Organizational Behavior

by Fred Luthans

Organizational Behavior by Fred Luthans was the first mainstream organizational behavior text on the market and continues the tradition of being the most current and up-to-date researched text today. Well known author Fred Luthans is the 5th highest Publisher in Academy of Management Journals, is a senior research scientist with the Gallup Organization, and continues to do research in the organizational behavior area. Organizational Behavior 11th Edition is ideal for instructors who take a research-based and conceptual approach to their OB course.

Genres: Management, Nonfiction

608 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[Ash · Rating 3 out of 5]

Done with another MBA class...Now back to what I WANT to read....

[Reader · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you were looking forward to learning something - don’t. Overly wordy yet manages to come to zero definitive conclusions. 10+ years old and outdated. Any professor using this textbook is lazy and doesn’t care about teaching. Waste of time.

[Draper · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poorly written. The authors seemed to intentionally choose the most obtuse why of expressing themselves. Here is an example: "Using positive psychology and POB in general, and the four criteria-meeting psychological resources of efficacy, optimism, hope, and resiliency, in particular, as the foundation and point of departure, as indicated in the introductory comments, Luthans and colleagues have theoretically and empirically demonstrated a higher-order core construct called psychological capital or PsyCap." The authors also seem to cite their own work on every other page. Reading this for class was an altogether terrible experience, and it is a topic I would normally have very much enjoyed.

[Shay C · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty interesting for a textbook

[Rana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good textbook, a little dry at times but mostly interesting subject matter explained well. Topics include: diversity, motivation, money as a reward, negotiation, happiness and productivity, and people's needs, mostly in the context of the workplace.

[Mohmed Abokhalefa]

went to read

[Olivia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Informative. Repetitive. Needed a better editor.

[Nahla Al Anqodi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great topics were covered with examples.. some parts I found it challenging to follow..

[Priscilla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting topics with relevant information, models and strategies. Repetitive and overly wordy.