Work and Organizational Behaviour is a brand new core text for undergraduate and MBA students taking an introductory course in organizational behaviour. It provides both a psychologically and sociologically based view of behaviour in work organisations, from a critical perspective.
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'I highly recommend this text as currently the best book on the market.'
- Dr Susanne Tietze, Bradford University School of Management, UK

'Bratton's new Organisational Behaviour textbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date OB textbook I have read in a long time. There are many novel pedagogical items in the book such as 'OB in films' or 'web-based assignments'. I welcome them both as for a long time I have been trying to incorporate them in my own teaching. It is great to see a textbook that will make my job easier!'
- Dr Dorota Dobosz-Bourne, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

'An impressive text... The pedagogical features will help students and more, they help overworked lecturers and tutors to organise their sessions. This text is authoritative without being stodgy, gutsy in the way it discusses 'unpopular' topics under economic rationalism (like gender imbalances, managerialism). Will generate good student discussion about important issues. It certainly adds something different.'
- Judith Chapman, University of Western Sydney, Australia

'A very thorough and comprehensive text, introducing a refreshingly modern take on the classics of OB. By taking a critical approach, this book offers new perspectives on the workplace and its many facets.'
- Dr Christian Waldstrøm, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark

'Work and Organisational Behaviour is a groundbreaking book that bridges the gap between mainstream organisational behaviour texts and more critical sociological accounts of work. It includes a host of illuminating examples and reflective exercises, as well as a useful glossary, and is strongly recommended as essential reading for business and management students at all levels.
- Dr Melissa Tyler, Loughborough University, UK

'One of the most positive features of the book is the clarity of the language - dealing with complex ideas in an easy to understand way.'
- Dr Donald Hislop, Sheffield University Management School, UK

'This will become the best-selling OB textbook on the market.'
- Dr Alan Tuckman, Nottingham Trent University, UK

PART ONE: WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
The Nature of Organizational Behaviour
Work in Organizations
Studying Work and Organizations
PART TWO: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS
Management
Leadership
PART THREE: INDIVIDUALS AND WORK
Personality
Perception
Learning
Motivation
Gener, Race, Disability and Class
PART FOUR: GROUPS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
Groups and Teams
Communications
Decision-Making
Power
PART FIVE: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND PERFORMANCE
Organizational Design and Culture
Technology
Human Resource Management
Epilogue
References
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

JOHN BRATTON is Professor of Sociology at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada. He was the first Director of the Workplace Learning Research Unit, at the University of Calgary. He has served on the faculties of Leeds Business School at Leeds Metropolitan University, University of Bradford, and the Open University, UK.

MILITZA CALLINAN lectures in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at Leeds University Business School.

CAROLYN FORSHAW lectures in professional writing at Thompson Rivers University. She has had more than twenty-five years experience in the field in Britain and Canada.

PETER H SAWCHUK is cross-appointed to Sociology of Education and Industrial Relations departments at the University of Toronto, Canada.