Misbehavior in Organizations: Theory, Research, and Management

Yoav Vardi, Ely Weitz9780805843323, 0805843329, 0805843337

For many years, scholars aligned with mainstream research paradigms that make up organizational behavior (OB) have been leaning toward the more positive depiction of organizational reality. To better understand people’s behavior in the workplace, they must also explore misbehavior. The purpose of this book is to delineate a new agenda for OB theory and research.This authored book is intended for students, scholars, and practitioners who manage organizational behavior.

---

Table of contents :
TeamLiB……Page 1
Cover……Page 2
Contents……Page 11
Series Foreword……Page 15
Preface……Page 17
Acknowledgments……Page 21
I: ORGANIZATIONAL MISBEHAVIOR……Page 25
1 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND MISBEHAVIOR……Page 27
Prevalence of Misbehavior at Work……Page 28
Misbehavior in OB Discourse……Page 29
A Historical Perspective……Page 39
Toward a Framework for Misbehavior……Page 46
2 A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR OMB ANALYSIS……Page 48
Need for Conceptual Clari.cation……Page 50
De.nitional Implications……Page 55
OMB as Intentional Behavior……Page 60
Antecedents of Misbehavior……Page 62
A General Framework……Page 68
A Road Map……Page 71
II: OMB MANIFESTATIONS AND ANTECEDENTS……Page 73
3 INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL MANIFESTATIONS OF OMB……Page 75
Intrapersonal Manifestations……Page 77
Interpersonal Manifestations……Page 85
4 PRODUCTION AND POLITICAL MANIFESTATIONS……Page 100
Counterproductive Workplace Behavior……Page 101
Political Manifestations……Page 107
5 PROPERTY MANIFESTATIONS……Page 119
Physical Manifestations……Page 121
Intellectual Manifestations……Page 132
A Final Observation……Page 137
6 INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL ANTECEDENTS OF OMB……Page 139
Personality Traits……Page 141
Intentions and Attitudes……Page 150
Affect and Emotion……Page 159
Others¡¯ In.uence……Page 163
7 POSITION AND GROUP-LEVEL ANTECEDENTS……Page 167
Job-Level Antecedents……Page 169
Group-Level In.uences……Page 182
8 ORGANIZATION-LEVEL ANTECEDENTS……Page 189
Organization Type……Page 191
Organization Culture and Climate……Page 208
Behavior Control Systems……Page 213
III: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT……Page 219
Prologue……Page 221
A Framework for Unethical Managerial Behavior……Page 223
Models of Ethical Decision Making……Page 224
An OMB Perspective of Unethical Decisions……Page 227
The Israeli Bank Shares Regulation Affair……Page 229
The Enron Affair……Page 235
Commentary¡ªThe Organizationthink Phenomenon……Page 239
General Propositions on Managerial Ethics……Page 242
A Sad Epilogue……Page 243
10 MEASUREMENT DILEMMAS IN OMB RESEARCH……Page 245
Dilemmas Pertaining to Measurement Strategy……Page 246
Problems Affecting the Measurement of OMB……Page 257
How to Measure OMB……Page 263
11 A MODEL OF OMB MANAGEMENT……Page 268
Toward OMB Management: Prevention Versus Response……Page 270
The Rationale for OMB Management……Page 271
An Integrative Model of OMB Management……Page 274
OMB Interventions……Page 276
Summary……Page 280
Research Implications……Page 281
Summary……Page 282
References……Page 285
Appendixes……Page 313
Author Index……Page 331
Subject Index……Page 341