an annual series of analytical essays and critical reviews.
edited by Barry M. Staw.
Volume 27 /
Oxford :
Elsevier JAI,
2006.
xi, 396 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Personality development and organizational behavior / Brent W. Roberts -- Empowerment through choice? A critical analysis of the effects of choice in organizations / Roy Yong-Joo Chua and Sheena S. Iyengar -- Ideas are born in fields of play : towards a theory of play and creativity in organizational settings / Charalampos Mainemelis and Sarah Ronson -- How much is it worth to you? Subjective evaluations of help in organizations / Francis J. Flynn -- How, when, and why bad apples spoil the barrel : negative group members and dysfunctional groups / Will Felps, Terence R. Mitchell and Eliza Byington -- Toward a systems theory of motivated behavior in work teams / Gilad Chen and Ruth Kanfer -- Code breaking : how entrepreneurs exploit cultural logics to generate institutional change / Hayagreeva Rao and Simona Giorgi -- Roads to institutionalization : the remaking of boundaries between public and private science / Jeannette A. Colyvas and Walter W. Powell -- The stewardship of the temporal commons / Allen C. Bluedorn and Mary J. Waller.
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Like many previous volumes in this annual series, this collection is truly interdisciplinary. It contains chapters ranging from personality and decision making in organizations, to interpersonal dynamics such as helping and group process, to organizational-level analyses of legitimization and change.