Comparative studies in organizational behavior

By William K. Graham

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030843928
• ISBN13: 9780030843921
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.

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Comparative Studies in Organizational Behavior by Graham et

This book has good coverage of the dynamics of organizationalbehavior, motivation and interaction. The authors developrankings and correlations of summary content based uponcomparative levels. For instance, the following summarycontent aspects were rated highest for senior management people:o superiors explain changeso delegation of authorityo problem recognitiono high level of experienceo peers recognize job and importance of issueso peers help outLater, the book explains summaries of investigations of Herzberg's Dual-Factory Theories. For instance, Dunnette explains four job dimensions-achievement, responsibility,recognition and supervisor human relations as criticalsatisfiers and dis-satisfiers. Ewen found that intrinsicfactors are more strongly related to overall satisfactionthan extrinsic ones. Hahn found that self-actions were the majorsource of job satisfactions. Hamlin and Nemo found thatpositive mental health depended to a major degree on developingan orientation towards self-actualization, achievements,responsibility and goal-directed effort.The book provides ample examples of comparative resultsgiven differing levels of organizational control. For instance,the belief in the individual's innate capacity for leadershipand initiative is the condition precedent for:o the belief in sharing information and objectiveso the belief in participation managemento the belief in internal controlThe work is geared for a graduate level course. Its focus isbest depicted by examining a series of case studies whichillustrate many of the cited principles.Lastly, there is a classic chapter on the treatment of Maslow'sneeds. In order from lowest to highest are the physiological,safety, affiliation, esteem and self-actualization (highest).