Synopsis
Organizational Behavior, 9e by McShane/Von Glinow helps everyone make sense of OB and provides the conceptual tools to work more effectively in the workplace. It emphasizes emerging OB knowledge with globally focused, real-world examples and evidence-based literature. This edition explains how work-life integration is becoming an essential employee practice in the workplace; how social networks generate power and shape communication patterns; how emotions influence employee motivation, attitudes, and decisions; how self-concept is a significant determinant of individual behavior, team cohesion, and leadership; and how adopting a global mindset has become an important employee characteristic in this increasingly interconnected world. This book presents the reality that organizational behavior is not just for managers; it is relevant and valuable to anyone who works in and around organizations.
The McShane and Von Glinow product is acclaimed for:
• Readability, presentation of current knowledge
• Linking OB concepts and theories with reality
• Strong International / Global orientation
• Contemporary Theory Foundation (without the jargon)
• Active Learning and Critical Thinking Support
• Textbook's philosophy OB knowledge is for everyone, not just traditional managers
About the Authors
Steven L. McShane is Conjoint Professor at Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle (Australia). He previously held the positions of Adjunct Professor at Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria (Canada), Professor at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Business Administration (Canada), and Winthrop Professor of Management at the University of Western Australia Graduate School of Management and Business School. He currently teaches organizational behavior in the IMBA program at the Antai College of Economics and Management at
Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China. Steve has received awards for his teaching quality and innovation, and receives high ratings from students in Perth, Shanghai, Singapore, Manila, and other cities where he has taught. He is also
a popular visiting speaker, having given dozens of invited talks and seminars to faculty and students in the United States, China, Canada, Malaysia, India, and other countries.
Steve earned his PhD from Michigan State University, where he specialized in organizational behavior and labor relations. He also holds a Master’s of Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto and an undergraduate degree from Queen’s University in Canada. Steve is a past president of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (the Canadian equivalent of the Academy of Management) and served as Director of Graduate Programs in Simon Fraser University’s business faculty. He has conducted executive programs with Nokia, TÜV-SÜD, Wesfarmers Group, Main Roads WA, McGraw-Hill, ALCOA World Alumina Australia, and many other organizations.
Along with coauthoring Organizational Behavior, Ninth Edition, Steve is lead coauthor of Canadian Organizational Behaviour, Tenth Edition (2018), Organisational Behaviour: Asia Pacific, Sixth Edition (2019), and M: Organizational Behavior, Fourth Edition (2019). He is also coauthor of editions or translations of his organizational behavior books in other countries. Steve has published several dozen articles and conference papers on workplace values, training transfer, organizational learning, exit–voice–loyalty, employee socialization, wrongful dismissal, media bias
in business magazines, and other diverse topics. Steve enjoys spending his leisure time hiking, swimming, body board surfing, canoeing, skiing, and traveling with his wife and two daughters.
Dr. Von Glinow is a Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Chair in International Management at Florida International University and is senior editor for the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). She served as 2010 to 2012 president of the Academy of International Business (AIB) and the 1994–1995 president of the Academy of Management (AOM). Previously on the Marshall School faculty of the University of Southern California, she has an MBA and a PhD in management science from Ohio State University, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, Mary Ann Von Glinow Courtesy of Donna McClement the Academy of International Business, and the Pan-Pacific Business Association.
She sits on 13 editorial review boards and numerous international panels and teaches in executive programs in Latin America, Asia, and the United States.
Dr. Von Glinow has authored over 100 journal articles and 13 books, most of
which have been translated into Chinese, Hindi, and Spanish. Her book on organizational learning capability won a Gold Book Award from the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan in 2002. She is the 2005 recipient of the Academy of
Management’s Distinguished Service Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by
the Academy.
Mary Ann has consulted widely and is on the board of directors of several organizations, including the advisory board to Volvo-Geely in China. She is actively involved in several animal welfare organizations and received the 1996 Humanitarian Award of the Year from Miami’s Adopt-a-Pet.
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