Essentials of Organizational Behavior
by Stephen P. Robbins · Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge
A stripped-down survey of workplace behavior research: motivation, perception, personality, decision-making, team dynamics, leadership, communication, culture and change. Readers finish able to name the evidence behind common management practices and judge which ones hold up.
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