ISBN:
9780226127156
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (373 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior
DDC:
302.3
Keywords:
Organizational behavior
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In recent years, evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics have emerged as prominent theoretical perspectives within the social sciences. Yet despite broad levels of commonality between the disciplines-including an emphasis on adaptation, evolved mechanisms that guide behavior, and consequences of mismatch between these mechanisms and novel environments-studies that apply these perspectives on social behavior to organizations remain relatively rare.The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior brings together contributors who shed light on the potential that behavioral genetics
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Biology and Organizational Behavior - Stephen M. Colarelli and Richard D. Arvey; Genetics, Individual Differences, and Work Behavior; 2. Progress in Molecular Genetics and Its Potential Implications in Organizational Behavior Research - Zhaoli Song, Wendong Li, and Nan Wang; 3. Genetic Influences on Attitudes, Behaviors, and Emotions in the Workplace - Remus Ilies and Nikolaos Dimotakis; 4. The Biological Basis of Entrepreneurship - Scott Shane and Nicos Nicolaou
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5. Fitness, Adaptation, and Survival: The Role of Socio-Anthropic Characteristics, Personality, and Intelligence in Work Behavior - Timothy A. Judge and Robert HoganPhysiology and Organizational Behavior; 6. Neurobiological Systems: Implications for Organizational Behavior - Jayanth Narayanan and Smrithi Prasad; 7. Physiological Functioning and Employee Health in Organizations - Zhen Zhang and Michael J. Zyphur; Evolution and Organization
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8. The Service-for-Prestige Theory of Leader-Follower Relations: A Review of the Evolutionary Psychology and Anthropology Literatures - Michael E. Price and Mark Van Vugt9. Evolved Decision Makers in Organizations - Peter DeScioli, Robert Kurzban, and Peter M. Todd; 10. Primal Business: Evolution, Kinship, and the Family Firm - Nigel Nicholson; 11. Evolution and Cooperation: Implications for Organizational Behavior and Management Theory - Roderick E. White and Barbara Decker Pierce; Challenges Ahead
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12. Biology, Evolution, and Organizations: Promises and Challenges in Building the Foundations - Glenn R. Carroll and Kieran O'ConnorContributors; Index
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Description based upon print version of record
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