Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION

1. What is Organizational Behavior?



PART II: THE INDIVIDUAL

2. Diversity in Organizations

3. Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

4. Emotions and Moods

5. Personality and Values

6. Perception and Individual Decision Making

7. Motivation Concepts

8. Motivation: From Concepts to Applications



PART III: THE GROUP

9. Foundations of Group Behavior

10. Understanding Work Teams

11. Communication

12. Leadership

13. Power and Politics

14. Conflict and Negotiation

15. Foundations of Organization Structure



PART IV: THE ORGANIZATION SYSTEM

16. Organizational Culture

17. Human Resource Policies and Practices

18. Organizational Change and Stress Management



Appendix: Research in Organizational Behavior

Comprehensive Cases

Overview
Description
For undergraduate and graduate courses in organizational behavior.

Help students apply OB concepts

The world’s most successful Organizational Behavior textbook provides the research you want, in the language your students understand. This text makes current, relevant research come alive for readers. The 18th Edition reflects the most recent research and business events within the field of organizational behavior, while maintaining its hallmark features -- a clear writing style, cutting-edge content, and intuitive pedagogy. There’s a reason why Robbins’s textbooks have educated millions of students and have been translated into 20 languages -- and it’s because of a commitment to provide engaging, cutting-edge material that helps students understand and connect with organizational behavior.

Features
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New - An Employabilty Skills Matrix at the beginning of each chapter provides students with a visual guide to features that support the development of skills employers are looking for in today’s business graduates.
New and Updated - Opening-Chapter Vignettes bring current business trends and events to the forefront so students are kept up-to-date on the current managerial landscape.
New and Updated - Personal Inventory Assessments help students develop professionalism and awareness of oneself and others, giving students to learn skill necessary for their future career.
Career Objectives in every chapter provide advice, in a question-and-answer format to help students think through issues they may face in the workforce today.
Updated - End-of-Chapter material. Each end of chapter includes Experiential Activities, Ethical Dilemmas, and two Cases. Also, 5 Comprehensive Cases at the end of the text provide more application practice than any other text available.
Real-world examples of organizational behavior

New and Updated - Each chapter opens with a real company example, that demonstrates the topics that will be covered.
New and Updated - Profiles of real company leaders throughout the text illustrate how course concepts have helped their success.
New - Photos and captions link the chapter content to contemporary real-life worldwide situations to enhance students’ understanding of the hands-on application of concepts.
New and Updated - The Point/Counterpoint feature presents opposing positions on hot topics in Organizational Behavior to help student learn to think critically.
Global OB research is woven throughout each chapter and is now more easily found via an identifying logo.
Customer Satisfaction, Job Enrichment and Mindfulness are discussed and analyzed to help students prepare for their careers.


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Check out the preface for a complete list of features and what's new in this edition.

New to This Edition
Help students apply OB to their future career

An Employabilty Skills Matrix at the beginning of each chapter provides students with a visual guide to features that support the development of skills employers are looking for in today’s business graduates.
Opening-Chapter Vignettes bring current business trends and events to the forefront so students are kept up-to-date on the current managerial landscape.
Personal Inventory Assessments help students develop professionalism and awareness of oneself and others, giving students to learn skill necessary for their future career.
End-of-Chapter material. Each end of chapter includes Experiential Activities, Ethical Dilemmas, and two Cases. Also, 5 Comprehensive Cases at the end of the text provide more application practice than any other text available.
Real-world examples of organizational behavior

Each chapter opens with a real company example, that demonstrates the topics that will be covered.
Profiles of real company leaders throughout the text illustrate how course concepts have helped their success.
Photos and captions link the chapter content to contemporary real-life worldwide situations to enhance students’ understanding of the hands-on application of concepts.
The Point/Counterpoint feature presents opposing positions on hot topics in Organizational Behavior to help student learn to think critically.