The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787962236 ISBN 13: 9780787962234

Publisher: Pfeiffer, 2004

Synopsis

In one comprehensive collection, The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior provides a framework for understanding the most current thinking on the negative consequences of organizational behavior. Written by experts in the field, the contributors to The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior focus on the causes, processes, and consequences of behaviors in organizations that have a negative effect on the organization and the people in them.

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From the Inside Flap:

In one comprehensive collection, The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior provides a framework for understanding the most current thinking on the negative consequences of organizational behavior. Written by experts in the field, the contributors to The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior focus on the causes, processes, and consequences of behaviors in organizations that have a negative effect on the organization and the people in them.

Throughout the book, the contributors consider different levels of analysis of negative behavior from the individual, organizational, and societal level and identify implications for practice and policy. Exploring a wide-range of negative behaviors within organizations, the book addresses such topics as

• Intimate partner violence in the workplace
• Outsiders enacting violence against an employee
• Subtle and overt discrimination within organizations
• Sexual harassment
• Sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace
• Interpersonal influence attempts and tactics
• Under the table deals
• Psychological contract breach violations
• Alcohol and drug abuse
• Retaliation behaviors
• Incivility
• Employee theft

The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior is a volume in the acclaimed Organizational Frontiers Series.

From the Back Cover:

The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior is a comprehensive volume in the Organizational Frontiers Series that explores the dark side of organizational behavior. In each chapter the contributors examine the causes, processes, and consequences of negative behaviors in organizations and provide an understanding of the most current thinking on the negative consequences of organizational behavior.

Contributors include:

Robert Baron
Michael Bowen
Virginia Bratton
Arthur Brief
Graham Brown
Rebecca Butz
Elizabeth Deitch
Robert Dipoye
Gerald Ferris
Robert Folger
Jerald Greenberg
Ricky Griffin
Angela Hall
Stefanie Halverson
Michael Harris
Wayne Hochwarter
Michele Kacmar
Joel Neuman
Anne O’Leary-Kelly
Ramona Paetzold
Christine Pearson
Christine Porath
Carol Reeves
Sandra Robinson
Denise Rousseau
Daniel Skarlicki
Edward Tomlinson

About this edition

• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0787962236
• ISBN 13: 9780787962234
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544
• Editor: Griffin Ricky W., O'Leary-Kelly Anne