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Misbehavior in Organizations

Theory, Research, and Management

• By Yoav Vardi, Ely Weitz

• Price: $45.00
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Pages: 360
• Published by: Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
• Publication Date: 1st August 2003
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-4333-0

About the Book

For many years, scholars aligned with mainstream research paradigms that make up organizational behavior (OB) have been leaning toward the more positive depiction of organizational reality. To better understand people's behavior in the workplace, they must also explore misbehavior. Organizational Misbehavior (OMB) is a term that was coined by Yaov Vardi about 10 years ago 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 organizational behavior theory and research.

Devoted to the study and management of misbehavior in work organizations, this volume is divided into three parts. Part I discusses the prevalence of these phenomena. It searches for typologies and definitions for misbehavior 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 misbehavior in organizations.

The book is intended for students, scholars, and practitioners who manage OB.

Table of Contents

Contents: E.A. Fleishman, J.N. Cleveland, Series Foreword. Preface. Part I: Organizational Misbehavior. Organizational Behavior and Misbehavior. A General Framework for OMB Analysis. Part II: OMB Manifestations and Antecedents. Individual-Level Manifestations of OMB. Production and Political Manifestations. Property Manifestations. Individual-Level Antecedents of OMB. Position and Group-Level Antecedents. Organization-Level Antecedents. Part III: Implications for Research and Management. Managerial Ethics: An OMB Perspective. Measurement Dilemmas in OMB Research. A Model of OMB Management. Appendices.