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Toward a Theory of Organizational Behavior

Administrative Science Quarterly, 1958
Several theoretical formulations from sociology and psychology are used in an attempt to set down a general theory of organizational behavior. The typical bureaucratic model is defined as a "structured field," in the sense that authority, status, and role are clearly articulated and thus provide behavioral cues that facilitate perception and learning ...
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Testing Argyris' theory of organizational behavior

Scandinavian Journal of Management Studies, 1986
Abstract An empirical test of the major sections of Argyris' “Theory of Organizational Behavior” is discussed. Eight hundred subjects, from nineteen different health care organizations of differential types and differential sizes participated in this study.
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A Theory of Rule-Governed Behavior and Organizational Behavior Management

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 1993
To a large extent, an organization's culture is probably not based on direct-acting contingencies of reinforcement and punishment. Instead it is generally based on indirect-acting conlineencies he.. analoe to reinforcement and ounishmentl A direct- - acting contingencyTs one where the oulcome involved'in the contingency is sufficiently immediate ...
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Theory of Planned Behavior and Different Forms Of Organizational Change Behavior

Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 2018
Complementing prior research on the macro- and system-focused views of organizational change, we examined microprocesses of change by attending to 3 different forms of change behavior as predicted by the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Data were collected from 193 employee–coworker dyads working in various organizations in South Korea.
Yuha Yang, Jin Nam Choi, Kyungmook Lee
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Explaining Cyberloafing Through a Theoretical Integration of Theory of Interpersonal Behavior and Theory of Organizational Justice

Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 2014
Cyberloafing is an issue of growing concern for contemporary organizations. This paper develops an integrated research model which combines the Theory of Interpersonal Behavior and Organizational Justice to provide a holistic examination for cyberloafing behavior.
Teresa K. Betts, Andrew J. Setterstrom, John Michael Pearson, Stephanie Totty   +3 more
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Middle Range Theories of Organizational Behavior

1980
A disenchantment with global theories derived from open systems models has led researchers to consider the efficacy of more specific, middle range theories (see Pinder, 1977, for a review of this movement). According to a recent call for papers, middle range theories are defined as: … [theories] that would attempt to predict and explain only a subset
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Toward a behavioral theory of vision in organizational settings

Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 2009
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a behavioral theory of organizational vision.Design/methodology/approachBased on existing theoretical concepts and empirical evidence, this new theory development compares a diverse set of plausible logical, empirical, and/or epistemological conjectures so that highlighting occurs to form the substance of ...
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Functionalism as a Base for Midrange Theory in Organizational Behavior/Theory

1980
Understanding anything as complex as a large, formal organization is obviously difficult. It is a task which, subjectively, appears to be progressing unevenly in Organizational Behavior/Theory, the discipline charged with investigating organizations and the groups and persons who make them up.
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POSSIBILITIES OF SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY FOR STUDYING THE ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

СИСТЕМНАЯ ПСИХОЛОГИЯ И СОЦИОЛОГИЯ, 2022
Статья посвящена рассмотрению организационного поведения человека с позиций теории самодетерминации Э. Деси и Р. Райана. Системный анализ возможностей теории самодетерминации позволяет комплексно подойти к решению проблемы формирования внутренней мотивации сотрудников, связанной с рядом факторов: степенью вовлеченности сотрудников в трудовую ...
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Theory transitions in organizational buying behavior research

Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 1996
Organizational buying is an active research domain with hundreds of studies grounded in one or several of the complementary theoretical models in the literature. In recent years, however, many scholars have focussed on the importance of the buyer‐seller relationship.
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