sustainable Growth: Reviews of existing capabilities theories, and new propositions 2. Dynamic Capabilities, Ordinary Capabilities and Strategic Innovation Capabilities: A Dynamic View of Capabilities Theory 3. The Concept of Capabilities Congruence: Theoretical Framework from Three Insights 4. Apple versus Sony: Strategy Transformation by Capabilities Congruence through Asset Orchestration 5. Capabilities congruence through collaboration management at Cisco 6. New Product Innovation through Dynamic Capabilities: The case of Fujifilm versus Kodak 7. Successful and Unsuccessful Strategic Innovation in the Mobile Telephone Industry: The cases of NTT DOCOMO and SoftBank 8. Strategic Innovation Capabilities through Capabilities Integration: The cases of Qualcomm and TSMC versus Japanese semiconductor manufacturers 9. Strategic Innovation through Sustainable Capabilities Congruence 10. Implications and Future Research Issues: Schumpeter's view of innovation Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book offers a review of the current research and literature around creating a healthy organisation. Providing an informative guide of the field, it presents cutting-edge international research, which addresses the key areas of consideration for organisations as well as the areas in which they need to challenge organisational perceptions and innovate.Chapters present both theoretical and practical guidance, covering important topics such as diversity, health and safety, organisational perceptions and learning, and explore the psychological advantages and unique challenges of developing a healthy organisation. Explaining how to use evidence-based practice to develop, implement and evaluate change at different scales and paces, the authors focus on the organisation, the individual, or a combination of both. It highlights the importance of context and process in interventions and the value of locally tailored interventions for the sustainability of practice.This will be a helpful read for management scholars wishing to gain a better understanding of the nature of healthy organisations. Written in a transferable style, it would also assist government officials, policy makers and management of any sector in both developed and emerging economies.Trade Review‘The book is well written and provides an account of practices and research in creating and sustaining a healthy organisation. It is a readable and implementable book.’ -- Alaa Garad, Action Learning Research and Practice'Sandra, Helen and Carianne make a significant contribution to our understanding of what a healthy organisation is. By revealing the antecedents, correlates and consequences of building healthy organisations in 10 distinct chapters, authors do not only identify health conditions for organisations but also explicate pathways for creating healthy organisations through change and development. This book will inform future research agendas and make its way to reading lists in organisational behaviour, employment relations and other relevant subjects.' -- Mustafa Ozbilgin, Brunel University London, UK'Contemporary times have brought the issues of health of individuals and organisations into primary focus. The book deals with the antecedents and organisational interventions for promoting healthy organisations. Starting from the meaning of health and well-being at work, the authors through the 10 chapters have traced a broad range of related issues such as employee expectation, bullying and sexual harassment and the importance of building capacity for sustaining a healthy workplace. Through the book, Creating a Healthy Organisation: Perceptions, Learning, Challenges and Benefits, the authors Fielden, Woolnough and Hunt make a timely contribution to organisational literature. As health issues become a key factor in building an engaged workforce, the book is an essential reader for management students and organisations.' -- Tanuja Agarwala, University of Delhi, India'Creating a Healthy Organisation: Perceptions, Learning, Challenges and Benefits is one of the first books to guide managers, employees, practitioners, scholars and students through what it takes to create an organisation that is viable, sustainable and effective in today’s global marketplace. The book serves as a comprehensive guide for anyone who needs the tools and resources for understanding the underlying elements needed to create, evolve and maintain a healthy organisation. This is done through a series of well-researched and well-written series of chapters that strive to outfit the reader with the key elements needed at each stage of an organisation's beginnings, growth and development. As such, it is a must-read primer and a call to action for anyone interested in topics related to human resource management, organisational behaviour, organisational change and organisational development.' -- Andrea Smith-Hunter, Siena College, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I ANTECEDENTS OF A HEALTHY ORGANISATION 1. Introduction to Creating a Healthy Organisation 2. Health and well-being in the workplace – crucial considerations 3. How diverse is diversity? 4. Psychological contract: understanding employee expectation 5. Dealing with bullying behaviour in organisations 6. Sexual harassment on trial PART II DEVELOPING CHANGE AND BUILDING CAPACITY 7. Championing mentoring relationships to create and sustain 8. The benefits of coaching for the health of individuals and organisations 9. Designing, delivering and evaluating development interventions 10. Future trends Final words Index

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Book SynopsisThe origins of organizing are conventionally seen as emerging from the historiographical works of Western social scientists in the early 20th century. Here, the authors address a gap in current literature by exploring previously unrecognized or marginalized global origins in both modern and ancient history. This innovative collection of original, research-based work covers a variety of historical epochs and theoretical streams from ancient civilizations to modern movements in philosophy and the social sciences. Among other topics, the chapters evaluate ideas of organizing by Quakers, 16th-century Jesuits and communities in the Roman Empire and ancient China. The authors creatively and insightfully engage with the historiography and philosophy of organizing, presenting alternatives to the dominant Western-focused development of organizational theory and practice. Origins of Organizing is significant in expanding the field of organizational theory to incorporate key examples that move away from mainstream and traditional perspectives. It will serve as a complementary text for graduate students in the fields of organization theory, management history and critical management studies.Contributors include: J. Bento da Silva, C. Bettin, M. Brigham, G. Burrell, P. Case, B. Czarniawska, W. Dai, H. Gaggiotti, I. Iordanou, D. Kavanagh, M. Kostera, P. Krzyworzeka, A.J. Mills, T. PeltonenTrade Review'We need to reflect upon the historical origins of organizing that extend far further than people usually think. This reflection must be critical and open to alternative histories and explanations. Origins of Organizing does just that. This book offers fascinating insights not only for those interested in organization and management history or critically oriented management and organizational studies, but for anyone engaged with organization theory or management practice, seeking for a deeper understanding of what organizing is all about. This is because the book is compiled and written in a reflexive manner that does not offer one truth but a number of perspectives that help to enrich our understanding of organizing and its various origins.' --Eero Vaara, Aalto University School of Business, Finland'Origins of Organizing is a major contribution to the ''historic turn'' in organization theory. For those wishing to explore this fascinating aspect of organizational analysis I can think of no better source. Simply an outstanding collection of essays by some of the world's foremost thinkers in the field. Highly recommended.' --John Hassard, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: In search of alternative origins of organizing Tuomo Peltonen, Hugo Gaggiotti and Peter Case PART I THEORETICAL ORIGINS 1. Chaos: The Unspeakable Other to Origins and Organizing Gibson Burrell 2. Revisiting the sociological origins of organization theory: The forgotten legacy of Pitirim Sorokin Tuomo Peltonen 3. Neglecting the Anthropological Origins of Organizing: causes and consequences Hugo Gaggiotti, Monika Kostera and Paweł Krzyworzeka 4. She Came and Stayed: A de Beauvoirean Approach to Organizing Caterina Bettin and Albert J. Mills PART II HISTORICAL ORIGINS 5. Organizing in the Roman Empire Barbara Czarniawska 6. A Daoist epistemology for understanding an alternative origin of organizing Wenjin Dai 7. The Origins of Organizing in the Sixteenth Century Jose Bento da Silva and Ioanna Iordanou 8. The Quakers: Forgotten Pioneers Donncha Kavanagh and Martin Brigham Index

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Book SynopsisHow and to what extent do decisions affect business performance? Despite years of study by academic researchers and industry practitioners, there still remains a need to draw a clear and established connection between decision making and performance. By closely examining consequential business decisions made by key executives, this book offers a better understanding of business performance and recommendations for improved business practices.Through the use of case studies and interviews with business leaders based on 17 theorized measures of performance, this breakthrough study not only clarifies the impact of decisions on business performance, but also defines and distinguishes decisions that lead to successful and unsuccessful performance. Recommendations are made to optimize decision making for businesses of all sizes and projections about the future of decision making and performance are provided. This book can be used both as a reference source for academic researchers and students seeking further research on the subject, and as a practical guide for leaders and business professionals seeking advancement and better decision making within the industry.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Decisions 3. Performance 4. Modeling Performance and Research Approach 5. First Round Findings 6. Detailed Findings and Analysis 7. Underlying Performance Factors 8. Overall Research Conclusions 9. Recommendations for Business 10. Deciding and Performing in the Future Index

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Book SynopsisLearning in labour markets is a key feature concerning how labour markets operate. This research reviews discusses classic and important recent contributions by leading scholars concerning how firms learn about worker abilities and other worker attributes. Topics covered include; theory of symmetric learning, evidence of symmetric learning and evidence from asymmetric learning. This research review will serve as a valuable resource for scholars, libraries, and graduate students.Trade Review‘Any scholar interested in career patterns of employees in organizations should consult this collection. It combines in one volume a comprehensive collection of seminal articles in economics that analyze the processes of learning about employees‘ talents and its implications for educational choices, promotion decisions and salary structures in firms. It demonstrates how powerful microeconomic analysis has become to help us develop a precise understanding of careers within and across organizations.’ -- Dirk Sliwka, University of Cologne, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Michael Waldman PART I CLASSICS 1. Michael Spence (1973), ‘Job Market Signaling’, 87 (3), Quarterly Journal of Economics, August, 355–74 2. Boyan Jovanovic (1979), ‘Job Matching and the Theory of Turnover’, Journal of Political Economy, 87 (5), Part 1, October, 972–90 3. Eugene F. Fama (1980), ‘Agency Problems and the Theory of the Firm’, Journal of Political Economy, 88 (2), April, 288–307 4. Michael Waldman (1984), ‘Job Assignments, Signaling and Efficiency’, Rand Journal of Economics, 15 (2), Summer, 255-67 5. Bruce C. Greenwald (1986), ‘Adverse Selection in the Labour Market’, Review of Economic Studies, 53 (3), July, 325-47 6. Bengt Holmstrom (1999), ‘Managerial Incentive Problems: A Dynamic Perspective’, Review of Economic Studies, 66 (1), January, 169-82 PART II EDUCATION 7. John G. Riley (1979), ‘Testing the Educational Screening Hypothesis,’ Journal of Political Economy, 87 (5), Part 2: Education and Income, October, S227–S252 8. Kevin Lang and David Kropp (1986), ‘Human Capital Versus Sorting: The Effects of Compulsory Attendance Laws’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 101 (3), August, 609–24 9. Thomas Hungerford and Gary Solon (1987), ‘Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 69 (1), February, 175–7 10. Kelly Bedard (2001),’Human Capital versus Signaling Models: University Access and High School Dropouts’, Journal of Political Economy, 109 (4), 749–75 11. Fabian Lange (2007), ‘The Speed of Employer Learning’, Journal of Labor Economics, 25 (1), 1–35 12. Peter Arcidiacono, Patrick Bayer and Aurel Hizmo (2010), ‘Beyond Signaling and Human Capital: Education and the Revelation of Ability,’ American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2 (4), October, 76–104 PART III THEORY OF SYMMETRIC LEARNING 13. Milton Harris and Bengt Holmstrom (1982), ‘A Theory of Wage Dynamics’, Review of Economic Studies, 49 (3), July, 315–33 14. Robert Gibbons and Michael Waldman (1999), ‘A Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics Inside Firms’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114 (4), November, 1321–358 15. Jaime Ortega (2001), ‘Job Rotation as a Learning Mechanism’, Management Science, 47 (10), October, 1361–70 16. Edward P. Lazear (2004), ‘The Peter Principle: A Theory of Decline’, Journal of Political Economy, 112 (1) Part 2, S141–S163 PART IV EVIDENCE ON SYMMETRIC LEARNING 17. Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy (1992), ‘Optimal Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Career Concerns: Theory and Evidence’, Journal of Political Economy, 100 (3), June, 468–505 18. Curtis J. Simon and John T. Warner (1992), ‘Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Effect of Old Boy Networks on Job Match Quality, Earnings and Tenure’, Journal of Labor Economics, 10 (3), July, 306–30 19. Henry S. Farber and Robert Gibbons (1996), ‘Learning and Wage Dynamics’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 111 (4), November, 1007–47 20. Joseph G. Altonji and Charles R. Pierret (2001), ‘Employer Learning and Statistical Discrimination’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116 (1), February, 313–50 21. Lisa B. Kahn and Fabian Lange (2014) ‘Employer Learning, Productivity, and the Earnings Distribution: Evidence from Performance Measures’, Review of Economic Studies, 81, 1575–613 22. Amanda Pallais (2014), ‘Inefficient Hiring in Entry-Level Labor Markets’, American Economic Review, 104 (11), 3565–99 23. Jeanine Miklós-Thal and Hannes Ullrich (2016), ‘Career Prospects and Effort Incentives: Evidence from Professional Soccer’, Management Science, 62 (6), 1645–67 PART V THEORY OF ASYMMETRIC LEARNING 24. Paul Milgrom and Sharon Oster (1987), ‘Job Discrimination, Market Forces, and the Invisibility Hypothesis’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, CII (3), August, 453–76 25. James D. Montgomery (1991), ‘Social Networks and Labor-Market Outcomes: Toward an Economic Analysis’, American Economic Review, 81, (5), December, 1408–418 26. Dan Bernhardt (1995) ‘Strategic Promotion and Compensation’, Review of Economic Studies, 62 (2), April, 315–39 27. Chun Chang and Yijiang Wang (1996), ‘Human Capital Investment under Asymmetric Information: The Pigovian Conjecture Revisited ’, Journal of Labor Economics, 14 (3), July, 505–19 28. Ján Zábojník and Dan Bernhardt (2001), ‘Corporate Tournaments, Human Capital Acquisition, and the Firm Size-Wage Relation’, Review of Economic Studies, 68 (3), 693–716 29. Hideo Owan (2004), ‘Promotion, Turnover, Earnings, and Firm-Sponsored Training’, Journal of Labor Economics, 22 (4), October, 955–78 PART VI EVIDENCE FROM ASYMMETRIC LEARNING 30. Robert Gibbons and Lawrence F. Katz (1991), ‘Layoffs and Lemons’, Journal of Labor Economics, 9 (4), October, 351–80 31. Daron Acemoglu and Jorn -Steffen Pischke (1998) ‘Why do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113 (1), February, 79–119 32. Uta Schönberg (2007), ‘Testing for Asymmetric Employer Learning’, Journal of Labor Economics, 25 (4), October, 651–91 33. Joshua C. Pinkston (2009), ‘A Model of Asymmetric Employer Learning with Testable Implications’, Review of Economic Studies, 76 (1), January, 367–94 34. Jed DeVaro and Michael Waldman (2012), ‘The Signaling Role of Promotions: Further Theory and Empirical Evidence’, Journal of Labor Economics, 30 (1), January, 91–147 35. Lisa B. Kahn (2013), ‘Asymmetric Information Between Employers’, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5 (4), October, 165–205 Index

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Book SynopsisThis lively guide showcasing original and carefully curated research illustrates the dynamic relationship between discourse and organizational psychology. It maps the origins and development of discursive approaches in the field of organizational psychology and provides a timely review of the challenges that may confront researchers in the years to come, thereby charting the current and future boundaries of the field.A Guide to Discursive Organizational Psychology delineates a potential research agenda for discursive organizational psychology. Contributions include empirically rich discussions of both traditional and widely studied topics such as resistance to change, inclusion and exclusion, participation, multi-stakeholder collaboration and diversity management, as well as newer research topics such as language negotiations, work time arrangements, technology development and discourse as intervention. Discursive devices for addressing these phenomena include interpretive repertoires, modes of ordering, rhetorical strategies and sense-making narratives.This timely book will serve as a guide for students or researchers who are new to discourse analysis in the field of organization and management studies, and provide new perspective to anyone seeking to enhance their conceptual and methodological understanding of the field. It marks a central reference point for anyone interested in the intersection of discursive approaches and organizational psychological phenomena.Contributors include: P. Dey, C. Gaibrois, A.-K. Heydenreich, P. Hoyer, C.D. Jacobs, C. Michels, J.C. Nentwich, R. Pfyl, D. Resch, F. Schulz, C. Steyaert, F. UeberbacherTrade Review'Discursive approaches to issues such as creativity and participation are well established in management and organization studies but are much less developed in the field of Organizational Psychology. This book fills this gap in a timely and informative manner, providing much needed insights into how language does not simply represent the social world, but actively produces it. This book illustrates how the "turn to language" in the social sciences can be usefully applied to the field of Organizational Psychology.' --Penny Dick, University of Sheffield, UK'The contributors to this book make a compelling case for a greater consideration of discourse in organizational psychology. Focusing on discursive psychology's 'potential for bringing about social change or engaging with emancipatory projects', the chapters examine change from different perspectives including participation, resistance, creativity and change interventions. The breadth of empirical settings is impressive, ranging from the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to multilingualism in multinational companies. Similarly, the book covers a range of different methods. The contributions of discourse are made clear so that readers can easily see how discourse can enhance our understanding of organizational change.' --Cynthia Hardy, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Towards a Discursive Research Agenda for Organizational Psychology Patrizia Hoyer, Chris Steyaert and Julia C. Nentwich 2. Mapping the Field: Key Themes in Discursive Organizational Psychology Julia C. Nentwich, Patrizia Hoyer and Chris Steyaert PART II PARTICIPATION AND CHANGE 3. Divergence and Convergence in Multi-party Collaboration: ‘Moving the Paradox On’ Anna-Katrin Heydenreich 4. Performing Participation: Re-assembling a New Museum Christoph Michels 5. Maneuvering Acts: Inclusion and Exclusion in a Women’s Sports Club Julia C. Nentwich and Anja Ostendorp PART III RESISTANCE AND CHANGE 6. Probing the Power of Entrepreneurship Discourse: An Immanent Critique Pascal Dey 7. Part-time Work as Resistance: The Rhetorical Interplay Between Argument and Counter-argument Patrizia Hoyer and Julia C. Nentwich 8. Multilingual Organizations as ‘Linguascapes’ and the Discursive Position of English Chris Steyaert, Anja Ostendorp and Claudine Gaibrois PART IV CREATIVITY AND CHANGE 9. The Expectations Gap and Heteroglossic Practices of (Non-)Compliance in Banking Regulation Roland Pfyl 10. Anticipating Intended Users: Prospective Sensemaking in Technology Development Claus D. Jacobs, Chris Steyaert and Florian Ueberbacher 11. Career Change: The Role of Transition Narratives in Alternative Identity Constructions Patrizia Hoyer PART V INTERVENTION AND CHANGE 12. De-normalizing Subject Positions: How Different can Differences Be(come)? Anja Ostendorp and Chris Steyaert 13. The Coaching Conversation as a Discursive HRM Intervention Florian Schulz 14. Discourse Analysis as Intervention: A Case of Organizational Changing Pascal Dey and Dörte Resch Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the range of challenges faced by women in business and leadership today, identifying how far we need to progress before women in business experience the same level of advancement as men. Including a range of different viewpoints, the book analyses women's position at work from three perspectives: the constraints affecting women's career advancements, gender-specific challenges to women in leadership roles, and women's experiences of undertaking these roles while trying to maintain a work-life balance. By highlighting the specific disadvantages relating to gender, chapters outline the extent of change needed culturally, as well as through policy and attitude, if women are to achieve parity with their male counterparts.Researchers and students of gender in management, leadership and organisation studies will find this a thought provoking read, particularly those studying work-family balance and the future paths to breaking the glass ceiling for women in business. Contributors include: V. Aggelou, Y. Ang, A.-S. Antoniou, M. Apergi, V. Bevan, S. Bisom-Rapp, R. Burke, P. Burkinshaw, S. Carter, K. Clayton-Hathway, N. Drosos, E. Dunn, U. Fasbender, A. Furnham, C. Gatrell, F.H. Gerpott, E. Hamilton, B. Hawkins, J. Kampa, C.-T. Kechagias, L. Lavaysse, K. Otto, S. Perera Sanjee, P. Perrewe, N. Peyton, J.C. Potwora, T. Probst, I. Rittenhofer, M. Sargeant, S. Schlamp, R. Sealy, R. Searle, C. Tully, R. Ventouratou, S. Voelpel, L. Weis, K. White, L.-D. WojtasTrade Review‘Women, Business and Leadership is an important contribution to the literature on gender in organisational settings. The book advances not only organisational theory but also practice by offering concrete, specific solutions that can be applied in organisations. Finally, the most important message that the book delivers is that the change in our policies, attitudes, culture, and expectations needs to come, and we cannot and should not wait for another 50 years.’ -- Joanna Sosnowska, Tijdschrift voor GenderstudiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I LEADERSHIP AND AUTHORITY: WOMEN AT THE HELM 1. Women’s entrepreneurship: discussing legal perspectives in light of individual and institutional drivers Ulrike Fasbender and Yue S. Ang 2. Women in management and on corporate boards of directors: accelerating progress Ronald J. Burke 3. Women leaders in times of economic crisis: leadership style, career self-efficacy, and job insecurity Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, Nikos Drosos and Mara Kourtoglou 4. For better or worse? Human resource practices and women in leadership Sanjeewa Perera 5. Gender and authentic leadership: antecedents and consequences of leaders’ emotional labor Laura D. Wojtas, Judith Kampa and Kathleen Otto 6. Gender and leadership in education Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou and Marioleni Apergi 7. Goddess Athena as leader and mentor in Homeric epics Christos-Thomas Kechagias and Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou 8. Transpersonal business leadership, global information economies, and diversity Iris Rittenhofer 9. Understanding women’s entrepreneurial leadership in the context of families in business Allan Discua Cruz, Eleanor Hamilton and Sarah L. Jack PART II EXPERIENCE: HOW WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATE THEIR POSITION 10. Networking and gender equality in academic leadership Paula Burkinshaw and Kate White 11. Gender-specific networking: mind the gap Laura Weis and Alixe Lay 12. Female managers with male-type behavior Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou and Virginia Aggelou 13. Gender norm enforcement at work Jason C. Potwora and Tahira M. Probst 14. ‘Don’t you know that it’s different for girls?’: a dynamic exploration of trust, breach and violation for women en route to the top Rosalind Searle, Ruth Sealy and Beverley Hawkins 15. Experiencing a secret career in healthcare science Valerie Bevan 16. Pregnancy in the workplace: the role of stigmas, discrimination, and identity management Pamela L. Perrewé, Shanna R. Daniels, Kaylee J. Hackney and Liam Maher 17. Pushback: negative career development experiences of United States post-tenure female faculty 1988–2011 Shani D. Carter and Cathyann D. Tully PART ΙΙΙ CONSTRAINTS: STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL IMPEDIMENTS AFFECTING WOMEN’S CAREER ADVANCEMENT 18. Shattering the stained glass ceiling: women leaders in the Church of England Caroline Gatrell and Nigel Peyton 19. The steep way to the top: barriers to female leadership in tall hierarchical organizations Sofia Schlamp, Fabiola H. Gerpott and Sven C. Voelpel 20. The psychological and social implications of the gender wage gap Ritsa Fotinatos-Ventouratos 21. Stereotype threat: impacts for women at work Lindsey M. Lavaysse and Tahira M. Probst 22. Attitudes toward women managers and female authority: an empirical study among women managers in Greece Nikos Drosos and Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou 23. Another financial crisis? The underrepresentation of women in UK financial services Elaine Dunn 24. Women as leaders and managers in sports: understanding key career enablers and constraints in the British horseracing industry Kate Clayton-Hathway and Ulrike Fasbender 25. Lifetime disadvantage requires lifetime solutions Susan Bisom-Rapp and Malcolm Sargeant 26. A blind spot in organization studies: gender with ethnicity, nationality and religion Shehla Riza Arifeen and Caroline Gatrell Index

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Book SynopsisAs the importance of corporate social responsibility grows, especially environmental responsibility, it is imperative to acknowledge the impact of the individual on a company's environmental performance. Given that individuals spend much of their day in the workplace, it is crucial to understand both their behaviours and the potential impact they can have on the company's environmental performance and the environment. Bringing together leading academics from various research fields, this Handbook examines the features and challenges within the area of employee pro-environmental behaviour.The Research Handbook on Employee Pro-Environmental Behaviour brings contributions that consolidate existing research in the field as well as adding new insights from organisational psychology, human resource management and social marketing. Drawing on studies from across the methodological spectrum, this Handbook covers a broad range of topics from the antecedents and consequences of employee pro-environmental behaviour to ways in which employers can encourage pro-environmental behaviour.This Handbook will be an invaluable tool for those engaged in research in employee environmental behaviour and sustainability. It will be especially useful for postgraduate students of environmental employee behaviour as well as environmental consultants and practitioners seeking to gain an understanding of employee behaviour.Contributors include: B. Asfar, N. Ashkanasy, W. Binney, M. Bissing-Olson, F. Bowen, P. Bradley, L. Brennan, J. Callewaert, Y.H. Cheung, C. Ciocirlan, M. Davis, S. Dilchert, C. Dutra, P. Endrejat, S. Fudge, B. Gatersleben, D. Gregory-Smith, A. Güntner, R. Hahn, S. Kauffeld, R. Klein, F. Klonek, M. Leach, A. Leung, S. Lockrey, D. Manika, R. Marans, N. Murtagh, T. Norton, D. Ones, F. Ostertag, P. Paillé, S. Parker, A. Ruepert, S. Russell, I. Shah, A. Shahjahan, W. Staples, L. Steg, T. Tudor, D. Uzzell, C. Verfuerth, K. Verghese, V. Wells, B. Wiernik, L. Yang, H. ZacherTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Employee Pro-Environmental Behaviour Victoria K. Wells, Diana Gregory-Smith and Danae Manika PART I WHAT IS EMPLOYEE PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR? 2. Multiple Domains and Categories of Employee Green Behaviours: More than Conservation Deniz S. Ones, Brenton M. Wiernik, Stephan Dilchert and Rachael M. Klein 3. Green Human Resources Management Cristina E. Ciocirlan PART II ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF EMPLOYEE PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR 4. Individual Antecedents of Pro-Environmental Behaviours: Implications for Employee Green Behaviours Brenton M. Wiernik, Deniz S. Ones, Stephan Dilchert and Rachael M. Klein 5. Disentangling Voluntary Pro-Environmental Behaviour of Employees (VPBE) – Fostering Research through an Integrated Theoretical Model Regina Hahn and Felix Ostertag 6. Environmental considerations as a basis for employee pro-environmental behaviour Angela Ruepert and Linda Steg 7. Between- and Within-Person Variability in Employee Pro-Environmental Behaviour Hannes Zacher and Megan J. Bissing-Olson 8. Workplace Green Behaviour of Managerial and Professional Employees in Hong Kong Yu Ha Cheung and Alicia S. M. Leung 9. Dare to care in environmental sustainability context: How managers can encourage employee pro-environmental behaviour Pascal Paillé 10. Leadership and Employee Pro-Environmental Behaviours Bilal Afsar, Asad Shahjehan and Imad Shah 11. A virtuous cycle: How green companies grow green employees (and vice versa) Thomas A. Norton, Stacey L. Parker, Matthew C. Davis, Sally V. Russell and Neal M. Ashkanasy 12. Organisational and Employee Symbolic Environmental Behaviours: An Integrated Multi-level Framework Lei Yang, Danae Manika and Frances Bowen PART III EMPLOYEE ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR, INTERVENTIONS. CAMPAIGNS AND MARKETING 13. Motivation Towards “Green” Behaviour at the Workplace: Facilitating Employee Pro-Environmental Behaviour Through Participatory Interventions Paul C. Endrejat and Simone Kauffeld 14. A socio-motivational perspective on energy conservation in the workplace: The potential of motivational interviewing Amelie V. Güntner, Florian E. Klonek and Simone Kauffeld 15. Enabling employees and breaking down barriers: Behavioural infrastructure for pro-environmental behaviour Simon Lockrey, Linda Brennan, Karli Verghese, Warren Staples and Wayne Binney PART IV EMPLOYEE ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR, FEEDBACK AND TECHNOLOGY 16. Workplace Energy Use Feedback in Context Niamh Murtagh, Birgitta Gatersleben and David Uzzell 17. The role of social norms in incentivising energy reduction in organisations Peter Bradley, Shane Fudge and Matthew Leach PART V EMPLOYEE ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR IN CONTEXT 18. Embedding pro-environmental behaviour change in large organisations: perspectives on the complexity of the challenge Terry Tudor and Cleber Dutra 19. Measuring and Tracking Pro-Environmental Behaviour Amongst University Employees John Callewaert and Robert W. Marans PART VI OTHER PERSPECTIVES ON PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOUR 20. Spillover of Pro-environmental Behaviour Caroline Verfuerth and Diana Gregory-Smith Index

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Book SynopsisDespite how much we know about emotion, Social Functions of Emotion and Talking About Emotion at Work uniquely examines the utility of emotion in organizations against the ways in which both individuals and groups talk about them. Drawing on psychological and sociological research, this book provides groundbreaking insights for understanding how emotions are used in the workplace.Bringing together contributions from leading emotion researchers, this book features chapters focusing on 10 emotions, ranging from awe to shame. Through its exploration of the ways each emotion functions in relation to how we talk about them, this book injects fresh theoretical and practical momentum into how our discussions of workplace emotion can affect how emotional events are appraised over time and place. This, in turn influences the causes, expressions, and consequences of emotions in the workplace.With its novel approach, this book will be an invaluable tool for academics researching emotion, as well as postgraduate students working in the social sciences seeking reference material on emotion. HR managers and general readers seeking greater insight into emotions at work will also find this book to be a useful tool.Contributors include: N.M. Ashkanasy, R.A. Baron, S. Connelly, M. Dasborough, C.D. Fisher, D. Geddes, P. Harvey, M.L.A. Hayward, P.J. Jordan, S. Kiffin-Petersen, H.C. Lench, D. Lindebaum, K.E. Moura, K.A. Perez, R.H. Smith, R.K. Smith, P.N. Stearns, A.C. Troth, M.R. Turner, K.L. Tyran, T.S.H. WingenbachTrade Review'This is a very important book that helps to fill a serious gap in the OB/Organizational Psychology literature on emotions. The editors have assembled a stellar collection of contributors and each and every chapter is worth studying. As a whole, the volume points to the social functions of discrete emotions and the way those emotions are communicated in work settings. Beyond that, the theme of the collection reminds us that the appropriate unit of analysis for human behavior is always people actively engaging with the world, including the social world.' --Howard M. Weiss, Georgia Institute of Technology, US'Do emotions exist without words? Animals clearly feel and communicate emotions. But people, with their ability to speak, are much more eloquent in their emotions. People really ''do'' emotions, in large part, by talking about them. Work on emotional labor, in the 1980s brought awareness of emotions as integral to organizational roles. This new set of essays, collected and edited by Dirk Lindebaum, Deanna Geddes and Peter Jordan, pushes forward the understanding that talking about emotion at work is integral to the social influence of emotion. Talking is integral to attributions and emotion regulation strategies of receivers (targets and observers) of anger expressions in the workplace. The discussed illegitimacy of talking about certain feelings - boredom, envy, fear, pride - means these feelings remain repressed and misreported. The essays are provocative, presenting functional and dysfunctional aspects to the norms of talking (or not talking) about emotional experiences. The book is stimulating in the discussion of emotions that are less obvious to organizational research, such as awe, boredom, and fear. And it provides new insights on more commonly discussed emotions, with a historical perspective on happiness and a functional analysis of sadness. Warmly recommended reading, as stimulation for new research, and as a window into one's own emotional discourse, and its social implications.' --Anat Rafaeli, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel'Emotions are a powerful force in social and organizational life, not just through their effects on the self but also through their effects on others. Building on the fast-growing literature on the social effects of emotions, this book draws attention to the under-explored question of how the (dys)functionality of emotions in the workplace is shaped by how people think and talk about emotions. The diverse contributions collected in this volume illustrate the important notion that organizational norms and discourses profoundly influence the interpretation of emotion-eliciting events, emotional experience, emotion regulation, and the interpersonal dynamics of emotions at work. This original and intellectually stimulating book underlines the inherently social constitution of emotion and opens up important new avenues of research.' --Gerben van Kleef, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Theoretical advances around social functions of emotion and talking about emotion at work Dirk Lindebaum, Deanna Geddes and Peter J. Jordan 2. Inside Out: A Receiver’s Experience of Anger in the Workplace Kathryn E. Moura, Peter J. Jordan and Ashlea C. Troth 3. Benefits of Awe in the Workplace Kenneth A. Perez and Heather C. Lench 4. Boredom at Work: What, Why, and What Then? Cynthia D. Fisher 5. Shaping Benign and Malicious Envy in Organizations Rosanna K. Smith, Tanja S. H. Wingenbach and Richard H. Smith 6. Functional and Dysfunctional Fear at Work: Dual Perspectives Shane Connelly and Megan R. Turner 7. Happiness at Work: a tension in contemporary history Peter N. Stearns 8. Employee Pride and Hubris Mathew L. A. Hayward, Neal M. Ashkanasy and Robert A. Baron 9. The Deeper Side of Sadness at Work: Why Being Sad is Not Always Bad Kristi Lewis Tyran 10. Talking About Schadenfreude: Sharing Versus the Social Function Paul Harvey and Marie T. Dasborough 11. Ashamed of Your Shame? How Discrepancy Self-Talk and Social Discourse Influence Individual Shame at Work Sandra A. Kiffin-Petersen Index

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Book Synopsis'In the current surge of organizational theory research on emotions in organizations, Dirk Lindebaum's book makes a unique and important contribution. He identifies and explores how workers' emotions are being abused as a tool of social repression by our bosses. In bringing together critical theory and theory on emotion regulation, he stimulates us to see through the workings of managerial power and, in the same go, offers ways to resist repressive emotional conditions in the workplace. A remarkable accomplishment that deserves to be read for both its theoretical insights and practical relevance!'- Frank den Hond, Hanken School of Economics, FinlandEmotion is often used by organizations to manipulate and repress workers. However, this repression can have adverse psychological and social consequences for them. This book articulates the pathways through which this repression occurs, and offers emotion regulation as a tool for workers to emancipate themselves from this repression and social control.Bringing together the largely unconnected literatures on critical theory and emotion regulation, this book articulates two pathways to social control currently underexplored in management: one where the social functions of emotion are exploited, and one where discussions about emotion override its social function. The author illustrates the processes through which workers can start to 'see through' the repression, and enlist emotion regulation strategies to emancipate themselves from it. These strategies may work in the short to medium term but, in the long term, workers may eventually change jobs. If staff turnover becomes unsustainable, the organization can seek to change the social structures causing the repression of workers in the first place. Combining fresh theoretical insights with practically informed vignettes, this book will appeal to academics and students across many social science disciplines, including business studies, organization studies, cognitive change, sociology and psychology. Both practising managers and disenchanted workers will also find this an enlightening read.Trade Review'In today's Western industrialized world, emotional regulation is usually taken to be a sine qua non. In this book, however, Lindebaum challenges this assumption, asserting that our emotions are critical for individual achievement and wellbeing and that, rather than seeking to control our emotions, we need to ''act with creativity, spontaneity, and autonomy''. Arguing from a critical management perspective, he makes a convincing case. This is a book that will be of interest not only to researchers, but also to management practitioners and consultants.' --Neal M. Ashkanasy, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia'This is a passionate book which has grown out of the author's different experiences of organizational injustices and oppressions in which emotions play a major part. . . Emotional labour now stands on par with intellectual and manual labour as an arena of workplace politics, a politics that frequently leaves workers exploited, oppressed and depressed. This book takes the discourse a stage further. Lindebaum not only seeks to redeem emotions from the stifling controls to which they are put, but he also argues that emotional regulation by the workers themselves can act as a defence against organizational injustice and, more ambitiously, as an emancipatory force.' --Organization'Whose business is emotions? Your own? Your workplace's? Your culture's? In this erudite book Dirk Lindebaum steers through this fascinating territory to pinpoint the emotional traps that workers face and, importantly, how they may escape from them. This well-researched book helps us look at emotion with fresh eyes and offers important insights for scholars and students of emotion.' --Stephen Fineman, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Emotion, its function and Emancipation from social control 3. Emancipation from emotional repression through emotion regulation 4. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisOur knowledge and understanding of organizations is both enabled and constrained by an invisible relationship of power that is embedded in the ways in which we act and speak. This book offers a succinct but comprehensive introduction to the vast field of organizational discourse analysis, the approach that studies organization as a linguistic phenomenon, and offers an original approach to investigate the relationship between materiality and discourse. Three original images of discourse are employed: discourse as a map, discourse as organizing and discourse as a mask. These metaphors are used as cognitive tools to highlight different implications and perspectives on discourse. The book critically compares and contrasts various linguistic-focused approaches to the study of organizations, and proposes the use of linguistic phenomena in connection with other methodologies. One section even offers an exemplification of the proposed approach to discourse analysis, presenting a map of discursive terrain, which plays a central role in the reproduction of local organizational and management discourses. This rich and approachable introduction is targeted at graduate and doctoral students, as well as non-specialist academics who want to familiarize themselves with the organizational discourse debate.Trade Review'Finally there is a book that explores the depths and contours of organizational discourse in a way that is simultaneously sophisticated and accessible. Marco Berti's achievement is to have canvassed a multitude of theoretical and methodological ways that discourse is deployed in the study of organizations, and to have distilled that into a comprehensive framework of metaphors. The result is a novel and valuable approach to organizational discourse analysis that synthesizes the field without sacrificing any of its complexity.' --Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney, Australia'Research on organizational discourse has indeed become one of the most fruitful and interesting areas in the field of organization and management studies, and has not only improved our understanding of how communication works, but also helps to ''see'' how discourses shape reality. The book introduces three ''images'' of discourse with the purpose of both illustrating and enabling the emergence of new knowledge and meaning: organizational discourse as a map, as organizing and as a mask. Moreover it provides a concrete exemplification of an application of organizational discourse analysis: the global institution of business education. The heuristic potential of the approach is employed to critically describe a complex inter-organizational field of practices relevant to how we ''do'' society through discourses.' --Silvia Gherardi, University of Trento, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Aim and Structure of the Book 1. Language and Organization 2. The Discourse of Organizational Discourse 3. The Power of Metaphors 4. Discourse as a Map 5. Discourse as Organizing 6. Discourse as Mask: Silence, Emptiness and Ambiguity in Discourse 7. Organizational Discourse Analysis in Practice: The Case of Business Education Discourse 8. References Index

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Book SynopsisAs we grapple with how to respond to some of the world's most pressing problems, there is growing global interest in 'social innovation' as a potential solution. But what exactly is 'social innovation'? And how can it help us to think about problems such as inequality, poverty and climate change? Danielle Logue theorizes social innovation as a contemporary manifestation of the historical tensions between 'economy' and 'society' and the simultaneous pursuit of economic and social progress. Going back to the historical work of Adam Smith and his discussion of markets and morality, the author draws on organizational and management theory to present three theoretical lenses for understanding social innovation. These lenses include theorizing social innovation as social value creation, capture and distribution; social innovation as polysemous; and social innovation as institutional change. She then considers some of the current issues confronting social innovation in practice and the challenges for organizations in 'doing good' and 'being good'. This generative introduction is targeted at graduate and doctoral students, as well as non-specialist academics. It aims to stimulate further discussion and analysis by providing a comprehensive understanding of social innovation and a choice of frameworks when examining complex and wicked problems and the organization and management of efforts to solve them. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the aim and structure of the book 1. Social innovation and its contemporary evolution 2. Social innovation as social value creation, capture and distribution 3. Social innovation as polysemous 4. Social innovation as institutional change 5. Social innovation: Morality, markets and theories of impact 6. Social innovation: Tensions in purpose and practice Index

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Book SynopsisWith organizational environments becoming increasingly unstable, uncertain and equivocal, the concept of resilience has become increasingly significant for management studies and practice. Resilience connotes organizational, team and individual capacities to absorb external shocks and to learn from them, while simultaneously preparing for and responding to external jolts. This book pinpoints the essential aspects of managerial and organizational resilience and offers insights that stimulate critical thinking. As the concept of resilience is essentially made up of contrasting forces, the volume presents some innovative synthetic interpretation that allows a deeper comprehension of the phenomenon and provides managers and policy makers with a solid basis for taking their decisions.This book provides an accessible yet rigorous systematization of individual resilience, team resilience and organizational resilience. Rich with real-life concept illustrations and containing practice-oriented tools, reflection questions and exercises, it shows how resilience can be cultivated across levels of organizational aggregation: individuals, teams, organizations and communities. The authors distinguish individual and collective resilience from related constructs and shed light on the boundaries of resilience and its potential implications for management practice. Elgar Introduction to Theories of Organizational Resilience will serve as a key resource for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students as well as academics and practitioners who are interested in deepening their understanding of resilience.Trade Review‘The book is full of real-life examples that distinguishes the boundaries of resilience and its potential implications on organisational practices [...] It describes many contrasting forces and deeper interpretations of the resilience phenomenon. It is a knowledge source for researchers of interest in resilience engineering, resilience economy and the subject of resilience in general.’ -- Mohamed Buheji, International Journal of Inspiration & Resilience Economy‘The Elgar Introduction to Theories of Organizational Resilience sets itself apart from other works by acknowledging the jargon-filled wasteland of meanings that has undermined scholarship in resilience. The book has clear goals: shedding light on the definition of resilience, distinguishing it from related ideas, setting forth models of organizational resilience, and offering a dialectical understanding of the term in practice as a process, dependent on the interaction of adaptation and reaction.’ -- Christopher L. Atkinson, International Journal of Public AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction. The aim and structure of the book 2. Resilience in management and organization studies 3. Resilience in individuals 4. Resilience in collectives 5. The diffusion of resilience via cross-level interactions 6. Resilience as dialectical synthesis 7. Future trajectories for research on resilience Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book provides a novel and challenging framework for understanding and influencing organizational change. It reimagines managing and leading change as the mindful mobilization of maps, masks and mirrors.The book challenges overly rational views of change management and leadership. Addressing the gaps, paradoxes and ironies of organizational change, it exposes how deep the faults of traditional change management lie. The authors successfully bridge the divide between scholarly treatises and textbooks on leading change. Summarizing and integrating the diverse literatures on change, this dynamic book is an invaluable resource for change researchers and specialists. Abundant with popular imagery, stories, case studies and reflective activities, Ironies of Organizational Change is the perfect companion and guide for lecturers and advanced students of business and organization studies. It also serves as a research based pragmatic handbook for practitioners looking to manage change more effectively. Trade Review‘Many writings and much thinking on organizational change are optimistic and simplistic. In this book the authors brilliantly point at ironies, difficulties and dilemmas, at the same time they provide the reader with an excellent overview of what to consider in change work. The book offers a very good balance between advice-giving and awareness of problems and obstacles in organizations seldom adaptive to plans rarely fully working when confronted with reality. The book is original, very accessible and at times also entertaining to read. It should be read by practitioners, students and scholars interested in change work.’ -- Mats Alvesson, University of Bath, UK and University of Queensland, Australia‘If change is illusive, how do we manage it? Badham and Santiago peel back the curtain on organizations to offer a view into and tools to live with change management’s irrationality. Their approach – filled with metaphors, stories, images, and pop culture – models the way, delighting the reader in the treacherous journey of managing change management. It is like the Turkish candy of change management – serious sweets presented with enchanting elegance. Leaders across the world will value this book!’ -- Wendy Smith, Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management, University of Delaware, US‘Badham and Santiago’s Ironies of Organizational Change presents an inspired, creative and practical way of addressing a practice that has confounded managers for generations. The book challenges us to reimagine the myths about change that we have held onto for too long, providing a fresh perspective on what can be done to get it right. An essential guide for today’s and tomorrow’s leaders.’ -- Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney, Australia‘This is a remarkable and highly entertaining overview of “change models” because it does what so few of us have either the bandwidth or the motivation to actually compare lots of models and research claims and theories in this field of change practice. This book makes it quite clear that not only do we differ in our structural theories but we are all over the map in our practices. It is high time that someone points this out and invites us to look at the ironies that our own efforts produce when our practices don't match our theories.’ -- Edgar H. Schein, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and co-author of Humble Inquiry (2021)‘Planned change often fails. Here is an innovative approach to getting it right. Richard and Brenda develop a novel framework involving maps, mirrors and masks – as executing change is a performance. Their creative onboard and online resources, including movies, will help you to reimagine the process, and reimagine yourself.’ -- David A. Buchanan, Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Cranfield University School of Management, UK‘Ironies of Organizational Change is a welcome perspective on the complexities and ironies of change, while at the same time providing actionable frameworks for change agents and leaders. The book outlines several reasons for which rationalist change approaches may not hit the mark, while providing ways to appreciate the subtleties of organizations and change in a way that can lead to more effective change processes.’ -- Loizos Heracleous, University of Warwick, UK‘I often listen to Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan. One of his many memorable lines is “that he is not busy being born is busy dying”. It is not only life that is a process of constant change and shifts in performative identity in the presentation of self; the same is also true of the frameworks in which lives are led. Organizations provide frameworks for work, rest and play and they change performatively as do we. All is in process. Organizations and the individuals within them may seem to be managing change but the gap between aspirations and reality can always ironically undermine the stable sense of identity as being in control. In the space of organizational life’s coming into being and passing away, ironic performativity makes the process of change humanly manageable, in insights which this engaging book channels to creative purpose.’ -- Stewart Clegg, University of Sydney, Australia‘This book is a tour de force of scholarly practice. It is up to date academically and engaging and inspirational in its writing, its examples, its links to new sources of information, and its invitations to readers, regardless of the degree of our academic, manager, or consultant orientations. It encourages us all to imagine and act on organizational change in new ways and to recognize and appreciate the ironies in approaches to change that insist it is failing when it’s actually providing valuable learning experiences.’ -- Jean M. Bartunek, Boston College, US‘Thinking change, go no further. This book not only challenges us with thought provoking ideas and concepts but also grounds the contradictions, dilemmas, and ironies of change through exercises and cases that offer practical advice. A novel and excellent read for those who wish to reflect, reimagine and reinvent.’ -- Patrick Dawson, Emeritus Professor, University of Aberdeen, UK‘Planned change often fails. Here is an innovative approach to getting it right. Richard and Brenda develop a novel framework involving maps, mirrors, and masks – as executing change is a performance. Their creative onboard and online resources, including movies, will help you to reimagine the process, and reimagine yourself.’ -- David A. Buchanan, Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Cranfield University School of Management, UK‘Buy this book! It is an important, erudite, insightful, and entertaining look at management and change. The book is based on decades of successfully teaching and advising managers, and of researching change in organizations. The book’s basic argument is very simple and highly difficult: in order to change our world, we have to change ourselves. To do that, we have to see the world and ourselves in a different light. Richard Badham and Brenda Santiago show us how to do this and I can’t think of anyone better equipped to do so. Whether you are a manager, practitioner, lecturer, or student, this book is for you.’ -- Bernard Burnes, University of Stirling, UK‘Sooner or later, somebody had to say – loudly and openly – that without understanding the role of paradoxes and irony, it is impossible to understand the functioning of contemporary organizations. Richard Badham and Brenda Santiago did just that. It is therefore of utmost importance that students and young scholars acquaint themselves with this provocative but correct image of organizational change.’ -- Barbara Czarniawska, University of Gothenburg, Sweden‘Ironies of Organizational Change is a welcome perspective on the complexities and ironies of change, while at the same time providing actionable frameworks for change agents and leaders. The book outlines several reasons for which rationalist change approaches may not hit the mark, while providing ways to appreciate the subtleties of organizations and change in a way that can lead to more effective change processes.’ -- Loizos Heracleous, University of Warwick, UK‘Maps, masks, mirrors – Professor Badham conjures up marvellous metaphors that do not just describe change, but work as change agents in classrooms and boardrooms. A helpful resource, a powerful reactant, insightful research: a must read.’ -- Martin Kornberger, Vienna University of Economics and Business, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Prologue ACT I RE-IMAGINING CHANGE 1. The change problem 2. Re-imagining change, re-inventing yourself ACT II THE CYCLE OF CHANGE 3. Maps and orientation 4. Masks and performance 5. Mirrors and reflection ACT III LEADERSHIP OF CHANGE 6. Knowing–doing gaps 7. Paraurther reading 8. Ironies of change Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEthnography is at the heart of what researchers in management and organization studies do. This crucial book offers a robust and original overview of ‘’doing’’ organizational ethnography, guiding readers through the essential qualitative methods for the study of organizations.Preparing students to enter the field with a confident outlook and a toolkit of skills, chapters present a series of action-learning projects to arm readers with practical exercises that will hone the abilities of the organizational ethnographer. Expert contributors offer crucial outlines into a variety of essential skills, including shadowing, autoethnography, interviews, media analysis and storytelling. The book concludes with a chapter by a doctoral student, providing unique insights into the development of the ethnographic understanding of organizational realities.Featuring useful exercises and an accessible style, this book is critical reading for PhD and Masters students in business administration and organizational theory, as well as social science students undertaking qualitative methodology programmes. It will also be useful for students on MBA courses in need of a humanistic approach to organizations.Trade Review’If only I had a book like this when I was starting out! Organizational Ethnography gives helpful direction for doing this important type of qualitative research in a multitude of ways. Each chapter presents an accessible account of a different ethnographic technique presented by researchers who have practiced it successfully. Insightful examples and helpful tips abound. I highly recommend this book to anyone intending to practice ethnography in organizations, new students and experienced researchers alike.’ -- - Mary Jo Hatch, University of Virginia, US and author of Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern PerspectivesTable of ContentsContents List of contributors vii 1 Doing ethnography: introduction 1 Nancy Harding and Monika Kostera 2 Notes and poetry from the field: a fieldwork diary 18 Monika Kostera and Joanna Średnicka 3 Observation: on the importance of being there 31 Monika Kostera 4 How to shadow organizing 45 Barbara Czarniawska 5 Autoethnography 59 Mark Learmonth and Mike Humphreys 6 To look at the world from the Other’s point of view: interview 74 Monika Kostera and Anna Modzelewska 7 Inter-ethnography: from individual beings to collective becoming 91 David Calås, Katarina Ellborg, Daniel Ericsson, Elin Esperi Hallgren and Alina Husung 8 Media analysis: on the importance of everyday images 110 Alexia Panayiotou 9 Reading and interpreting social media: exploring positive emotional expressions in organizing 129 Noomi Weinryb, Nils Gustafsson and Cecilia Gullberg 10 Autoethnography through the folk tale lens 151 Anna Zueva 11 Ethnography meets storytelling: a marriage made in heaven 166 Hamid Foroughi 12 In search of openness to the ethnographic analysis of work: early organisational anthropology and contemporary organisational theorising 178 Paweł Krzyworzeka and Hugo Gaggiotti 13 Learning to see the wood through the trees as a PhD ethnographer 200 Sarah Bloomfield Index 217

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Book SynopsisThe Business and Society (BAS) 360 book series is an annual publication targeting cutting-edge developments in the broad business and society field, such as stakeholder management, corporate social responsibility and citizenship, business ethics, sustainability, corporate governance and others. Each volume will feature a comprehensive discussion and review of the current "state" of the research and theoretical developments in a specific business and society area. For instance, volume two focuses on research drawn from work grounded in "corporate social responsibility" and "corporate citizenship." Scholars known in this discipline contribute to a 360-degree evaluation of the theory, including cross-discipline research, empirical explorations, cross-cultural studies, literature critiques, and meta-analysis projects. As business and society is an inherently multi-disciplinary scholarly area, the book series will draw from work in areas outside of business and management, such as psychology, sociology, philosophy, religious studies, economics and other related fields, as well as the natural sciences, education, and other professional areas of study. This book series should appeal to wide range of readers - from emerging and senior business school educators researching and teaching in the business and society field to doctoral and masters level students across the business, social sciences and natural sciences seeking to learn about this multi-discipline and sustained field of management study. Business executives and managers could benefit from reading how the business and society field began, the path it has taken and the new, emerging directions that scholars envision for the field.Trade ReviewThis volume compiles 13 essays on corporate social responsibility. Researchers working in business and management fields in Europe, North America, and Asia discuss its evolution, concepts, and current and emerging issues; corporate social responsibility in Japan, South Korea, India, China, and Belgium; corporate social responsibility as practiced from various perspectives, such as the Benefit Movement and benefit corporations, scientific management, political policies, and the relationship between corporate ecological sustainability and corporate financial performance, as well as the pace of corporate social responsibility implementation; and the role of corporate responsibility in the future, including the move towards corporate system responsibility, and the need for a new socioeconomic narrative for system change. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Corporate Social Responsibility: From Founders to Millennials; William C. FrederickChapter 2. Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Current Concepts, Research, and Issues; Archie B. Carroll and Jill A. Brown Chapter 3. Corporate Social Responsibility Across Asia: A Review of Four Countries; D. Kirk Davidson, Kanji Tanimoto, Laura Gyung Jun, Shallini Teneja, Pawan K. Teneja and Juelin Yin Chapter 4. Legislated CSR: A Brief Introduction; Rajat Panwar, Shweta Nawani, and Vivek Pandey Chapter 5. Social Responsibility within Brussels Municipalities: An Exploratory Study; Nikolay A. Dentchev, Philippe Eiselein and Thomas Kayaert Chapter 6. Much Ado About Nothing: The Glacial Pace of CSR Implementation in Practice; Daina Mazutis Chapter 7. Safeguarding Corporate Social Responsibility: The Benefit Movement; Caddie Putnam Rankin Chapter 8. Taylor Won: The Triumph of Scientific Management and Its Meaning for Business and Society; Vanessa Hill and Harry Van Buren III Chapter 9. Aligning Adverse Activities? Corporate Social Responsibility and Political Activity; Kathleen Rehbein, Frank den Hond and Frank G. A. de Bakker Chapter 10. What We Know about the Economic Payoffs of Corporate Ecological Sustainability; Edeltraud Guenther, Timo Busch, Jan Endrikat, Thomas Guenther and Marc Orlitzky Chapter 11. Getting from Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate System Responsibility: Toward a Dialogic Process for Network Governance; Jerry M. Calton Chapter 12. Beyond CSR to System Change: Creating a New Socio-Economic Narrative; Sandra Waddock Chapter 13. Corporate Social Responsibility Scholarship: Retrospect and Prospect; Donna J. Wood

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Book Synopsis'The digital age provide tremendous opportunities for organizations who adapt new technologies, implement disruptive business models, introduce new ways of working and who drive on innovation. There is no doubt that one of the most important capabilities for 21st century organizations is ''mastering creativity''. Andres Hatum has done a fabulous job in taking readers of his latest book on a journey where they learn how to build and include creativity in the DNA of their organizations. A must-read for every business and talent profession.'-Nick van Dam, Global Chief Learning Officer, McKinsey & Company, Nyenrode Business University, the Netherlands and the University of Pennsylvania, US'This book is a welcome addition to the steadily growing literature on creativity and organization. The author achieves the twin hurdles of rigorous analysis for the academics and practice-based relevance for practitioners. The book provides ample frameworks and case examples to identify key factors which influence and enhance creativity in organizations. These factors range from individual characteristics through organizational factors such as structure and culture to more contextual and environmental conditions. The author then shows how developing creativity, as a key organizational competence, can positively influence strategic decision making to enhance exploration rather than exploitation, to increase agility and to facilitate proactive change.'- David Wilson, Open University, UK'Mastering Creativity in Organizations offers a comprehensive and pedagogical treatise of the forces and factors that facilitate creativity in organizations and the numerous challenges that this involves. The book is richly illustrated with a variety of cases from a range of different sectors, including sports, advertising, manufacturing, consulting, primary education, the entertainment industry, and the culinary industry. Thanks to his fantastic access, Professor Hatum takes us behind the scenes and gives us an inside look into a number of iconic organizations such as Cirque de Soleil, FC Barcelona and Tetra Pak - exploring their leadership practices, HR strategies, office design and several other key issues. However, as the authors attests, creativity is not just for the exceptionally talented genius or for the people working in these extraordinary organizations. Everybody, and every organization, can learn to work in more creative ways from the unique cases in this book.'- Torkild Thanem, Stockholm University, SwedenThis book identifies best practices, leadership styles, and organizational structures for the stimulation of organizational creativity. Andrés Hatum first explains what creativity means in an organizational context. He then explores the ways in which an organization can foster it, with an aim to help any company - not just companies in creative fields or industries - become an organization in which new ideas flow, new processes are developed, and new products are brought to market. In doing so, he provides scholars with a solid framework for studying and understanding the deeper meaning of creativity.Andrés Hatum's new framework for understanding organizational creativity offers examples from a rich variety of companies and situations. The book balances theory and practice for a multifaceted approach that brings its analysis into the real world. In-depth case studies include FC Barcelona, elBulli, Almodovar, and Cirque du Soleil.Managers will find case studies describing exceptional organizational creativity and practical takeaways that can be applied in their own firms. Students will find concrete analytical frameworks for thinking about creativity in organizations, and academics will find a different approach to the study of creativity, one that is grounded in practice.Trade Review'Andrés Hatum's book is essential for anyone interested in the topics of creativity in organizations and talent management. The topics are very timely (such as collaborative talent, new forms of organizations, among others). It is full of great examples, photos, and suggestions that make it easy and fun to read.' --Akram Al Ariss, Toulouse Business School, France'This book focuses on a very timely issue that is relevant to almost any organization across the world: how to master organizational creativity. Andres Hatum opens up and structures insights on organizational creativity that previously were scattered across the disciplines of psychology, sociocultural studies and its subdisciplines. He offers a rare blend of theory and practice, drawing on the very lively cases of FC Barcelona, Cirque du Soleil, elBulli, the Creative Factory and others to argue how creativity fuels the innovation pipeline. I highly recommend this very entertaining book which is the culmination of decades of work!' --Manuel Hensmans, Brussels School of Economics and Management, Belgium'The new book by Andres Hatum offers a very useful examination of what is arguably the most important competitive advantage in the 21st century - innovation. For a company to succeed in domestic or international competition, it has to be able to adjust to rapidly changing conditions and also to create new products, services, ways of doing business, etc. As Professor Hatum points out from the very beginning of his analysis, the focus is on how organizations can meet this challenge. The examples from around the world rather than just in the United States provide another very valuable perspective on innovation in the 21st century.' --Robert Grosse, Thunderbird School of Global ManagementTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Role of Talent for Organizational Creativity 3. New Ways of Organizing 4. Human Resource Management as Facilitator of Creativity 5. Creative Leadership and a Creative Organizational Culture: A Conceptual Approach 6. Challenges Ahead for Creative Firms Index

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Book SynopsisDecision-making is an activity in which everyone is engaged on a more or less daily basis. In this book, Karin Brunsson and Nils Brunsson explore the intricacies of decision-making for individuals and organizations. When, how and why do they make decisions? The authors identify four distinct ways of reasoning that decision-makers use. The consequences of decisions vary: some promote action, others impede it, and some produce more responsibility than others. With in-depth discussions of rationality, justifications and hypocrisy, the authors show how organizational and political decision processes become over-complicated and difficult for both decision makers and external observers to understand. Decisions is a concise and easy-to-read introduction to a highly significant and intriguing topic. Based on research from several fields, it provides useful reading and essential knowledge for scholars and students throughout the social sciences and for everyone who wants to understand their own decisions and those of others.Trade Review'Decision-making is often a confusing and confused process. Emotions, judgements and prejudices can all play a part, whether a decision is made by an individual, a group or an organization. The study of decision making, however, doesn't have to be either confusing or confused as this excellent book eloquently demonstrates. The four logics of decision-making identified here provide the authors with a framework which enables them to explain in clear and simple terms decisions that appear complex, confusing or irrational.' --Yiannis Gabriel, University of Bath, UK'This rich, imaginative little book offers fascinating insights into the intricacies of decision making by both individuals and organizations, and a sobering appraisal of the delayed Swedish response to the 2004 tsunami. Any new book by Karen and Nils Brunsson is a welcome treat, and this one is a gem!' --Walter W. Powell, Stanford University'Decisions: The Complexities of Individual and Organizational Decision-Making by Nils and Karin Brunsson offers an excellent introduction to the complexities of decision-making. Decades of research on decision making are succinctly summarized and presented in a refreshing and easily accessible way. A must read for researchers, students and practitioners who want to get an overview of the latest insights into the particularities of individual and organizational decision-making.' --David Seidl, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: The Quake 1. Decisions 2. Individuals as decision makers 3. Organizations as decision makers 4. The Consequences of Decisions 5. Complex decision processes After the tsunami References Index

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Book SynopsisThis concise text introduces an integrated view of all project management-related activities in an organization, called Organizational Project Management (OPM). Practical cases from several organizations, as well as popular theories such as the Resource-Based Theory and Institutional Theory provide for an insightful yet realistic understanding of OPM as an integrative tool for organizations to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. The reader will learn how separate organizational functions, such as project, program and portfolio management and governance integrate in a cohesive manner. The authors describe how different approaches to competing in the marketplace link to strategies, and the ways of selecting the 'best' business opportunities for organizations and integrating them into existing workflows and structures. They develop and describe a model that shows how OPM works within organizations. The book is a valuable resource for top managers, reflective practitioners, academics, and postgraduate students in organization theory.Trade Review'This fascinating book by renowned authors not only takes the organizational context of project management seriously, but also focuses on the interface as well as interplay between the temporary and the more permanent part of organizations. Discussing the value of the resource-based view and the neo-institutional approach as well as of governmentality theory for the analysis of organizational project management, the authors elaborate on the valuable link between project management and organization theory. They illustrate their ideas with the help of case studies. Reading recommended!' --Jörg Sydow, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to Organizational Project Management Part I The OPM Model 2. Organizational Philosophy 3. OPM Approach 4. OPM Governance 5. Business Integration 6. Organizational Integration 7. Project Governance 8. Project Management Part II Theories and the OPM Model 9. Resource-Based Theory and OPM 10. Institutional Theory and OPM 11. A Theory of the OPM Model Part III Applications of the OPM Model 12. Case Study: OPM and the Management of Megaprojects 13. Case Study: OPM in an Organization for Public Good 14. OPM Assessment 15. Designing OPM Systems References Index

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Book SynopsisEver since Sutherland coined the term 'white-collar crime', researchers have struggled to understand and explain why some individuals abuse their privileged positions of trust and commit financial crime. This book makes a novel contribution to the development of convenience theory as a framework to understand and explain 'white-collar crime'. The framework integrates well-known theories from criminology, management and other fields to explain the occurrence of offenses. It is found that autobiographies indicate a strong presence of neutralization techniques in the behavioral dimension of convenience theory, while internal investigations indicate a strong presence of organizational opportunities to commit 'white-collar crime'. Survey research, on the other hand, is found to indicate a strong belief that chief executives sometimes have the motive to commit financial crime in times of crisis, in times of great challenges, and in times of greed. The book concludes that the only feasible avenue to combat this type of crime is to make it less convenient. This book will appeal to criminology and criminal justice students at both bachelor and master levels, as well as those studying business and law. Practitioners, including consultants in global auditing firms, attorneys and police academy students will also benefit from the overview of convenience theory research.Trade Review'This innovative exposition explains white collar crime to be a convenient option for perpetrators and as driven by financial desire, organisational opportunity and deviant behaviour. It deserves to be read.' --Colin C. Williams, Sheffield University Management School, UK'While Edwin Sutherland has been credited with initiating the theoretical examination of white collar and economic crime, Petter Gottschalk, through this book and his many articles, has established himself as the contemporary and premiere expert in this matter. This enlightening book will allow criminal justice practitioners and researchers, criminologists, sociologists, government leaders and others interested in the field of financial crime to better grasp the underlying causes, theoretical explanations and practical solutions for this all too common, but highly underreported, criminal behavior.' --James F. Albrecht, NYPD Captain (ret.) and Professor, Pace University (NYC), US'A comprehensive and insightful analysis of the complexities surrounding the causes, consequences, and control of individual level white-collar crime and organizational level corporate crime. Situating his analysis in convenience theory, Gottschalk summarizes and synthesizes an enormous body of literature from both American and European researchers and presents original case studies of white-collar crime in Norway that are sure to be of value for white-collar crime scholars and students worldwide.' --Michael L. Benson, University of Cincinnati, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Convenience in White-Collar Crime 2. Economical Dimension of Convenience Theory 3. Organizational Dimension of Convenience Theory 4. Behavioral Dimension of Convenience Theory 5. Empirical Study of White-Collar Criminals 6. Student Survey on Convenience Theory 7. Whistleblowers as Information Sources 8. Corporate Social Responsibility 9. Testing Convenience Theory 10. Sample of US Investigation Reports Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook identifies how resilience has evolved as a critical theoretical concept in the organizational sciences. International resilience scholars conceptualize and explore the various ways resilience can be embedded in theory and practice, offering new and updated perspectives on the importance of resilience in multiple contexts.Sections cover the nature of resilience at employee, team and organizational levels; the processes and dynamics of resilience in different contexts; and the antecedents and outcomes of these forms of resilience. Chapters provide case studies and theoretical frameworks to bring clarity, covering stress and coping, diversity and resilience, crisis management, employee behaviour, continuity and development.Organizational studies scholars interested in advancing theory and practice of resilience will find this Research Handbook includes a range of important considerations for the field. With application of several different levels of analysis, chapters discussing stress and coping will also appeal to those from a social psychology background. Contributors include: E. Antonacopoulou, S. Baker, M.E. Baloochi, B. Barker Caza, M.A. Barton, T.E. Becker, T.W. Britt, K.S. Cameron, A. Caza, J. Chesley, M. Christianson, V. D'Avella, S. Erskine, M.L. Frigotto, F. Guarnieri, S.C. Hammond, J. Harris, S. Hartmann, E. Hayes James, M. Hernandez, M. Hess, M. Hoegl, E.M. Johnson, L. Jones Christensen, J.D. Kabongo, D. Karolidis, S.A. Kay, D.C. Kayes, J. Kuntz, M. Larsen, M. Linnenluecke, S. Malinen, C.L. McCluney, B. McKnight, K.L. Merlo, K. Naswall, L. Neville, V. Nilakant, M. Olekalns, E.H. Powley, S. Raetze, L.M. Roberts, G. Sawhney, J.P. Stephens, K. Sutcliffe, S. Travadel, F. Vouzas, B. Walker, M. Weiss, L.P. Wooten, J. YoonTrade Review'This wonderful and timely Handbook addresses a critical gap in organization studies. Research on resilience has grown very rapidly in recent years, resulting in an exciting but diffuse body of work. The Research Handbook on Organizational Resilience does a marvellous job of capturing the breadth of current research in the field, presented in a way that is easy to navigate. An important addition to the bookshelf of any organizational scholar!' --Sally Maitlis, University of Oxford, UK'Powley, Caza, and Caza's Research Handbook on Organizational Resilience is a monumental advance that is long overdue for the field. It comprehensively maps the contours of an elusive concept and sprawling body of research on organizational resilience with clarity, precision, and rigor while also imaginatively pointing to the future.' --Timothy J. Vogus, Vanderbilt University, US'Powley, Caza, and Caza's Research Handbook on Organizational Resilience is a monumental advance that is long overdue for the field. It comprehensively maps the contours of an elusive concept and sprawling body of research on organizational resilience with clarity, precision, and rigor while also imaginatively pointing to the future.' --Timothy J. Vogus, Vanderbilt University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction: framing resilience research 2 Edward H. Powley PART II NATURE OF RESILIENCE 2 Resilience capacity, processes and demonstration at the employee, team and organizational levels: a multilevel perspective 10 Thomas W. Britt and Gargi Sawhney 3 Resilient personality: is grit a source of resilience? 25 Arran Caza, Brianna Barker Caza and Mehri E. Baloochi 4 Team resilience in organizations: a conceptual and theoretical discussion of a team-level concept 39 Silja Hartmann, Matthias Weiss and Martin Hoegl 5 Reframing resilience on novelty and change 53 Maria Laura Frigotto 6 Negotiation resilience: a framework for understanding how negotiators respond to adversity 70 Lukas Neville, Brianna Barker Caza and Mara Olekalns PART III RESILIENCE PROCESSES AND DYNAMICS 7 Emotion regulation as a process to foster resilience 86 Sophie A. Kay and Kelsey L. Merlo 8 From parts to whole: a place for individual tacit knowledge in organizational adaptability and resilience 102 John Paul Stephens 9 The resilience of entrepreneurs in developing economies 116 Thomas E. Becker and Jean D. Kabongo 10 Organizational resilience: a social exchange perspective 131 Morela Hernandez, Scott Baker, Megan Hess and Jared Harris 11 Unpacking the critical role of firms in community resilience 153 Martina Linnenluecke and Brent McKnight 12 Enriching our conceptual and practical understanding of resilience through the lens of black women at work 167 Erica M. Johnson, Samantha E. Erskine and Laura Morgan Roberts 13 The unfolding process of organizational resilience in a diversity crisis: a case study of racial incidents at the University of Missouri 180 Courtney L. McCluney, Lynn Perry Wooten and Erika Hayes James PART IV RESILIENCE ANTECEDENTS AND OUTCOMES 14 Learning routines that build organizational resilience 203 D. Christopher Kayes and Jeewhan Yoon 15 Lost person behavior as an antecedent to resilience 214 Lisa Jones Christensen, Scott C. Hammond and Merilee Larsen 16 What makes work teams resilient? An overview of resilience processes and cross-level antecedents 232 Sebastian Raetze 17 The effects of individual resilience on organizational citizenship behavior in contemporary public administration: a dual pathway model 247 Dimitrios Karolidis, Fotis Vouzas and Elena Antonacopoulou 18 Resilience and organizational culture: a competing values perspective 261 Edward H. Powley and Kim S. Cameron 19 Interpreting the nightmare of Fukushima’s superintendent: sensemaking in extreme situations 275 Sébastien Travadel and Franck Guarnieri 20 Resilience of inter-organizational systems 299 Julie Chesley and Victoria D’Avella 21 Organizational resilience in action: a study of a large-scale extended-disaster setting 320 Bernard Walker, Sanna Malinen, Katharina Näswall, Venkataraman Nilakant and Joana Kuntz PART V CONCLUSION 22 Conceptualizing the who, what, when, where, why and how of resilience in organizations 338 Brianna Barker Caza, Michelle A. Barton, Marlys K. Christianson and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe Index 354

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Book SynopsisThe Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management is an authoritative and comprehensive reference resource with almost 400 entries on core HR areas and key concepts. From age discrimination, to zero hours contracts, each entry reflects the views of an expert and authoritative author.The terms included vary from singular concepts such as performance appraisal and industrial conflict, to organisational behaviour terms including organisational culture and commitment; and broader management terms such a resourcing and management development. Each entry provides a list of references and further reading to enable the reader to gain a deeper awareness and understanding of each topic.This book is an ideal companion to a standard HRM textbook, and both undergraduate and postgraduate students will find it to be of value. It will also be useful for academic researchers, HR practitioners and policy specialists looking for a succinct expert summary of key HR concepts.Contributors: S. Ackroyd, M. Alfarhan, C. Allan, B. Antunes, K. Aoki, J. Arrowsmith, M. Atzeni, S. Bagdadli, J. Bailey, C. Bailey, A.B. Bakker, A. Baron, E. Barratt, N. Barter, Y. Baruch, M. Baird, J. Benson, I. Bessa, P.F. Beszter, T. Bondarouk, C. Boon, P. Boselie, G. Boyce, N. Bozionelos, J. Brcic, C. Brewster, J.W. Budd, P.S. Budhwar, J. Burgess, B. Burnes, A. Burton-Jones, C. Butler, D. Cabrelli, T. Campbell, J.A. Carpini, B.B. Caza, A. Cheyne, S. Clibborn, D.G. Collings, N. Conway, F.L. Cooke, N. Cornelious, R. Csiernik, N. Cullinane, J. Cushen, M.T. Dasborough, G. Dix, J. Donaghey, T. Dundon, M. Emmott, E. Farndale, D. Farnham, C.H. Fay, E.C. Fein, A. Felstead, P. Findlay, M. Flynn, C. Forde, H. Francis, E. French, G. Gall, T. Garavan, M. Gilman, P.J. Gollan, M.C. Gonzalez Menendez, M. Greenwood, M. Gregson, D. Grimshaw, M. Hamori, B. Harley, B. Harney, C.M. Harris, G. Healy, J. Heyes, R. Hewett, D. Hislop, A. Hodder, A. Hollings, S. Hughes, S.A. Hurrell, S. Hutchinson, M. Isichei, S. Johnstone, C. Kelliher, J. Kimberley, D. King, M. Kleinmann, E. Knies, P. Ingold, G. Latham, P. Latreille, J. Lewis, D. Lindebaum, S. Luce, M. Maatman, O. Mallett, A. Malik, T. Marchant, M. Marchington, M. Martinez Lucio, M. May, I. McAndrew, J. McBride, A. McDonnell, J. Meijerink, J.P Meyer, M.P. Miceli, J. Miller, M. Moran, M.J. Morley, R. Morrison, K. Moura, P.K. Mowbray D. Muzio, C. Naschberger, J.P. Near, M. Nyfoudi, W. O'Donohue, J.G. O'Gorman, J. O'Mahoney, L. Oliver, A. Panagiotakopoulos, S.K. Parker, M. Pedaci, D. Peetz, S. Pirrioni, A. Poropat, E. Poutsma, V. Priola, S. Procter, A. Psychogios, A. Pyman, N. Ramasamy, S. Ramsay, R. Randall, T. Redman, D.W.S. Renwick, S. Ressia, F. Robson, M. Roche, J.K. Rodriguez, P. Rose, P. Ross, K. Rowan, C. Rowley, B. Russell, K. Sanders, J. Scully, K. Shacklock, D. Shah, M. Sheehan, P. Sheldon, H. Shipton, D.H.K. Shum, M. Simms, N. Skinner, G. Slater, A. Smith, M. Smith, E. Soltani, C. Soo, A. Southcombe, J. Stewart, J. Stirling, M. Stuart, J. Storey, D. Stoyanova-Russell, G. Strachan, L. Tallberg, S. Taylor, S.T.T. Teo, P. Thompson, A. Tian, A. R. Timming, O. Tregaskis, J. Trehy, H.H.M. Tse, P. Turner, P.S. Turner, K. Van De Voorde, M. Van Veldhoven, M. Veld, R. Wapshott, Q. Wei, G. White, A. Wilhelmy, A. Wilkinson, M. Witzel, C. Wolkowitz, G. Wood, S. Wood, A. Wright, C.F. Wright, N. Wu, M. Xerri, Y. Xu, K. You, V. YukongdiTrade Review'Adrian Wilkinson and Stewart Johnstone's outstanding Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management is extremely timely, providing over 400 short reviews of critical HR theories, research and applications on all the topics you could possibly need in the field. The international team they have gathered together is stellar-this is a must buy for all HR professionals and researchers.' --Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK'This encyclopedia will be an invaluable companion for HR executives, students and academics wanting to find succinct definitions, summaries and debates about a plethora of terms. These range from big questions and areas of interest to technical terms in pay systems, staffing, contracts of all sorts - in fact beyond any other encyclopedia. The 300+ entries are written by subject experts - nearly 200 of them - cross referencing helps track associated terms, and the latest publications on each topic are fully listed. Invaluable!' --John Purcell, University of Bath, UK'The editors have sourced contributions from leaders on each topic. They cover everything from A-Z - specialist topics such as age discrimination through to zero hours contracts, matters of policy, and leading practices. The keywords for entries and reviews are easy to follow and the cross-referencing very useful. An excellent way to keep yourself up to date on all the latest issues.' --Paul Sparrow, Lancaster University Management School, UKTable of ContentsList Of Entries: Absence ACAS Aesthetic Labour Age Discrimination Aging Workforce Alienation Alternative Dispute Resolution AMO Model Annualised Hours Apprenticeship Aptitude Test Arbitration Assessment Centres Attitude Survey Bargaining Level Bargaining Scope Basic Rate of Pay (See Wages) Benefits Best Fit Best Practice Big Five Biodata Black Box (See Resource Based View) Blacklisting Blended Learning Body Work Bonus Payments And Incentives Broadbanding Bullying Bundles (See Universalistic Theory) Bureaucracy Burnout Cafeteria Benefits (See Benefits) Call Centre Capability Procedure Career Breaks Careers Casual Work (See Temporary Work) Casualisation (See Precarious Employment) Change Management CIPD Coaching Co-Determination Collective Agreement Collective Bargaining Collectivism Commission (See Variable Pay) Commitment Communication Community Unionism Comparative HRM Competence Competency Based Pay Competitive Advantage Competitive Strategy (See Strategy) Compressed Working Time Conciliation Configurational Model Conflict Constructive Dismissal Consultation Context Contingency Theory Contingent Pay (See Variable Pay) Continuing Professional Development Contract of Employment Convergence Theory Coordinated Market Economy Core Worker Corporate Social Responsibility Cross Cultural Training Culture Change (See Organisational Culture) Custom and Practice Customer Appraisal CV/Resume Default Retirement Age Deskilling Direct Discrimination Dirty Work Disability Discrimination Disciplinary Procedure Discipline & Grievance Disconnected Capitalism Discretionary Effort (See Organisational Citizenship Behaviours) Discrimination (See Direct Discrimination; Indirect Discrimination) Dismissal Dispute Resolution (See Alternative Dispute Resolution) Distance Learning Diversity Management Division of Labour Downsizing Early Retirement E-Learning Electronic HRM Electronic Recruitment Emotional Intelligence Emotional Labour Employability Employee Employee Assistance Programmes Employee Benefits (See Benefits) Employee Engagement Employee Involvement Employee Share Ownership Plans Employee Voice Employers Associations Employer Branding Employment Agency Employment Relationship Employment Relations (See Industrial Relations) Employment Tribunal Empowerment Equal Opportunity Equal Pay Equity Ethics Ethnocentric Management European Works Councils Executive Search Firms Exit Interview Expatriate Expectancy Theory Experiential Learning External Labour Markets Extrinsic Reward (See Reward Management) Family Friendly Policies Financial Participation Financial Reward (See Reward Management) Financialisation Fixed Term Contract Flexible Benefits (See Benefits) Flexible Firm Flexible Working Flexicurity Flexitime Fordism (See Scientific Management) Frame of Reference Freelance Work Functional Flexibility (See Flexible Firm Model) Gainsharing (See Profit-Related Pay And Gainsharing) Gender Gap Gender Pay Gap Gender Generations Geocentric Management Glass Ceiling Global Supply Chains Globalisation Go Slow (See Work Limitation) Golden Handshake Graded Pay (See Reward Management) Graduate Recruitment Greenfield Sites Green HRM Grievance Procedure Gross Misconduct Halo Effect Hard And Soft HRM Harmonisation Hawthorne Experiments (See Mayo and Human Relations) Headhunting Health And Safety Herzberg Hierarchy High Commitment HRM (See Best Practice HRM, High Commitment HRM) High Involvement Management High Performance Work Systems Homeworking Horns Effect HR Department HR Function and Business Partnering HRM Process Approach: Attribution Of HRM Human Capital Human Relations Movement Human Resource Advantage (See Human Resource Strategy) Human Resource Development Human Resource Information Systems Human Resource Management Human Resource Manager Human Resource Planning Human Resource Strategy Hygiene Factor (See Herzberg) Immigration Impression Management Incentives (See Bonus Payments And Incentives) Indirect Discrimination Induction Industrial Action Industrial Relations Informal Learning Institutional Framework Institutional Theories Intellectual Capital Intelligence Tests Internal Labour Markets International Human Resource Management International Labour Organisation and International Labour Standards Internships Interpersonal Skills Interviews Intrinsic Reward (See Reward Management; Recognition) Investors in People Japanese Management Job Analysis Job Description Job Design Job Enlargement Job Enrichment Job Evaluation Job Quality Job Rotation Job Satisfaction Job Security Joint Consultation Joint Regulation (See Joint Consultation) Knowledge Management Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Knowledge Worker Labour Labour Law Labour Management Partnership (See Workplace Partnership) Labour Market Labour Mobility Labour Process Theory Labour Turnover Leadership and Leader Member Exchange Lean Production Learning (See Informal Learning) Learning Cycle Learning Organisation Learning Style Liberal Market Economy Lifetime Employment Line Managers Living Wage Long Hours Culture Low Pay Management Management Consultancy Management Development Management Style Managerial Control Market-Based Pay (See Payment System) Maslow Master of Business Administration Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave Mcgregor Mediation Mentoring Mergers And Acquisitions Merit Pay (See Performance Related Pay) Migrant Worker Minimum Wage Misbehaviour (See Organisational Misbehaviour) Misconduct Motivation Multi-National Company Multi-Skilling National Culture National Minimum Wage (See Minimum Wage) Negotiation Neo-Liberalism Non-Financial Reward (See Reward Management) Non-Standard Working (See Security of Employment) Non-Union Workplace Non-Unionism Notice Period Numerical Flexibility (See Flexible Firm Model) Occupational Health Off the Job Learning Older Worker Online Learning On the Job Learning Organisation Development Organisational Career Systems Organisational Change (See Change Management) Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Organisational Culture Organisational Learning Organisational Misbehaviour Organisational Politics Outsourcing Overtime Panel Interviews Part-Time Working Partnership Parental Leave (See Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave) Participation (See Employee Involvement) Partnership Agreement (See Partnership) Paternalism Payment By Results Payment System Peer Appraisal Pensions Performance Appraisal Performance Appraisal Interview Performance Management Performance Related Pay Peripheral Worker Perks (See Benefits) Person Environment Fit Person Specification Personal Development Plan Personality Test Personality Traits Picketing Piece Rate (See Wages) Pluralism Polycentric Management Positive Action Positive Discrimination Power Precarious Employment Prejudice Presenteeism Probation Professional Association (See Professionalism) Professionalism Profit Related Pay and Gainsharing Profit Sharing Promotion Psychological Capital Psychological Contract Psychometric Testing Public Sector Purpose Driven Leadership Qualifications Quality Circles Race Discrimination Radicalism Recognition Recruitment Red Circling Redeployment Redundancy (See Downsizing) References Regulation Religious Discrimination Repatriation Representation Gap Representative Participation Resignation Resistance Resource Based View Resourcing Restrictive Practices (See Work Limitation) Retention Retirement Reward Management Sabotage Salary Scientific Management Secondment Security of Employment Selection Method Selection Test Selection Self-Appraisal Self-Employment Self Managed Teams Self-Management Sex Discrimination Sexual Harassment Shared Services Shift Work Shop Steward Shortlisting Single Pay Spine Single Table Bargaining Single Union Agreement Skill Skills Based Pay Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Social Capital Social Partnership (See Partnership) Soft HRM (See Hard and Soft HRM) Spatial Flexibility (See Flexible Firm Model) Staff Association Staff Poaching State Strategic Choice Strategic HRM Strategic Pay (See Reward Management) Strategy Stress Strikes Subcontracting Succession Planning Suggestion Scheme Summary Dismissal Systematic Training Cycle Talent Management Taylorism/Scientific Management (See Scientific Management) Team Based Appraisal Team Pay Team Briefing Teamwork Telework And Coworking Temporal Flexibility (See Flexible Firm Model) Temporary Work Temporary Worker Term Time Working Terms And Conditions Theory X (See Mcgregor) Theory Y (See Mcgregor) Three Hundred And Sixty Degree Appraisal Time-Based Pay Total Reward Trade Union Recognition Trade Unions Training and Development Training Evaluation Training Training Needs Analysis Transferable Skills Transformational Leadership Transnational Collective Agreements TUPE Undocumented Immigrant Worker Unfair Dismissal Union Avoidance: Substitution And Suppression Union Busting Union Density Union Organising Unitarism Universalistic Theory Unofficial Strikes Unsocial Hours Upward Appraisal Upward Problem Solving Variable Pay Varieties of Capitalism Vocational and Education Training Wage-Effort Bargain (See Employment Relationship) Wages Welfare Wellbeing Whisteblowing Work Work Life Balance Work Limitation Work Organisation Workaholism Worker Workforce Intelligence Planning Working Time Workplace Democracy Works Council (See Co-Determination) Written Warning Wrongful Dismissal Young Workers Zero-Hours Contracts

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Book SynopsisWorkplaces can often be sources of stress, interfering with both job satisfaction and performance. This book explores ways to combat the factors contributing to an unhealthy workplace by building on the advances in positive psychology and organizational scholarship over the last 15 years. Focusing on ground-breaking concepts such as psychological capital, 'happiness compassion', virtuousness, support and gratitude, this book offers ways to target and reshape the unhealthy workplace environment. Each chapter provides real-life organizational situations in which companies of all sizes implement strategies that either hinder or successfully create a healthy workplace environment. The world-leading authors identify key causes that reduce employee satisfaction and job performance, offering a range of interventions that can prevent negative experiences to ultimately produce happier workforces and boost productivity.This book will be a vital reference for doctoral students studying the links between work and health as well as faculty studying ways to improve employee well-being. Those on advanced courses in human resource management, organization effectiveness and organizational change will also benefit from the vast array of international insights into a healthy workplace environment. Contributors: D.W. Ballard, C. Bohlmann, R.J. Burke, A. Carlsen, M. Carvalho de Azevedo, L. Craig, K.A. Davis, A. Day, C.A. Demsky, P. Fairlie, C. Fritz, M.J. Grawitch, D.B. Gulseren, E.B. Hwang, E.K. Kelloway, R.K. Kelly, C. Knight, K. Layous, J. Leblanc, M.P. Leiter, R. Lengnick-Hall, S.T. Lyons, T.K. McNamara, D. McPhee, V.J. Morganson, J.S. Nugent, K. Petersen, M. Pitt-Catsouphes, A.M. Richardsen, S. Snow, G. Spreitzer, J. Sundet, T. Thibault, M. Tims, L.E.M. Traavik, D.J. Travis, C.M. Youssef-Morgan, H. Zacher, G.I.J.M. ZwetslootTrade Review‘This book is timely and has broad appeal – its evidence-informed and practical focus makes it relevant to managers, as well as researchers, practitioners and policy-makers.’ -- Gail Kinman, The Occupational Health PsychologistTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Part I Introduction 1. Creating psychologically healthy workplaces Ronald J. Burke 2. Pseudoscience won’t create a psychologically healthy workplace Matthew J. Grawitch and David W. Ballard 3. Setting the agenda for evidence-based and sustainable psychologically healthy workplaces Arla Day 4. Shared values for health, safety and well-being at work Gerard I.J.M. Zwetsloot Part II Building individual resources. 5. The benefits of developing psychological capital in workplaces Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan and Karl Petersen 6. Non-work time as individual resource building: A review and research agenda Charlotte Fritz and Caitlin A. Demsky 7. Job crafting: An individual strategy to develop oneself Maria Tims and Caroline Knight Chapter 8. Promoting happiness in the workplace Kristin Layous Part III Improving relationships inside and outside the workplace 9. The role and importance of leadership in creating psychologically healthy workplaces Duygu Biricik Gulseren, Tabatha Thibault and E. Kevin Kelloway 10. Where differences dwell: Inclusion and the healthy workplace Laura E. M. Traavik 11. Costs of incivility in workplaces and potential remedies Michael P. Leiter 12. Sweet dreams (are made of this): Cultivating relational agency through high-quality connections in the workplace Joanne Sundet and Arne Carlsen 13. Generational identity in the workplace: Toward understanding and empathy Sean T. Lyons and Joshua E. Leblanc Part IV Organizational-level initiatives 14. How thriving at work matters for creating psychologically healthy workplaces: Current perspectives and implications for the new world of work Gretchen Spreitzer and Eun Bit Hwang 15. Work engagement: Increasing employee well-being and organizational effectiveness Astrid M. Richardsen 16. Holistic stress: Primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions Kahla A. Davis and Valerie J. Morganson 17. Positive people make for healthy workplaces Paul Fairlie 18. Work–life balance, stress and well-being: Moderating effects of psychological capital Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan and Lanell Craig 19. Cultivating healthy, inclusive workplaces: Why it matters and how organizations make progress Dnika J. Travis, Julie S. Nugent and Rebecca Lengnick-Hall 20. The importance of corporate wellness programs for psychological health and productivity in the workplace Rebecca K. Kelly and Sheri Snow 21. Supporting employees with caregiving responsibilities Clarissa Bohlmann and Hannes Zacher 22. Oh my aching back: Making workplaces senior-friendly Deborah M. McPhee and Marcia Carvalho de Azevedo 23. Quality of employment and well-being: Updating our understanding and insights Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes and Tay K. McNamara Index

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Book SynopsisWhat do entrepreneurs do? In a comprehensive and detailed exploration using three perspectives - behavior, practice and process - this Research Handbook demonstrates specific methods for answering that question and provides insights into the implications of pursuing that question. The authors demonstrate a variety of methods including ethnography, autoethnography, participant observation, diaries, social media platforms and multilevel research techniques to delve into the foundations of entrepreneurial behavior. In addition to reinvigorating this long dormant area of scholarship, these chapters provide scholars with the idea that the disparate perspectives on this topic are really headed in the same direction. They also demonstrate the notion that similar tools can be utilized to answer the same type of questions emanating from these different perspectives. The contributors go on to offer insights to a wide range of scholarship on organizations. Entrepreneurship scholars, PhD students, and upper level graduate and undergraduate students who want a current overview on the theories, methods and implications of studying entrepreneurship will welcome the insights explored in this Research Handbook. Contributors include: A. Brattström, O. Byrne, A. Caetano, H.S. Chen, F. Delmar, D. Dimov, A. Fayolle, D. Fletcher, W.B. Gartner, B. Johannisson, A.R. Johnson, T. Karlsson, M. Lackéus, J.R. Mitchell, R.K. Mitchell, H. Neergaard, R.D.M. Pelly, K. Poldner, S.C. Santos, P. Selden, B.T. Teague, N.A. Thompson, C. Thrane, M. Tillmar, H. Vahidnia, E. van Burg, J.P. Warhuus, K. WennbergTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Behavior, Practice and Process 1 William B. Gartner and Bruce T. Teague PART I PERSPECTIVES 2 Expert skills: implications for studying the behavior of entrepreneurs 12 Bruce T. Teague and William B. Gartner 3 Advancing entrepreneurship as practice: previous developments and future possibilities 30 Neil Aaron Thompson and Orla Byrne 4 Entrepreneurial process: mapping a multiplicity of conversations 56 Dimo Dimov PART II METHODS 5 Ethnography’s answer to the plus zone challenge of entrepreneurship 82 R. Duncan M. Pelly and Alain Fayolle 6 Performing affirmation: autoethnography as an activist approach to entrepreneurship 102 Kim Poldner 7 Searching for the roots of entrepreneuring as practice: introducing the enactive approach 138 Bengt Johannisson 8 Practicing participant observations: capturing entrepreneurial practices 168 Malin Tillmar 9 Capturing action from within: the use of personal diaries 182 Elco van Burg and Tomas Karlsson 10 Collecting digital research data through social media platforms: can “scientific social media” disrupt entrepreneurship research methods? 199 Martin Lackéus 11 Perspectives in multilevel research in entrepreneurship 242 Susana C. Santos and António Caetano PART III INSIGHTS 12 Temporality and embodied practice: theorizing the relationality of entrepreneurial events 263 Paul Selden and Denise Fletcher 13 Socially situated entrepreneurial cognition: promising linkage and directions in studying entrepreneurial behavior, practice and process 283 Hamid Vahidnia, Ronald K. Mitchell, J. Robert Mitchell and H. Shawna Chen 14 A longitudinal project of new venture teamwork and outcomes 309 Anna Brattström, Frédéric Delmar, Alan R. Johnson and Karl Wennberg 15 Designing experiential entrepreneurship education based on entrepreneurial practice and behavior 335 Jan P. Warhuus, Helle Neergaard and Claus Thrane Index 361

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Book SynopsisCompiling extensive research findings with real insights from the business world, this must-read book on performance appraisal explores its evolution from the classic appraisal to its current form, and the methodology behind its progression. Looking forward, Aharon Tziner and Edna Rabenu emphasize that well-conducted appraisals combine a mixture of classic and current, and are here to stay. The book first presents a primer to performance appraisals, covering the role of management, the appraisers, and external and political influences. The authors then present ways to improve the appraisal system through training, methodology and diversification. Consequently, they outline the key questions and opportunities facing the research and business communities, including the rapidly developing technological and democratic workforce. In particular, the authors highlight the need for the creation of a ''climate of performance'' and innovation in research, for the betterment of both the individual employee and society as a whole. Improving Performance Appraisal at Work is a comprehensive guide for researchers in business and management, human resource management and organizational behavior. The authors cover an extensive array of issues relating to the role of employee performance appraisal, making this book an excellent advisory text for those in professional human resource roles.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL: A PRIMER 1. Performance at Work and its Appraisal: Demarcation of the Field 2. The performance appraisal system (PAS) 3. Decisions for PA Methods 4. Effectiveness of Performance Evaluation Formats 5. Organizational Environment Factors Influencing the Appraisal Process 6. Performance Appraisal and Political Considerations in the Workplace 7. External Environment Factors Influencing the Appraisal Process 8. Performance Evaluation of Work Teams 9. The Feedback Interview PART II WAYS TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM 10. Ways to Improve the Appraisal System I: Rater training 11. Ways to Improve the Appraisal System II: Alternative Strategies for Assessing and Evaluating Performance PART III PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL IN A CHANGING WORLD: THE OUTLOOK 12. Where are Performance Appraisals headed? The debate from a business perspective 13. Beyond Performance Appraisal: To performance management & firm-level performance 14. Performance Appraisal: The outlook and future directions 15. Performance Appraisal and Beyond: Directions for future research and application References Index

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Book SynopsisThe psychological contract is considered a critical construct in organizational behavior literature because it informs employee emotions, attitudes, and behaviors in the workplace. Although the psychological contract has been explored extensively over the last 50 years, numerous theoretical, conceptual, empirical, methodological, and analytical changes have pushed the field forward. As such, it is time to take stock and move forward. The contributors to this Handbook explore in detail this important component of modern management thinking. This volume's objective is to challenge and refine the way scholars think about the psychological contract in the workplace by evaluating current assumptions embedded in psychological contract research, proposing new conceptual and theoretical developments, introducing dynamic psychological contract processes and offering new methodological and analytical developments. It concludes with a chapter, by leading researchers, outlining a proposed research agenda to further our understanding going forward. Academic audiences - faculty, graduate students - and others working in organizational behaviour and industrial and organizational psychology will value the theoretical aspects of this study as well as the new and exciting methodological propositions and elaborations. And evidence-based management practitioners will find interest in the chapters dealing with psychological contract breach and overcoming the aftermath of breach perceptions as they may inform policy and interventions. Contributors include: S. Achnak, J. Akkermans, A. Antoni, M. Bal, S. Bankins, F. Bezzina, R. Briner, V. Cassar, N. Conway, C. Cooper, J. Coyle-Shapiro, J. De Jong, S. De Jong, M. De Ruiter, M.-R. Diehl, C. Erdem,Y. Griep, S. Hansen, J. Hofmans, R. Horgan, S. Hornung, D. Jepsen, S. Jones, P. Kappelides, T. Kiefer, J. Kraak, B. Linde, X. Lub, A.-M. Nienaber, W. O'Donohue, C. Pekcan, L. Pezner,T. Rigotti, S. Robinson, P. Romeike,D. Rousseau, R. Schalk, O. Solinger, J. Sosnowska, S. Ten Have, M. Tomprou, S. Ultan, T. Vantilborgh, J. Weinhardt, H. Wiechers, C. Woodrow, Y. YangTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Yannick Griep and Cary Cooper PART I REVISITING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT RESEARCH 1. Psychological Contract Research: Older, but is it Wiser? Neil Conway and Claire Pekcan 2. Mutuality and Reciprocity in the Psychological Contract: A Critical Review and Analysis René Schalk and Melanie De Ruiter 3. Psychological Contracts: Time for Some Conceptual Clarity Samantha D. Hansen 4. Putting Emotion First – An Emotion-Centred Approach to Understanding the Psychological Contract Tina Kiefer and Anne Antoni 5. The Usefulness of the Psychological Contract in the 21st Century Johannes M. Kraak and Barend J. Linde PART II NEW CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS 6. Ideological Components of Psychological Contracts: Future Directions for Volunteer and Employment Research Pam Kappelides and Samantha K. Jones 7. Individualization of Work: From Psychological Contracts to Ideological Deals P. Matthijs Bal and Severin Hornung 8. Me and My Team: The Role of Social Context in Psychological Contract Breach and Fulfilment Jos Akkermans, Simon de Jong, Jeroen de Jong, and P. Matthijs Bal 9. Psychological Contracts Through the Lens of Sensemaking Marjo-Riita Diehl and Jacqueline A-M. Coyle-Shapiro 10. Managing the Aftermath of Psychological Contract Violation: Employee-Organizational Interplay, Calling, and Socio-Cognitive Coping In Vulnerable Work Populations Maria Tomprou and Sarah Bankins 11. Person-Centrism in Psychological Contract Research: A Normative-Contextual Alternative Omar Solinger PART III INTRODUCING THE DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT 12. The Role of Time and Timing in Psychological Contract Research Safâa Achnak and Samantha D. Hansen 13. Thresholds and Non-Linear and Differential Effects in Psychological Contract Research Thomas Rigotti and Jeroen de Jong 14. Triggering Psychological Contract Breach Hermien Wiechers, Jacqueline A-M. Coyle-Shapiro, Xander Lub and Steven Ten Have PART IV NEW METHODOLOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL DEVELOPMENTS 15. Toward a Formal Dynamic and Computational Modeling Approach To Better Understand Psychological Contract Dynamics Justin Weinhardt, Yannick Griep, and Joanna Sosnowska 16. Emerging, Crystalizing, and Changing Psychological Contracts Over Time:Introducing the iPC-Network Model Tim Vantilborgh 17. Capturing Perceptions of Psychological Contract Fulfilment and Breach Joeri Hofmans and Tim Vantilborgh 18. Experimental Designs in Psychological Contract Research: An Overview and Research Agenda Jeroen de Jong and Thomas Rigotti 19. A Narrative Approach to Psychological Contracts Sarah Bankins 20. Psychological Contracts: Back to the Future Yannick Griep, Cary Cooper, Sandra Robinson, Denise M. Rousseau, Samantha D. Hansen, Maria Tomprou, Neil Conway, Rob Briner, Jacqueline A-M. Coyle-Shapiro, Robert Horgan, Xander Lub, Jeroen de Jong, Johannes M. Kraak, Wayne O’Donohue, Samantha K. Jones, Tim Vantilborgh, Yang Yang, Vincent Cassar, Jos Akkermans, Denise Jepsen, Chris Woodrow, Simon De Jong, Ultan Sherman, Frank Bezzina, Ceren Erdem, Ann-Marie Nienaber, Philipp Romeike, Sarah Bankins, P. Matthijs Bal, Hermien Wiechers, Leaah Pezer, Safâa Achnak and Barend J. Linde Index

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Book SynopsisPreparing for High Impact Change: Experiential Learning and Practice provides an overview of change processes for teaching, facilitating, and coping with change. Tested high-impact exercises in the book will prepare change leaders at all organizational levels to deal with the myriad of challenges inherent in the process of organizational change. Effective organizational change involves a combination of understanding, learning and unlearning, and practiced behaviour as part of the underlying conceptualization, formulation, and implementation processes. The book presents a series of exercises that promote self-learning and developing readiness for change, from preparing people for change, understanding and managing resistance, and coping with change-related obstacles to seeking buy-in for the change. Emphasis throughout the book is placed on developing change-related competencies. This book is a resource for understanding aspects of change, from theory to practice, for consultants, educators, students and practitioners such as corporate training and development personnel.Trade Review'The field of organization development and change has been needing a book like this one for a long time, that is, having at your fingertips a practical array of hands-on exercises and interventions that clearly facilitate the hard work of changing organizations. Grounded in the fundamentals of organization change and development concepts and their applications, this book is indispensable for those responsible for organization change and development.' --W. Warner Burke, Columbia University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Preparing for High Impact Change: The Critical Role of Experiential Learning and Practice Anthony F. Buono, Susan M. Adams, and Gavin M. Schwarz Part I Experiential Learning as a Pedagogical Tool: Getting Started 2. The Competencies of Successful Scholar-Practitioners Ramkrishnan (Ram) V. Tenkasi, George W. Hay, and Eric J. Sanders 3. Using Icebreaker Exercises: Futility and Possibility–Assessing Reactions to Organizational Change Anthony F. Buono 4. Teaching Theory Experientially Robert J. Marshak Part II Self-Learning and Beyond through Change Exercises 5. Increasing Manager’s Self-awareness through Story-telling and Mask Making Philip H. Mirvis 6. Exploring Reactions to Change: A Card Game Simulation Susan M. Adams 7. From Both Sides to All Sides: Creating Common Ground Where There’s Been None Before Matt Minahan 8. Eliciting Group Affect and Emotive Tone: The Mads, Glads and Sads Exercise Michael R. Manning and Melissa Norcross Part III Communicating Change 9. Symbols: Creating Meaning from the Change Message Richard Dunford 10. The Ball Game: Teaching Organizational Change and Communication Cynthia A. Martinez Part IV The Human Side of Change: Strategy, Culture, and Change Recipients 11. Applying Lewin’s Force Field Theory to Facilitate SWOT Analysis: An Effective and Efficient Approach Mary M. Nash, Michael R. Manning, and E. John Heiser 12. Diminishing Resources: Building Strategy for Change Ann E. Feyerherm 13. Exploring the Dynamics of Organizational Culture and Change: Developing Skills and Strategies to Navigate Change in a Complex World David W. Jamieson, Jackie M. Milbrandt, and Nicole M. Zwieg Daly 14. Building Exhange Relations And Brokerage Positions within Groups Keith Hunter 15. UGH! Generational Conflict amidst a Change Effort Therese F. Yaeger Part V The Experiential Exercise End Game: End Point Engagement 16. Debriefing Change Exercises: End-point Engagement Gary Wagenheim 17. Facilitating Focused Debriefing: Connecting Experience with Theory and Reflection—The Three-Part Journal Anthony F. Buono 18. Afterword: The Change Game—Moving from Toolkits to “That Was Great!” Susan M. Adams, Gavin M. Schwarz, and Anthony F. Buono Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book synthesizes research from the past 50 years of innovation studies, addressing the main elements and providing a connected perspective on innovation within organizations. It explores the generation and adoption of both technological and nontechnological innovations, offering a coherent and systematic view of the process. Fariborz Damanpour examines innovation activity and internal mechanisms and processes in both business and nonbusiness organizations, providing an overview of key concepts, terms, and theory. Insights from behavioral, economic, and structure-based perspectives are used to explain existing findings and help the reader navigate current research on the management of innovation, as well as offering ideas and frameworks to guide new studies. Organizational Innovation will be an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate-level students of management and organization studies, particularly those working on the management of innovation and technology. It will also prove useful to educators in the field as a reference work for students.Trade Review'This is a timely and informative book! It is rich in content, grounded in excellent research and theory, and comprehensive in coverage. Damanpour has done a magnificent job in organizing a vast body of research, making it more easily accessible to researchers, students, and managers.' --Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, US'Damanpour does a superb job of synthesizing the highly fragmented, complex, and interdisciplinary research on the management of innovation. The result: an essential resource for scholars focused on conducting evidence-based research or developing theory in innovation that enhances both the understanding of and the performance of organizations in the private, public, and non-profit sectors of the economy.' --Gregory G. Dess, University of Texas at Dallas, US'For many years Fariborz Damanpour has been a unique voice in the literature on innovation and organization. He offers a synthetic representation of innovation, far removed from fashionable ideas. In this unique book, Fariborz clarifies what innovation means, what concepts it relies on, and how scholars theorize about it. The book sets a standard in the literature on innovation for years to come.' --Benoît Godin, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I – Innovations and Organizations 1. Research on Organizational Innovation 2. Concepts, Theories, and Contexts Part II – Elements of Organizational Innovation 3. Types of Innovation – Technical, Nontechnical, Hybrid 4. Spectrum of Innovation Radicalness 5. Process of Innovation – Generation, Adoption 6. Openness of Innovation Process Part III – Sources of Innovations in Organizations 7. Primary Antecedents of Organizational Innovation 8. Moderators, Mediators, and Measurement of Innovation Part IV – Performance Consequences of Innovation 9. Innovation and Organizational Performance 10. Innovation Pattern, Complementarity, and Performance References Index

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Book SynopsisRevised and extended for its second edition, Contemporary Issues in Management provides a unique up-to-date view of the 'messy reality' of the complex management dilemmas facing workers and managers in the business environment today. Using a critical approach, the authors offer original perspectives on organisational behaviour and the sociology of work. Presenting business case studies and analysis, this textbook covers a broad range of key themes, including ethical and social issues, diversity, migration, continuity and change. Chapters present research studies into diverse areas, from teleworking to apprenticeships, food production, volunteering and factory working.This fully updated second edition textbook provides: Discussions of management issues in their wider philosophical and political contexts to allow students to have a broader understanding and interpretation of how management affects complex real-life situations Original and in-depth qualitative case studies present lived experience rather than abstract 'model' or 'idealised' problems for successful application of theory Examples of a wide range of management practices gives students the necessary knowledge for a globalised perspective on work and business A critical approach to the topic, to develop students' analytical skills to recognise problems, and suggest suitable solutions Questions and further reading sections for use in teaching and self study. This textbook is an invaluable guide for those studying organisational behaviour and business management, as well as the sociology and ethnography of work and workplaces. Contributors include: S.B. Emery, S. French, L. Hamilton, M. Keleman, D. Knights, A. Mangan, D. McCabe, L. Mitchell, T. Oultram, G. Pearson, U. Salmon, L. Stringer, E. Surman, N. TaylorTable of ContentsContents: Part I Thinking Critically About Business Management 1. Is there another way of organising? Considering the possibilities of alternative organisations Anita Mangan 2. The corruption of business: A statement of a contemporary problem Gordon Pearson 3. Dignity and recognition through work Laura Mitchell 4. Facing the uncertainties and realities of work and migration in the ‘Brexit Age’ Steve French 5. Ambiguity as organisational practice: An American Pragmatist perspective Michaela Keleman Part II Contemporary Work: Conditions, Challenges and Alternatives 6. Is paternalism still relevant? Changing the culture in a UK insurance company Darren McCabe and David Knights 7. Taken over by technology: remote work, anxious work or no work at all? Emma Surman 8. “One Day, All This Will Be Yours”: A Bourdieusian Exploration of Innovation in the Family Firm Udeni Salmon 9. Disjointed, degraded and divided? A tale of dirty work at the chicken factory Lindsay Hamilton and Darren McCabe 10. Hard work, productivity and the management of the farmed environment Steven B. Emery 11. Youth employment, masculinity and policy Teresa Oultram and Lee Stringer 12. Caring Companions: Volunteering, identity and morality in the rescue shelter Nik Taylor and Lindsay Hamilton Index

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Book SynopsisWhile many books provide guidance to the construction of theory, the process of theorizing itself has been addressed far less. The aim of this book is to encourage researchers to reflect upon their subjective theorizing practices and to engage in dialogue about theorizing in organization studies. Drawing on interviews with eight key figures in the field, this book provides guidance for how to theorize, and how to do so well, using the key tools of the theorizers. Providing rich insights, these interviews with Professors David Boje, Barbara Czarniawska, Kenneth Gergen, Tor Hernes, Geert Hofstede, Edgar Schein, Andrew Van de Ven and Karl Weick give an opportunity to learn from some of the most successful theorists in the field of organization studies. By addressing aspects of theorizing which seek to make it a personal and meaningful endeavour, this book goes beyond the sole aim of getting published and encourages the reader to develop their own unique way of theorizing. This book will be an invaluable tool for graduate researchers and scholars looking to refine their theorizing practices in order to produce outstanding theoretical work. Its insights will also be of use for anyone seeking to breathe new life into their work, with its insightful commentary on the practices of successful theorists.Trade Review'This book is short, fun to read, and full of good ideas. It also works well as an introduction to how to theorize in organization studies, for students as well as professors.' --From the foreword by Richard Swedberg'I found the book witty, clear, passionate and well written. For me, it was an opportunity to reflect on my own academic life, my practice of theorizing and my contribution to the field while reading the book and mirroring myself through the thoughts of the ''key'' thinkers that I know personally or through their writing. ' --Silvia Gherardi, University of Trento, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Richard Swedberg 1. Presentation and premises 2. Engaging in theorizing 3. Looking at something. Behind the scenes – interviewing Karl Weick 4. Finding your academic family 5. Making a contribution 6. Key points and practices References Index

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Book SynopsisFamily firms represent over 90 per cent of businesses globally, and play a significant role in the economies of many nations. This innovative book takes an interdisciplinary, cross-national approach to the study of family firms as institutions as well as the relationship between family firms and external institutions. In doing so, it demonstrates the impact of these interactions both on the firms and institutions themselves and on the wider economic context. Featuring in-depth analysis of original research, chapters take both theoretical and empirical approaches to explore the family firm as an organization, several key case studies. At a micro level, the social and cultural unit of the family and its behaviour is investigated, and at a macro level, external institutional contexts are examined to explain and theorise firms' behaviours and strategies, covering areas such as innovation, competitiveness and reputation. The book provides important conceptual insights, as well as up-to-date empirical research and ideas for future research agendas. Family Firms and Institutional Contexts will be a critical read for scholars and doctoral students in business and management, particularly those with an interest in family firms. Policymakers and practitioners in these areas will also find its insights of practical relevance.Trade Review'If you are interested in appreciating how institutions work, then this book should be placed on your shortlist of essential readings. Family Firms and Institutional Contexts adopts an approach that identifies family firms as institutions, involving a bundle of behavioural codes and norms. The cusp between family business studies and institutional analysis lies at the core of this book, providing a diverse array of authors, approaches, and perspectives to the topic.' --Kosmas X. Smyrnios, RMIT University, AustraliaTable of ContentsIntroduction Andrea Colli, Giorgia M. D’Allura and Sanjay Goel Part I Conceptual boundaries and methods 1. Family and institutional contexts: an integrated view to advance family business research Giorgia Maria D’Allura 2. Institutions and Family Firms: Past achievements and new challenges Andrea Colli 3. Mixed methods approach for family firm and institutions research: Literature review and suggestion for future research Giorgia Maria D’Allura and Mariasole Bannò 4. Qualitative inquiries in family business research from an institutional theoretical perspective Anna Carreri Part II Business models and competitive advantage in Family firms 5. Which business model for the family business? A literature review and extension Rania Labaki and Christian Haddad 6. Business Modeling for Business Families Rosario Faraci and Rosaria Ferlito 7. Cultural variables as conceptual moderators in family involvement-performance relationship: a meta-analytic regression analysisBice Della Piana- Rosalia Santulli and Carmen Gallucci 8. Financial performance and corporate reputation in family firms: Is it about being good or being known? Alexandra Dawson Part III Innovation and competitiveness in Family firms 9. Family business innovation: A circular process model Moritz Feninger, Nadine Kammerlander and Alfredo De Massis 10. Innovation Advantages of Family Firms: Navigating the Trilemma of Challenges Justin B. Craig, George Thomas Lumpkin and Mare Meyer 11. Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Family Firms and Formal Institutions. Exploring the Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Family Firm Performance in Different Formal Institutional Settings Daniela Giménez and Andrea Calabrò 12. The Relationship Between Innovation and Internationalization in Family Firms: Past Research and Future Challenges Mariasole Bannò, Giorgia Maria D’Allura, Celeste Amorim Varum and Sandro Trento Part IV Case studies 13. The interrelation between socio-spatial and institutional context, and family business characteristics Salvatore Tomaselli, Gianna Agrò, Giocchino Fazio and Stefano Fricano 14. Exploring the intersection of e-commerce and context in Family Business in China: the effects on organisational form and identity Donella Casperz, Yong Wang, Salvatore Tomaselli and Rong Pei Index

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