PSY 137: Intro to Organizational Psych

For many years, scholars aligned with mainstream research paradigms that make up organizational behaviour (OB) have been leaning toward the more positive depiction of organizational reality. To better understand people's behaviour in the workplace, they must also explore misbehaviour. Organizational Misbehaviour (OMB) is a term that was coined by Yaov Vardi when he found out there were no models for how to predict misconduct at work. Thus, the purpose of this book is to delineate a new agenda for OB theory and research. this volume is divided into three parts. Part I discusses the prevalence of these phenomena. It searches for typologies and definitions for misbehaviour in the management literature using a historical perspective and proposes a general framework of OMB. Part II explores some important manifestations and antecedents of OMB at different levels of analysis - the person, the job and the organization. Finally, Part III presents practical and methodological implications for managers and researchers. The authors offer a comprehensive and systematically developed framework for the development and management of misbehaviour in organizations. The book is intended for students, scholars and practitioners who manage OB.

In this work, scholars cover issues such as teams, leadership, organizational climate and culture, organizational citizenship behaviour, work motivation, stress, and job satisfaction, and tells us what they know about these topics from a personality perspective. There are chapters on interactional psychology and work, personality and interests, some persistent measurement problems in personality assessment, and the relationship between personality and job performance. There are several overview chapters in the text - one provides a general survey of the landscape of personality theory and organizations, one presents a view of the European perspective on contemporary issues in personality research relevant to organizations in Europe, and one focuses on the origins of the book's title.

Information Security and Ethics: Social and Organizational Issues brings together examples of the latest research from a number of international scholars addressing a wide range of issues significant to this important and growing field of study. These issues are relevant to the wider society, as well as to the individual, citizen, educator, student and industry professional. With individual chapters focusing on areas including web accessibility; the digital divide; youth protection and surveillance; Information security; education; ethics in the Information professions and Internet voting; this book provides an invaluable resource for students, scholars and professionals currently working in Information Technology related areas.

Whether you're choosing your career for the first time, rethinking the choices you made years before, or deciding how to spend your pre- and post-retirement years productively, the right career can make all the difference in whether your work life is happy. Using the worksheets and real-life stories in this book, you will gain the insight to make the right choices, succeed in your career, and overcome your past career mistakes. Book jacket.

The subject of personality has received increasing attention from industrial/organizational psychologists in both research and practice settings over the past decade. But while there is an overabundance of information related to the narrow area of personality testing and employee selection, there has been no definitive source offering a broader perspective on the overall topic of personality in the workplace. Personality and Work at last provides an in-depth examination of the role of personality in work behavior. An array of expert authors discusses the connection of personality to a wide range of outcomes beyond performance, including counterproductive behaviors, contextual performance, retaliatory behaviors, retention, learning, knowledge creation, and the process of sharing that knowledge. Throughout the book, the authors present theoretical perspectives, introduce new models and frameworks, and integrate and synthesize prior studies in ways that will stimulate future research and practice. Contributors to this volume include: Murray R. Barrick, Michael J. Cullen, David V. Day, Ed Diener, J. Kevin Ford, Lewis R. Goldberg, Leaetta Hough, Jeff W. Johnson, Martin J. Kilduff, Amy Kristof-Brown, Katherine E. Kurek, Richard E. Lucas, Terence R. Mitchell, Michael K. Mount, Frederick L. Oswald, Ann Marie Ryan, Paul R. Sackett, Gerard Saucier, Greg L. Stewart, Howard M. Weiss