Employment Contracts, Psychological Contracts, and Employee Well-Being

Employment Contracts, Psychological Contracts, and Employee Well-Being
Author: David E. Guest
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2010-07-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199542694

The book covers seven countries: Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the UK, as well as Israel as a comparator outside Europe. Data was collected from over 5,000 workers in over 200 organizations, and from both permanent and temporary workers, as well as from employers. --

Commitment in the Workplace

Commitment in the Workplace
Author: John P. Meyer
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 163
Release: 1997-01-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1452263205

What is a committed employee? Are such employees better or worse off than uncommitted employees? What are the organizational advantages and disadvantages of having a committed workforce? This book overviews academic and popular perspectives on commitment in employees. It examines the multiple faces of commitment and the links that have been established between the various forms of commitment and organizational behaviour. In addition, questions concerning individual differences, organizational characteristics, job characteristics and work experiences associated with commitment are explored. The volume concludes with a discussion of what organizations can do to manage commitment effectively, including under difficult circumst

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship
Author: Kim S. Cameron
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1105
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199989958

An ideal resource for organizational scholars, students, practitioners, and human resource managers, this handbook covers the full spectrum of organizational theories and outcomes that define, explain, and predict the occurrence, causes, and consequences of positivity.

Personality and Organizations

Personality and Organizations
Author: Benjamin Schneider
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0805837582

Personality has always been a predictor of performance. This edited book brings together top scholars to look at teams, leadership, organizational climate and culture, stress, job satisfaction, etc. and tells us what we know about these topics from a per

Men and Women of the Corporation

Men and Women of the Corporation
Author: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2008-08-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 078672384X

In this landmark work on corporate power, especially as it relates to women, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the distinguished Harvard management thinker and consultant, shows how the careers and self-images of the managers, professionals, and executives, and also those of the secretaries, wives of managers, and women looking for a way up, are determined by the distribution of power and powerlessness within the corporation. This new edition of her award-winning book has a major new afterward in which the author reviews and analyzes how attitudes and practices within the corporate power structure have changed in the 1990s.

Handbook of Employee Engagement

Handbook of Employee Engagement
Author: Simon L. Albrecht
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Employee
ISBN: 9781849809504

The Handbook presents comprehensive and global perspectives to help researchers and practitioners identify, understand, evaluate and apply the key theories, models, measures and interventions associated with employee engagement. It provides many new insights, practical applications and areas for future research. It will serve as an important platform for ongoing research and practice on employee engagement.

International Community Psychology

International Community Psychology
Author: Stephanie Reich
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2007-07-03
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0387495002

This is the first in-depth guide to global community psychology research and practice, history and development, theories and innovations, presented in one field-defining volume. This book will serve to promote international collaboration, enhance theory utilization and development, identify biases and barriers in the field, accrue critical mass for a discipline that is often marginalized, and to minimize the pervasive US-centric view of the field.

The Mechanisms of Job Stress and Strain

The Mechanisms of Job Stress and Strain
Author: John R. P. French
Publisher: Chichester [Sussex] ; New York : J. Wiley
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1982
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

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Work Engagement

Work Engagement
Author: Arnold B. Bakker
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2010-04-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136980881

This book provides the most thorough view available on this new and intriguing dimension of workplace psychology, which is the basis of fulfilling, productive work. The book begins by defining work engagement, which has been described as ‘an opposite to burnout,’ following its development into a more complex concept with far reaching implications for work-life. The chapters discuss the sources of work engagement, emphasizing the importance of leadership, organizational structures, and human resource management as factors that may operate to either enhance or inhibit employee’s experience of work. The book considers the implications of work engagement for both the individual employee and the organization as a whole. To address readers’ practical questions, the book provides in-depth coverage of interventions that can enhance employees’ work engagement and improve management techniques. Based upon the most up-to-date research by the foremost experts in the world, this volume brings together the best knowledge available on work engagement, and will be of great use to academic researchers, upper level students of work and organizational psychology as well as management consultants.

Organizational Behavior

Organizational Behavior
Author: Don Hellriegel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Beslutningstagning-ledelse
ISBN: 9780324069563

Organizational Behavior is designed to help students, professionals, and managers develop the competencies and skills that are needed to effectively contribute to an organization. This proven text's strengths lie in its classic research, coverage of contemporary and emerging OB topics, and excellent case selection. Throughout the text, seven core competencies-Managing Self, Managing Diversity, Managing Ethics, Managing Across Cultures, Managing Teams, Managing Communications, and Managing Change-are emphasized and illustrated for the student.