This book draws on organizational behavior research to help with the practical problems we face in gaining mastery of organizations.  It clearly, honestly, and accurately conveys what the field of organizational behavior can say to experienced managers, providing applications and advice based in what systematic research can tell us. It is organized by real organizational challenges: How to Hire, Why Managers?, Working with Feelings at Work, Managing Performance, Managing Incentives, Navigating the Social Scene, Understanding Cultures, Mastering Power, and How to Fire and Retain. 

About the Author

Jone L. Pearce is Dean's Professor of Leadership in The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, and Co-director of its Center for Leadership and Team Development.  She has published over 90 scholarly articles in her field of organizational behavior, has edited several volumes, and has three previous books.  She is a Fellow and past president of the Academy of Management, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and has received numerous honors, including several teaching excellence awards, has provided expert testimony on management reform legislation pending before the United States House of Representatives, and serves as an advisor to universities and research institutes throughout the world.

Praise for Organizational Behavior  Real Research for Real Managers

“Most textbooks give you a laundry list of theories and models, but do not explain their relevance or application to practice.  In this book, Jone Pearce answers the, so what? question.  The advice in the book is well-grounded in research, but the reader is not overwhelmed by having to go through all the details to get to the take-away.”

   --Steven Sommer, Pepperdine University

"My students love Organizational Behavior Real Research for Real Managers. They enjoy every chapter and come away believing that there is a lot of good research that they can use in their everyday work as managers, team members, and professionals. My highest recommendation.

     --Denise M. Rousseau,  H. J. Heinz II Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public           

                                            Policy and Director, Project on Evidence-based Org. Practices 

                                            Carnegie Mellon University

"Jone Pearce's Real Research for Real Managers provides practical and research-tested ideas for anyone interested in what works and what does not work in people management. This great book works wonders in MBA or Executive Education programs."