Organizational Behavior Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace 3rd Canadian Edition by Jason Colquitt
By: COLQUITT
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. Canada
eText ISBN: 1259256812, 9781259094279, 1259094278
Edition: 3rd
Colquitt/Gellatly, Third Edition continues to offer an innovative style to teaching OB through a pop-culture approach versus the traditional, old-school, and sometimes, outdated approach. The Third Edition features The Mindy Project as the cover; a single-camera comedy TV show that follows Mindy, a skilled OB/GYN who shares a practice with other doctors and staff. Each character brings their quirky, at times, politically incorrect, personalities to the office, which makes for excellent OB discussion points. The cover is reflective of the content, in that Colquitt is an OB title that students enjoy reading; it is current, informal and conversational in style with examples that are compelling with engaging pedagogy that also entertains!
Colquitt/Gellatly, Organizational Behaviour organizes the chapters around an integrative model of OB that provides students with a roadmap of the course showing them where they?ve been and where they?re going. Chapters are tightly focused on specific topics, for example the introductory section contains two chapters on topics not included as stand-alone chapters in other books: job performance and organizational commitment. After describing these topics in detail, every remaining chapter in the book links that chapter?s content to performance and commitment. Students can then better appreciate the practical relevance of organizational behaviour concepts. Solidly based in contemporary research but written in a conversational style, Colquitt/Gellatly has found a way to bring organizational behaviour to students without sacrificing academic rigour or the theoretical foundations behind contemporary OB topics.
