...Journal of Organizational Behavior J. Organiz. Behav. 22, 43—58 (2001) Big-B versus Big-O: What is organizational about organizational behavior? CHIP HEATH* AND SIM B. SITKLN Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, U.S.A. Summary This paper is an empirically grounded essay about the current stare of organizational behavior (GB) research and productive future directions. We report the results of a survey of GB scholars about the current importance of various research topics and their importance in an ideal world. We compare the survey responses with an archival analysis of papers published in leading GB journals over a 10-year period. We suggest that many of the topics that our respondents perceive to be ‘under researched’ can be summarized with one particular definition of GB that emphasizes organizing behavior. Considering all three definitions together, we highlight the limitations of the traditional (Big-B and Contextualized-B) definitions and discuss the benefits of a more organizational (Big-O) approach. Copyright ~ 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Introduction The purpose of this empirical essay is to be provocative. This paper is empirical in that it surveys leading organizational hehavior (GB) scholars to identify which topics they believed are currently important in the field and which should be important in an ‘ideal’ world and we compared their responses to an archival analysis of papers published in leading GB journals over a 10 year...
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...Organizational Behavior Exam/assignment paper January 2016 The topic of exam paper should be the analysis/audit of organization or team from the point of view of selected part of organizational behavior (or a few selected parts). The topic(s) should belong to one of the groups: a) individual phenomena – personality, emotions, values, attitudes, perception, learning, national culture, motivation, decision making, b) group phenomena – group structure and dynamics, team roles, work teams, leadership, power, communication, conflict, negotiations, group decision making c) organizational phenomena – organizational culture, organizational structure, motivational system, organizational change, learning and knowledge management, CSR You have to chose between two types of paper: 1. Narrow paper that focuses on selected issue of organizational behavior – you have to make an in-depth investigation into it, go to the details, dimensions, parts of the issue. 2. Wide paper that focuses on the whole set of issues of organizational behavior – in this case you have to present the alignment of issues – link them to each other, show how they work together. The paper should be 8-10 pages long and should meet the following criteria: 1. The paper should be practical and empirical instead of theoretical. It should be based on research carried out within the organization or team. The research may be in form of participative observation, questionnaires or semi-structured...
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...Organizational Psychology Paper Dana Martinez Organizational Psychology /428 August 9, 2010 Antonio Borrello Abstract Everything we in life has a tremendous impact on the way we behave, from the kind of foods we eat, the cars we drive, to the roof over our heads. Organizational psychology is described as a field that utilizes scientific methodology to better understand individuals working in organizational settings (University of Phoenix 2008). The use of organizational psychologist is designed to help the organization function more effectively. There are several benefits from an effective organization. This paper will not only define organizational psychology, but will also explore the role of research and statistics in organizational psychology and describe how organizational psychology can be used in organizations. Organizational Psychology Organizational psychology is the scientific study of individual and group behavior in formal organizational settings (University of Phoenix 2008).To further this definition, psychology alone focuses on individual behavior. Organizations will fall apart if they would allow its employees to do their own thing and not have structure. Organizational psychology is a must in all organizations. Without organizational psychology, employees will be allowed to do their own thing without being aware of the behavior of their co-workers. Organizational psychology is mostly focused on group-type settings, most commonly in offices and workplace...
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...GLOBAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH ♦ VOLUME 6 ♦ NUMBER 1 ♦ 2012 INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR: A THREE-SECTOR STUDY Jagannath Mohanty, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur Bhabani P Rath, Berhampur University, Berhampur ABSTRACT In recent years, the employer expectations have witnessed an upward surge, in anticipation of certain discretionary behaviors out of their employees, which fall beyond the purview of workplace requirement and reward systems. All this apparently is to ensure long service periods and bring out the ‘Organizational Citizen’ within the employee in the organizational context. The present paper is an attempt to examine and investigate the extent of impact that a given Organizational Culture has on Citizenship Behaviors of the employees in an Organization. The study examines the impact of select Culture variables on Organizational Citizenship Behavior across three dominant Organizations representing three sectors of the economy namely, Manufacturing, and Information Technology & Banking. The paper specifically aims at establishing a cause effect relationship between dominant Organizational culture characteristics on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. JEL: M10; M14 KEYWORDS: Organizational Culture, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Correlation INTRODUCTION A substantial amount of attention has been paid to the concept of organizational culture in the past several years (Cameron...
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...Organizational Psychology Paper Cherrise Smith University of Phoenix October 25, 2010 Wanda Moore Define organizational psychology The definition of organizational psychology is simple; it involves settings that are based on workplace or office psychology. These settings are applied to different types of groups, which take research, intervention, theories, and communication strategies to a whole different level in both non-workplaces and workplaces. Groups of people in this area get with each other and work together to accomplish important task and assist them to understand there connections. Organizational psychologists work with different types of people from middle executive to those of lower rank and management teams. Some workplaces want the employees to be as creative as possible. All in all, this means making sure everyone is communicating with each other and ensuring their bodies and minds are doing the same. Organizational psychology also focuses on individual behavior. Although it is focused on groups, individual behavior has become common in the setting to obtain information about the individual’s influences. Unlike groups and organizations, people behave. You derive a person’s sense of humor, taste and other behavioral elements from them, not the group or organization they are affiliated with. The focus on how individual’s influence and are influenced explain organizational processes that are not like social science disciplines, which do not...
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...What is Organizational Psychology Dustin Anderson Psychology 570 July 18, 2011 John Moore What is Organizational Psychology People are working every day to understand the behavior of individuals working together in an organizational setting. They use different techniques to apply with their help to understand the behavior of individuals in an organizational setting. One technique is using the application of organizational psychology. Companies hire organizational psychologist to assist them in the process of understanding. Organizational psychologist offer people unbiased fresh ideas in the area of workplace issues. Throughout this paper, the definition of organizational will be and the evolution of organizational psychology will be examined. This paper will compare and contrast organizational psychology with two related disciplines and the role of research and statistics of organizational will be examined. ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Organizational psychology applies psychological principles to study the human behavior in the workplace. These principles are vital to understanding and acquiring the tool to be successful in explaining the human behavior in organizational setting. Organizational psychology is pertinent to numerous work places, and it uses techniques to increase productivity in the workplace. According to Jex and Britt (2008), organizational psychology is the scientific study of individual and group behavior in an organizational. This field...
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...Papers should include a critical view of how investigators have made choices regarding each of the important steps in the research process that we cover in class. What we're really interested in at each step is how much a single methodological choice dominates the research area, and therefore the errors inherent in such a dominant choice, that might underlie general conclusions about substantive phenomena. To reduce some of ambiguity about what these choices or points of criticism are, you can use the Martocchio and Harrison (1993) paper as a very loose guide, and you can take cues from the paper grading sheet that I've attached to this syllabus. The text of the paper (i.e., not counting references, tables, figures, and appendices) should not exceed 25 pages of double-spaced (6 lines per inch, 3 of which contain text), Times-Roman 12-point proportional text, with one inch margins. The paper is due by 9:00am on Friday, May 2nd. I want this one electronically. Please email me your write-up as a Word 2003 (.doc) file. I do not accept late papers or give incompletes. You will have already written the initial draft by completing the two take-home exercises, so you have no excuses. We'll talk more about this critique as the semester goes on. As I mentioned above, each of the exercises will also add to the completion of this paper. In past years some students have used the paper to gain deep expertise in a topic area and then...
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...is 250 words long. Sorry, but bear with me everyone. Thank you. I came across an interesting essay but did not know that I have to go through so much hassle to read the full version. I was doing research for my organizational behavior paper. Hello, I don’t know why I have to upload something to be a member, so I am just writing to upload something that is 250 words long. Sorry, but bear with me everyone. Thank you. I came across an interesting essay but did not know that I have to go through so much hassle to read the full version. I was doing research for my organizational behavior paper. Hello, I don’t know why I have to upload something to be a member, so I am just writing to upload something that is 250 words long. Sorry, but bear with me everyone. Thank you. I came across an interesting essay but did not know that I have to go through so much hassle to read the full version. I was doing research for my organizational behavior paper. Hello, I don’t know why I have to upload something to be a member, so I am just writing to upload something that is 250 words long. Sorry, but bear with me everyone. Thank you. I came across an interesting essay but did not know that I have to go through so much hassle to read the full version. I was doing research for my organizational behavior...
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...Comparison Matrix Paper Brooke Waters Grand Canyon University: LDR-802 October 22, 2014 Comparison Matrix Essay This paper compares two studies dealing with leadership strategies in work-related settings. Although the settings vary, the study of management approaches and job satisfaction are similar in each. Charles Emery and Katherine Barker’s article, “The Effect of Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles on Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Customer Contact Personnel”, assess the effect of transactional and transformational leadership styles on job satisfaction and the accountability of customer service personnel. The research suggests that some styles of management, such as transformational leadership, may be more effective in the dedication of customer service employees. Daniel Koys’ article, “The Effects of Employee Satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and Turnover on Organizational Effectiveness: A Unit-Level, Longitudinal Study”, addresses the issue of whether business outcomes are influenced by employee attitudes and behaviors or vice versa. In addition, the researchers concentrate on organizational citizenship as well as employee turnover. Each research study in this paper will be addressed as Article 1 and Article 2 respectively throughout this paper. Comparison of Research Questions Both of these topics examine employee outlook and job gratification in the workplace as well as the impact employees have on customer...
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... | | |College of Social Sciences | | |PSYCH/570 Version 2 | | |Organizational Psychology | | |Dr. Kathleen Hughes De Sousa | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is an in-depth look at organizational psychology and therefore covers the organizational side of the field, including the impact of the organizations on the individual and on groups of individuals. The dynamics and cultural characteristics of organizations are identified and described in-depth, and organizational development and change are given particular emphasis as well. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies...
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...THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP STYLES AND EMPLOYEES COMMITMENT IN EAST AFRICA BOTTLING S.C (COCA-COLA) A TERM PAPER: THE COURSE OF ADVANCED ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND DESIGN BY: SIRAK TEFERI ……….…. MKMW/601/06 SUBMITTED TO: TESFAYE SEMELA (Professor) The Relationship Between Leadership Styles and Employees Commitment Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................1 1.1. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TERM PAPER ON THE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAIVOR ...................................................................................................................................................................2 1.2. IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY TO MARKETING MANAGEMENT. .........................................3 1.3. ORGANIZATION OF THE TERM PAPER ................................................................................................3 2. MAIN BODY OF THE TERM PAPER .................................................................................................................4 2.1. THEORETICAL LITERATURE .....................................................................................................................4 2.1.1. The Concept of Leadership .................................................................................................................4 2.1.2. The Development of Leadership Theories .................
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...LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR The standard requirement for a 4.5 credit hour course is for students to spend 13.5 hours in weekly work. This includes preparation, activities, and papers. Week ONE July 2 – 8 Preparation, Activities, and Evaluation Preparation o Reading(s) o Chapter 1: Learning about Organizational Behavior o e-Activity o Use the Internet to research an especially effective leader and / or manager. Be prepared to discuss. Preparation o Reading(s) o Chapter 2: Individual and Organizational Ethics o Chapter 3: Understanding Individual Differences Preparation o Reading(s) o Chapter 4: Perceptions and Attributions o Chapter 5: Learning Concepts to Improve Performance o e-Activity: o Use the Internet to research a social learning theory applicable to the workplace that has not been addressed in Chapter 4. Be prepared to discuss. PAPER DUE: o Assignment 1: Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study. Please see Course Guide for Specific Questions which must be addressed in the paper. o Log into BUS520 Classroom on Blackboard (Bb); go to WEEK 3; scroll to the bottom of the week and submit your assignment using the Link found there. o Your paper is due Sunday, July 22 by 11:59 p.m. ET Preparation o Reading(s) o Chapter 6: Motivating Employees o Chapter 7: Motivation: Goal Setting and Reward Programs o e-Activity o Use the Internet to research a rewards program that has been especially effective at improving employee performance. Be prepared to discuss. PAPER DUE: o Assignment...
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...Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Organizational Development University of Phoenix Organizational Development Organizational development and organizational psychology share a similar link. Both organizational development and organizational psychology entail delving into the realm human behavior in efforts to modify individual and group behavior to increase organizational efficiency and performance. The objective of this paper is to examine organizational development by providing an explanation of the process followed by identifying the theories associated with organizational development. In addition, the paper will illustrate which specific conditions are necessary for successful organizational change and development. Close assessment of the objective will lead to a clear understanding of the bond between organizational development and organizational psychology. Process of Organizational Development Organizational development is the systematic process to implement planned and effective change using technologies, research, theories, and behavioral science in effort to promote change that will “improve” the performance and overall health of an organization. More specifically, “organization development (OD) is a complex strategy intended to change the beliefs, attitudes, values, and structure of organizations so that they can better adapt to new technologies, markets, and challenges”(University of Virginia Leadership Development Center, n.d., ¶ 1). The primary...
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...Styles to Organizational Behavior 1 By Keta Johnson A Paper Submitted to Dr. Wanda Corner In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for BTM7001: Advanced Scholarly WritingError occured in marking Attendance. Some error occurred. Please try again. Error occurred in getting Attendance data. Advanced Scholarly Writingjhkkk Northcentral University Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration Specialization in Public Administration September 14, 2014 Running head: Relating Leadership Styles to Organizational 2 Relating Leadership Styles to Organizational Behavior Numerous studies have been conducted to demonstrate the various relationships between managers and subordinates. The purpose of this paper is to discuss a critical analysis of peer-reviewed articles in which researchers have addressed various leadership styles and how it affects employees. The literature review section will provide an analysis of the theoretical framework and case studies presented by authors. After analyzing the articles, the discussion and findings section will offer conclusions that can be drawn from the results; and also provide an interpretation of what the findings from the scholarly studies mean. The recommendations section will then identify what organizational leaders can do to address the gaps and/or the organizational leadership issues related to the literature review and discussion. Lastly, the conclusion section will summarize the research and the...
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...The Role of Leadership in Shaping Organizational Culture Douglas E. Kronk Walden University Abstract Leadership’s role in shaping a healthy organizational climate has many facets. Both leadership and organizational culture are difficult concepts to define, as many researchers have chosen to define each in various ways. For the purposes of this paper, I examine leadership as a process that guides both leaders and followers to a common goal, that being a shared culture that binds the members together in a healthy and productive climate. I present several leadership factors that play an important role in shaping a healthy organizational culture. The Role of Leadership in Shaping Organizational Culture One of the most critical roles of a leader is to create and maintain a healthy culture in his or her organization. This needs to happen at all levels of an organization, so the responsibility rests with all levels of leadership, from the most senior executives down to the first line supervisor. Culture represents the organization’s personality and has a critical influence on both employee satisfaction and organizational success. While every organization has a culture, it is often misunderstood by the members of the organization due to various interpretations between departments or divisions, both laterally and hierarchically. While some variation may be necessary to meet business demands in larger organizations, it is important for all organizations, both large...
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