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Test Bank Organizational Behavior 5th Edition by Michael A. Hitt

Organizational Behavior, 5th Edition People, processes, and technology. These are the three major drivers of business achievement. The best leaders inherently understand that great companies start with great people

ISBN: 978-1-119-39173-9

Michael A. Hitt, C. Chet Miller, Adrienne Colella, Maria Triana

Table of Contents
About the authors iii

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xv

Opening Case Study: “The Right Thing to Do Is Start with the Crew” The Case of Trader Joe’s xxv

Part 1 The Strategic Lens

1 A Strategic Approach to Organizational Behavior 1

Exploring Behavior in Action: Strategic Use of Human Capital: A Key Element of Success at P&G and The Container Store 1

The Strategic Importance of: Organizational Behavior 3

Basic Elements of Organizational Behavior 3

Importance of Using a Strategic Lens 4

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: Nick Johnson, Susan Williams, and Other Not-Ready-for- Primetime Managers 6

Foundations of a Strategic Approach to Organizational Behavior 7

Definition of an Organization 7

The Role of Human Capital in Creating Competitive Advantage 8

The Nature of Human Capital 8

The Concept of Competitive Advantage 9

Human Capital as a Source of Competitive Advantage 9

Overall Potential for Competitive Advantage 11

Managerial Advice: Leveraging Human Capital with Twitter, Workplace, and Other Social Networking Tools 12

Positive Organizational Behavior 13

High-Involvement Management 14

Key Characteristics of High-Involvement Management 14

Evidence for the Effectiveness of High-Involvement Management 17

Demands on Managers 17

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: Pixar: An Organization of Happy, Innovative People 19

Organization of the Book 20

What This Chapter Adds to Your Knowledge Portfolio 21

Back to the Knowledge Objectives 22

Key Terms 22

Human Resource Management Applications 22

Building Your Human Capital: Career Style Inventory 23

An Organizational Behavior Moment: All in a Day’s Work 26

Team Exercise: McDonald’s: A High-Involvement Organization? 27

Endnotes 28

2 Organizational Diversity 33

Exploring Behavior in Action: Diversity in Silicon Valley: An Example from Twitter 33

The Strategic Importance of: Organizational Diversity 34

Diversity Defined 36

Forces of Change 38

Changing Population Demographics 38

Increase in the Service Economy 40

The Global Economy 40

Requirements for Teamwork 40

Diversity Management and High-Involvement Organizations 41

Individual Outcomes 41

Group Outcomes 42

Organizational Outcomes 42

Societal and Moral Outcomes 43

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: Diversity at the Top 45

Roadblocks to Diversity 46

Prejudice and Discrimination 46

Stereotyping 47

Differences in Social Identity 50

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: Women, Work, and Stereotypes 52

Power Differentials 53

Poor Structural Integration 53

Communication Problems 55

Effectively Creating and Managing Diversity 55

Managerial Advice: Promoting a Positive Diversity Environment 57

The Strategic Lens 58

What This Chapter Adds to Your Knowledge Portfolio 59

Back to the Knowledge Objectives 59

Thinking about Ethics 60

Key Terms 60

Human Resource Management Applications 60

Building Your Human Capital: What’s Your DQ (Diversity Quotient)? 61

An Organizational Behavior Moment: Project ‘Blow Up’ 62

Team Exercise: What Is It Like to Be Different? 63

Endnotes 64

3 Organizational Behavior in a Global Context 69

Exploring Behavior in Action: McDonald’s Thinks Globally and Acts Locally 69

The Strategic Importance of: Organizational Behavior in a Global Context 71

Globalization and Institutions 71

Globalization 71

Managerial Advice: Multinational Corporations Achieving Globalization 73

Institutions 74

The Globalization Experience for Associates and Managers 75

Internationally Focused Jobs 76

Foreign Job Assignments 78

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: I Am a Triangle: The Difficulties of Repatriation Story 80

Foreign Nationals as Colleagues 82

Opportunities for International Participation 83

Multidomestic Firms 84

Global Firms 84

High-Involvement Management in the International Dimensions of National Culture 86

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: Managing Diverse Cultures 88

National Culture and High-Involvement Management 89

Information Sharing 89

Decision Power and Individual Autonomy 90

Decision Power and Self-Managing Teams 90

Ethics in the International Context 91

The Strategic Lens 94

What This Chapter Adds to Your Knowledge Portfolio 94

Back to the Knowledge Objectives 95

Thinking about Ethics 96

Key Terms 96

Human Resource Management Applications 96

Building Your Human Capital: Assessment of Openness for International Work 96

An Organizational Behavior Moment: Managing in a Foreign Land 98

Team Exercise: International Etiquette 98

Endnotes 99

Part 2 Individual Processes

4 Learning and Perception 105

Exploring Behavior in Action: The Strategic Importance of Learning and Perception 105

Fundamental Learning Principles 107

Operant Conditioning and Social Cognitive Theory 108

Contingencies of Reinforcement 108

Managerial Advice: Punishment: Creating a Climate of Fear 110

Schedules of Reinforcement 111

Social Learning and Cognition 113

Other Conditions for Learning 114

Training and Enhancing the Performance of Associates 115

OB Mod 116

Simulations 116

Learning from Failure 118

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: Why Training Doesn’t Always Work! 120

Perception 121

Perceptions of People 122

Self-Perception 126

Attributions of Causality 126

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: Great Bear Wilderness Crash 126

Internal–External Attribution 127

Attributions of Success and Failure 128

Task Perception 129

The Strategic Lens 129

What This Chapter Adds to Your Knowledge Portfolio 130

Back to the Knowledge Objectives 131

Thinking about Ethics 131

Key Terms 131

Human Resource Management Applications 131

Building Your Human Capital: Assessment of Approaches Used to Handle Difficult Learning Situations 132

An Organizational Behavior Moment: It’s Just a Matter of Timing 132

Team Exercise: Best Bet for Training 133

Endnotes 134

5 Personality, Intelligence, Attitudes, and Emotions 138

Exploring Behavior in Action: Personality Testing in the Hiring Process: I Know She’s Smart and Accomplished But Does She Have “Personality”? 138

The Strategic Importance of: Personality, Intelligence, Attitudes, and Emotions 140

Fundamentals of Personality 140

Determinants of Personality Development 141

The Big Five Personality Traits 142

The Big Five and High-Involvement Management 145

The Dark Triad 145

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: Narcissism in the CEO Suite and Oval Office 147

General Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Personality 148

Some Cautionary and Concluding Remarks 151

Intelligence 151

Experiencing Organizational Behavior: Intelligence and Intelligence Testing in the National Football League 153

Attitudes 153

Attitude Formation 155

Two Important Attitudes in the Workplace 157

Managerial Advice: Job Satisfaction Remains Too Low! 158

Attitude Change 161

Emotions 163

Direct Effects of Emotions on Behavior 164

Emotional Labor 164

Emotional Intelligence 165

The Strategic Lens 167

What This Chapter Adds to Your Knowledge Portfolio 167

Back to the Knowledge Objectives 168

Thinking about Ethics 169

Key Terms 169

Human Resource Management Applications 169

Building Your Human Capital: Big Five Personality Assessment 169

An Organizational Behavior Moment: Whatever Is Necessary! 171

Team Exercise: Experiencing Emotional Labor 171

Endnotes 172

6 Work Motivation 179

Exploring Behavior in Action: Work Motivation at W.L. Gore & Associates 179

The Strategic Importance of: Work Motivation 181

What Is Motivation? 181

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