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While control theory research spans many decades, theoretical limitations have kept it from generating consistent and interpretable empirical findings and from reaching consensus concerning the nature of key relationships. This book sheds light on the long-neglected phenomenon of organizational control and provides important directions for future research.

"Presents a new organization design paradigm, outlining the concepts, principles, and tools that enable organizations to adapt quickly in response to novel circumstances. Suitable for managers and consultants with responsibility for organizational design and development, and scholars and students wanting to understand how modern organizations work"--

"In this Cambridge Companion, global thought leaders in the fields of workplace stress and well-being highlight how theory and research can improve employee health and well-being. The volume explains how and why the topics of workplace stress and well-being have evolved and continue to be highly relevant, and why line managers have great influence over employees' quality of working life. It includes the latest research findings on stress and well-being and their impact on organizations, as well as up-to-date findings on the effectiveness of workplace interventions focused on these issues. It also explores important and emerging issues relating to organizational stress and well-being, including the ongoing effects of the global coronavirus pandemic. This is an ideal reference for students and researchers in the areas of human resources management, occupational health psychology and organisational behavior"--

This must-read edited volume is the first to bring together world-leading researchers to explore the foundations, definitions, research directions, and applications of mindfulness in an organizational context. It will become the standard reference for researchers and professionals wanting to understand, research and enhance mindfulness in organizations.

This book is for established researchers and advanced students interested in the field of organizational wrongdoing. It is a comprehensive overview of the causes, processes and consequences of misconduct and wrongdoing across all stages of an organization.

Drawing on recent theoretical contributions, this Cambridge Companion presents an up-to-date, critical review of talent management within a global context.

This must-read edited volume is the first to bring together world-leading researchers to explore the foundations, definitions, research directions, and applications of mindfulness in an organizational context. It will become the standard reference for researchers and professionals wanting to understand, research and enhance mindfulness in organizations.

Drawing on recent theoretical contributions, this Cambridge Companion presents an up-to-date, critical review of talent management within a global context.

Downsizing is one of the most frequently used business strategies for reducing costs, returning firms to profit or for restructuring businesses following takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of downsizing that examines both the strategic and human implications of this process.

Managing employment relations has become an issue of huge strategic importance as businesses struggle to respond to the pace of change in management systems and working practices. Employment Relationships: New Models of White-Collar Work traces developments in employment arrangements drawn from a number of business contexts.

It is only relatively recently that management scholars have turned their attention to the powerful role that social status plays in organizations. This book brings together this important work, showing how a better understanding of status can be used to address problems in a number of different organizational settings.

It is only relatively recently that management scholars have turned their attention to the powerful role that social status plays in organizations. This book brings together this important work, showing how a better understanding of status can be used to address problems in a number of different organizational settings.

Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this is a comprehensive overview of the practical implications for organizations that manage international employees, and individuals who are currently or aspiring expatriates. For postgraduate, MBA and EMBA students, as well as practitioners, such as HR managers and global mobility managers.

While control theory research spans many decades, theoretical limitations have kept it from generating consistent and interpretable empirical findings and from reaching consensus concerning the nature of key relationships. This book sheds light on the long-neglected phenomenon of organizational control and provides important directions for future research.

The globalized nature of modern organizations presents new and intimidating challenges for effective relationship building. This book brings together research findings on organizational trust-building across cultures. Established trust scholars from around the world consider the development and maintenance of trust in a wide variety of organizational settings.

The globalized nature of modern organizations presents new and intimidating challenges for effective relationship building. This book brings together research findings on organizational trust-building across cultures. Established trust scholars from around the world consider the development and maintenance of trust in a wide variety of organizational settings.

Corporate responsibility has secured the attention of business leaders, governments and NGOs to an unprecedented extent. This book addresses the implications for business of corporate responsibility in the context of globalisation and the social and environmental problems we face today.

Corporate responsibility has secured the attention of business leaders, governments and NGOs to an unprecedented extent. This book addresses the implications for business of corporate responsibility in the context of globalisation and the social and environmental problems we face today.

Capitalizing on significant developments in social science over the past twenty years, this book explores both the positive and negative aspects of power, identifying opportunities and threats. It shows how managers and employees can manage power in order to make it a constructive force in organizations.

Organizational scholars have long been aware that diversity leads to dysfunctional individual, group, and organizational outcomes. What is not well understood is precisely when and why such negative outcomes occur. In Diversity at Work, leading scholars in psychology, sociology, and management present innovative theoretical ways of thinking about organizational diversity.

Managing employment relations has become an issue of huge strategic importance as businesses struggle to respond to the pace of change in management systems and working practices. Employment Relationships: New Models of White-Collar Work traces developments in employment arrangements drawn from a number of business contexts.

Organizational scholars have long been aware that diversity leads to dysfunctional individual, group, and organizational outcomes. What is not well understood is precisely when and why such negative outcomes occur. In Diversity at Work, leading scholars in psychology, sociology, and management present innovative theoretical ways of thinking about organizational diversity.

This book is for established researchers and advanced students interested in the field of organizational wrongdoing. It is a comprehensive overview of the causes, processes and consequences of misconduct and wrongdoing across all stages of an organization.

Pioneers in the field of presenteeism explain how employees who come to work sick can harm wellbeing, disrupt team dynamism, damage productivity, and cost organizations more than absenteeism. Ideal for scholars and graduate students researching human resource management, organization studies, organizational health, and organizational psychology.