Why Choose Colquitt OB Second Edition?

• A Focus on Performance and Commitment
• An Integrative Model of OB
• Features that Students Want to Read
  • OB on Screen illustrates OB concepts and theories using scenes from recent Hollywood films. Featured films include Michael Clayton (Job Satisfaction), Devil Wears Prada (Stress), Slumdog Millionaire (Trust, Justice, & Ethics), Dark Knight (Motivation), and Star Trek (Leadership: Styles & Behavior).
  • OB at the Bookstore links the content in the chapters to mainstream, business bestsellers. Featured books include 3 Signs of a Miserable Job (Job Satisfaction), Four Hour Workweek (Stress), Speed of Trust (Trust, Justice, & Ethics), StrengthsFinder 2.0 (Personality & Cultural Values), Outliers (Ability), and How the Mighty Fall (Organizational Structure).
  • OB Assessments allow students to see where they stand on key concepts, right in the pages of the chapters. Assessments include helping behavior (Job Performance), Type A behavior (Stress), meaning of money (Motivation), trust propensity (Trust, Justice, & Ethics), goal orientation (Learning & Decision Making), the Big Five (Personality & Cultural Values), and emotional intelligence (Ability).
  • OB Internationally showcases the changes in technology, communications and economic forces that have made business more global and international than ever. Topics include expatriate adjustment (Organizational Commitment), national happiness (Job Satisfaction), cultural effects on goals and rewards (Motivation), national ethicality (Trust, Justice, & Ethics), cultural intelligence (Ability), and cultural effects on leadership styles (Leadership: Styles & Behaviors).

• New Wrap-around Cases
  • Each chapter begins and ends with a case showcasing a company that students should find interesting. 2^nd Edition Cases include Apple (What is OB?), Zappos (Job Satisfaction), Enterprise (Motivation), Nike (Trust, Justice, & Ethics), Harpo (Leadership: Power & Negotiation), and the Mayo Clinic (Organizational Culture).

• New Coverage of Emerging Concepts
  • The 2^nd Edition includes coverage of evidence-based management (What is OB?), psychological contracts and perceived organizational support (Organizational Commitment), flow and affective events theory (Job Satisfaction), engagement (Motivation), reputation, abusive supervision, moral attentiveness, and moral identity (Trust, Justice, & Ethics), and faultlines (Teams: Characteristics & Diversity).

• Expanded Coverage of Critical Concepts
  • The 2^nd Edition expands its discussion of creative performance (Job Performance), ethics and moral judgment (Trust, Justice, & Ethics), national culture and Project GLOBE (Personality & Cultural Values), communication processes, structures, and media (Teams: Processes and Communication), and negotiation (Leadership: Power & Negotiation).