Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior

Jennifer M. George is the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Professor of Psychology in the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University. She received her B.A. in Psychology/Sociology from Wesleyan University, her M.B.A. in Finance from New York University, and her Ph.D. in Management and Organizational Behavior from New York University. Prior to joining the faculty at Rice University, she was a Professor in the Department of Management at Texas A&M University. Professor George specializes in Organizational Behavior and is well known for her research on mood and emotion in the workplace, their determinants, and their effects on various individual and group level work outcomes. She is the author of many articles in leading peer-reviewed journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and Psychological Bulletin. One of her papers won the Academy of Management's Organizational Behavior Division Outstanding Competitive Paper Award and another paper won the Human Relations Best Paper Award. She is, or has been, on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Journal of Managerial Issues, was a consulting editor for the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and is a member of the Organizational Frontiers Series editorial board. She is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a member of the Society for Organizational Behavior. Professor George also has co-authored a leading textbook on management. Gareth Jones received both his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Lancaster, U.K. He previously held teaching and research appointments at the University of Warwick, Michigan State University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Jones specializes in both organizational behavior and organizational theory and is well known for his research on socialization, culture, and applying transaction cost analysis to explain many forms of intraorganizational and interorganizational behavior. He also has published many articles in leading journals of the field and is one of the most prolific authors in the Academy of Management Review. One of his articles won the Academy of Management Journal Best Paper Award. He is, or has been, on the editorial review boards of the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Management, and Management Inquiry. Professor Jones is a professor of Management at the Lowry Mays College and Graduate School of Business at Texas A&M University, where he is involved actively in teaching and research in Organizational Behavior and related fields.

1. Introduction to Organizational Behavior   

 

Appendix: Research Methods in Organizational Behavior

I. Individuals In Organizations                                                   

2. Individual Differences: Personality, Ability, & Job Performance

 

3. Work Values, Attitudes, Moods, and Emotions      

                    

4. Perception, Attribution, and the Management of Diversity   

 

5. Learning and Creativity at Work   

                                                  

6. The Nature of Work Motivation   

                                            

7. Creating a Motivating Work Setting   

                           

8. Pay, Careers, and Changing Employment Relationships   

      

9. Managing Stress and Work-Life Linkages                                      

 

II.   Group And Team Processes                                                 

10. The Nature of Work Groups and Teams   

                                      

11. Work Groups and Teams in Action   

                                      

12. Leadership         

                                                                   

13. Power, Politics, Conflict, and Negotiation  

                       

14. Communication Flows and Information Technology  

          

15. Decision Making, Knowledge Management, & Innovation

 

III.   Organizational Processes

16. Organizational Design: Structure and Control     

                          

17. Organizational Culture and Ethical Behavior

 

18. Organizational Change and Development