1. The positive organization: why it's not more of the same / Thomas N. Duening -- Part I. Positive organizational culture -- 2. Organization-based self-esteem: making a difference at work / Donald G. Gardner, Jon L. Pierce -- 3. Building positivity in your organization with psychological...

Face, Harmony, and Social Structure continues author P. Christopher Earley's investigations of the differences among people within organizations in different cultures. In this study, Earley develops a mid-range theory of individual behavior, self-concept, and interpersonal process in predicting...

Covers -- Editorial advisory board -- Critical healthcare management studies: green shoots -- Making history critical -- Using the concept of hubots to understand the work entailed in using digital technologies in healthcare -- Exploring health work: a critical-action perspective -- Bringing...

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Why Do We Need a Better Approach? -- Chapter 2 -- The Business Case for Prevention -- Chapter 3 -- The Effect of Workplace Culture -- Chapter 4 -- The Importance of Leadership -- Chapter 5 -- Does...

Reframing Organizations -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Making Sense of Organizations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Power of Reframing -- Virtues and Drawbacks of Organized Activity -- Management's Track Record -- Strategies for Improving Organizations -- Framing --...

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Overview -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introducing corporate social responsibility -- What is CSR and why is it necessary? -- Who is responsible for social provision and who and what should be included? -- Part I Values and corporate...

The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. Political and bureaucratic blame games and blame avoidance are more often condemned than...

The Management of Safety reviews the main theories underlying safety management and their application to developing safe behaviour, and provides an introduction to the new behaviour-based approach to safety management and quality improvement. Throughout the text, useful examples and...

Working for Justice -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Worker Centers, Ethnic Communities, and Immigrant Rights Advocacy -- 1. The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: Spatializing Justice in an Ethnic "Enclave" -- 2. Organizing Workers along Ethnic Lines: The...