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New in 2009 Award Winning Organizational Behavior Real Research for Real Managers Updated and Exapnded with Three New Chapters: Chapter 7 Navigating the Social Scene Chapter 8 Understanding Cultures Chapter 9 Mastering Power by Jone L. Pearce University of California, Irvine ISBN-13: 978-0-9786638-1-0 List Price: US$ 49.95 Order this book
About the Book 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 Culture, 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 is 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. Backlisted Books
Organizational Behavior: Real Research for Real Managers,
Individuals in Organizations 
by Jone L. Pearce
University of California, Irvine
ISBN-10: 0-9786638-0-2 2007
List Price US$ 45.00 About the Book 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, and How to Fire. About the Author Jone L. Pearce is Dean's Professor of Leadership in The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, and is 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.
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