'Given the breadth in the conflict and conflict management literatures, there have been few if any compilations that offered good coverage and quality depth, until now. This work provides both a good and timely review as well as insightful integration and extension of existing conflict research....

This comprehensive Handbook explores limitations and challenges arising from attempts to develop indigenous theories and constructs applicable to Chinese social reality. Key contributors integrate the literature in their topic areas, providing directions for pushing forward the frontiers of...

This comprehensive book describes how proactive behavior, driven by a proactive personality, contributes to individual and organizational productivity. A consolidation of available research on the nature of proactivity in the workplace, this book explores methods of helping workers themselves...

Umschlagtext: "In Zeiten zunehmender Dynamik erkennen immer mehr Unternehmen, dass das tayloristische "Command & Control" nicht mehr funktioniert. Auch die Reduktion auf Teal Organisations oder Holokratie und andere Kochrezepte bringen keineswegs die erhofften Erfolge. Wir müssen erkennen, dass...

Der Autor zeigt, wie Metaphern unser Denken über Organisationen bestimmen und unser Handeln in Unternehmen beeinflussen. Er gibt einen Überblick über die Theorien , auf deren Oberfläche sich die entscheidenden Metaphern von Organisationen gebildet haben. In einem Fallbeispiel erläutert...

Existing narratives about how we should organize are built upon, and reinforce, a concept of 'good management' derived from what is assumed to be a fundamental need to increase efficiency. But this assumption is based on a presentist, monocultural, and generally limited view of management's...