Exploring the darkest side of organizations may have a potential to
change our previous assumptions about business life. Scholars both in
management and organizational research fields have shown interest in
the "bright" side of behavioral life and have looked for the ways to
create a positive organizational climate and assumed a positive
relation between happiness of employees and productivity. These main
assumptions of the Human Relations School have dominated the
scientific inquiry on organizational behavior. However, "the dark side
of organizational life" may have more explanatory power than "the
bright side". Hostility, jealousy, envy, rivalry, gossip, problematic
personalities, dislike, revenge, and social exclusion are the
realities of business life. A manager may devote most of their time to
cope with conflicts, deviant behaviors, ambitious individuals,
gossips, and dysfunctional rivalry among employees. It is evident that
negative events and interactions among employees cost more time and
energy for a manager than the positive side of organizational life.
This edited collection specifically focuses on these issues and will
be of interest to researchers, academics, and advanced students in the
fields of management, organizational studies and behavior, sociology,
social psychology, and human resource management.
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ISBN
9781000874600
Publisert
2024
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1. utgave
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Routledge
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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