Research companion to the dysfunctional workplace : management challenges and symptoms

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    • Langan-Fox, Janice
    • Cooper, Cary L.
    • Klimoski, Richard J.

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Research companion to the dysfunctional workplace : management challenges and symptoms

edited by Janice Langan-Fox, Cary L. Cooper, Richard J. Klimoski

(New horizons in management series / series editor: Cary L. Cooper)

Edward Elgar, c2007

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

A work exposing and exploring the phenomena of the dysfunctional workplace is long overdue. This fascinating book does just that, uncovering the subversiveness, counter-productive behaviour and unspoken 'issues' that managers struggle with on a daily basis. This Companion not only explores organizational dysfunction as it concerns individuals, it also examines broader issues of dysfunction and its effects with regards teams, managers and organizational systems. Lively discussion encompasses the symptoms of distress, illness, absenteeism, and inefficiency that point towards behavioural disorders and system-wide malfunction. From personality disorders to wars over 'territory', the book chronicles and reveals the true nature of often hidden workplace problems including bullying, unethical behaviour, loss of trust, organizational deviance, cowardice, workaholism, negative humour and emotions, personality disorders, mismanagement, and malfunctioning performance and selection systems. So what can be done? Practical solutions to these dysfunctional phenomena are presented by international experts from a range of disciplinary backgrounds including management, psychology and economics. This fascinating, highly original book will be of enormous interest to students, researchers, academics and practitioners across all sectors of business and management, human resource management in particular.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface Introduction PART I: BARRIERS TO PRODUCTIVE WORK 1. When Good People Do Nothing: A Failure of Courage Christopher R. Rate and Robert J. Sternberg 2. Personality Disorders and Derailment at Work: The Paradoxical Positive Influence of Pathology in the Workplace Adrian Furnham 3. Problems of Employees with Personality Disorders: The Exemplar of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) Michael Kyrios, Maja Nedeljkovic, Richard Moulding and Guy Doron 4. Tyrants and Workplace Bullying Janice Langan-Fox and Michael Sankey 5. The Struggle of the Self: Identity Dysfunctions in the Contemporary Workplace Glen E. Kreiner 6. Why Bad Leaders Stay in Good Places Debra L. Shapiro and Mary Ann Von Glinow 7. Leadership and Ethics: The Darker Side of Management Marc J. Schabracq and Iva Embley Smit 8. Employee Loss of Trust in Management: Surviving in a New Era Roger C. Mayer 9. Employee Attachment and Deviance in Organizations Thomas E. Becker and Rebecca J. Bennett 10. Work Hours and Work Addiction: Work Now, Pay Later Ronald J. Burke and Teal McAteer 11. Feedback Phobia? Why Employees Do Not Want to Give or Receive Performance Feedback Jeannette N. Cleveland, Audrey S. Lim and Kevin R. Murphy 12. Everybody Hurts, Sometimes: The Language of Emotionality and the Dysfunctional Organization Anjana Anandakumar, Tyrone S. Pitsis and Stewart R. Clegg 13. Humor in Organizations: No Laughing Matter Robert E. Wood, Nadin Beckmann and Fiona Pavlakis PART II: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL MAYHEM 14. The Role of Organizational Practices and Routines in Facilitating Normalized Corruption Mahendra Joshi, Vikas Anand and Kevin Henderson 15. The Dysfunction Territoriality in Organizations Graham Brown and Sandra L. Robinson 16. Towards a Relational Model of Workplace Aggression M. Sandy Hershcovis and Julian Barling 17. Understanding and Deterring Employee Theft with Organizational Justice Edward C. Tomlinson and Jerald Greenberg 18. When Teams Fail in Organizations: What Creates Teamwork Breakdowns? Dana E. Sims and Eduardo Salas 19. Collective Wisdom as an Oxymoron: Team-based Structures as Impediments to Learning Michael D. Johnson and John R. Hollenbeck 20. The Bright and Dark Sides of Personality: Implications for Personnel Selection in Individual and Team Contexts Timothy A. Judge and Jeffery A. LePine 21. Motives and Traits as a Driver of Adaptive and Maladaptive Managerial Styles Sharon L. Grant 22. Avoiding Entrepreneurial Frustration: Building a Management Team Robert D. Hisrich and Julie Lutz 23. Organizational Change and its Dysfunctional Effect on Managers in Large Organizations Les Worrall, Cary L. Cooper and Kim Mather 24. Helping Creativity and Innovation Thrive in Organizations: Functional and Dysfunctional Perspectives Neil Anderson and Rosina M. Gasteiger 25. 'Dysfunctional' Subcultures in Organizations: Threat or a Key to Enhancing Change? Roy J. Lewicki, David Greenberger and Erin Coyne Index

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