Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 15th Edition – PDF eBook

Author(s)

Stephen P. Robbins

Dr. Stephen P. Robbins received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He previously worked for Reynolds Metals Company and Shell Oil Company and has taught at the Concordia University in Montreal, University of Nebraska at Omaha, the University of Baltimore, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and San Diego State University. He is currently professor emeritus in management at San Diego State.

Stephen’s research interests have focused on power, conflict, and politics in organizations, behavioral decision making, and the development of effective interpersonal skills. His articles on these and other topics have appeared in such journals as California Management Review, Business Horizons, International Management, Management Review, Business and Economic Perspectives, Canadian Personnel and Industrial Relations, and The Journal of Management Education.

Professor Robbins is the author of world’s best-selling textbooks in areas of management and organizational behavior. His books have sold more than 8 million copies and have been translated into more than 20 languages. His ebooks are currently used at more than 1,500 U.S. universities and colleges, as well as hundreds of schools throughout Latin America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Asia, and Europe.

Stephen also participates in masters track competition. Since turning 50 in 1993, he’s won 23 national championships and 14 world titles. He was inducted into the U.S. Masters Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2005.

Timothy A. Judge

Dr. Timothy A. Judge is currently Visiting Professor, Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, University College London and the Alutto Professor of Leadership at The Ohio State University. Tim has held academic positions at the University of Notre Dame, University of Iowa, Cornell University, University of Florida, Comenius University in Slovakia, Charles University in the Czech Republic, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

His primary research interests are in (1) moods, personality, and emotions; (2) leadership and influence behaviors; (3) job attitudes; and (4) careers (person-organization fit, career success). Professor Timothy has published more than 154 articles in these and other major topics in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Applied Psychology. Dr. Judge is a fellow of several organizations, including the American Psychological Association and the Academy of Management.

Among the many professional acknowledgments of his work, most recently Tim was awarded the Academy of Management Human Resources Division’s Scholarly Achievement Award for 2014. Dr. Judge is a co-author of Organizational Behavior, with Stephen P. Robbins, and Staffing Organizations, with Herbert G. Heneman III.