Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour

Chia-Yu Kou-Barrett is Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and Applied Psychology at Cranfield School of Management. Prior to this, she was an Assistant Professor in Organizational Behaviour at Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin. She has published her work in top-ranked peer-review journals, presented at a number of international conferences and co-authored several book chapters.

Chapter - 01: Introduction to organizational behaviour;
Chapter - 02: Individual differences – personality and diversity;
Chapter - 03: Work motivation;
Chapter - 04: Managing groups and teams;
Chapter - 05: Power, status and organizational politics;
Chapter - 06: Leadership styles;
Chapter - 07: Conflict and negotiation;
Chapter - 08: Organizational structure;
Chapter - 09: Organizational culture;
Chapter - 10: Organizational change;

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