Managing Organizational Deviance

The success of an organization may be dependent on limiting the potential for deviant behavior, and if necessary, reacting to deviant behavior in a positive way. Focusing on the successful management of deviant behavior in the workplace and the role of the organization in creating conditions for this behavior is a crucial topic of study for those interested in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.  Managing Organizational Deviance goes beyond questions of control to also consider ethical dimensions of conduct. As a result, it teaches students who will go on to inhabit organizations to become familiar with the ethical implications of deviant and dysfunctional behavior in addition to managing this behavior in an effective way.   Features and Benefits:   - Has contributions written by recognized experts. - Includes short cases written specifically for the volume. Considers both micro and macro perspectives of deviance and dysfunctional behavior. - Provides practical guidance to those faced with ambiguous situations of deviant behavior in the workplace by considering the moral implications of deviance for the organization, group, and individual. - Cross-cultural implications and views of deviance are also explored.

Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 1. The Prevalence (and Ambiguity) of Deviant Behavior at Work: An Overview - Roland E. Kidwell Jr., & Christopher L. Martin CASE 1.1. Columbia/HCA Health Care CASE 1.2. The Undercover Operator - Anita Mancuso and Timothy O. Ireland CHAPTER 2. Why Good Employees Make Unethical Decisions: The Role of Organizational Culture, Reward Systems and Managerial Oversight - Jennifer Dunn and Maurice E. Schweitzer CASE 2. Sears Automotive CHAPTER 3. The Role of Leaders in Influencing Unethical Behavior in the Workplace CHAPTER 3. The Role of Leaders in Influencing Unethical Behavior in the Workplace CHAPTER 3. The Role of Leaders in Influencing Unethical Behavior in the Workplace - Linda Klebe Treviño and Michael A. Brown CASE 3. Bernard Ebbers: Innovative Leader or Reckless Risk Taker CHAPTER 4. Badmouthing the Company: Bitter Employee or Concerned Corporate Citizen - Robert J. Bies and Thomas M. Tripp CASE 4. Web Revenge on HealthSouth Corporation CHAPTER 5. Withholding Effort at Work: Understanding and Preventing Shirking, Job Neglect, Social Loafing and Free Riding - Nathan Bennett and Stefanie E. Naumann CASE 5. The Low-Quality Loafers CHAPTER 6. Managing Noncompliance in the Workplace - Danielle E. Warren CASE 6. Noncompliance at Dow Chemical CHAPTER 7. The Difficulties of Telling the Truth at Work - Steven L. Grover CASE 7.1. George O′Leary′s Résumé CASE 7.2. Janet Cooke and the Washington Post CHAPTER 8: Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace - Gina Vega and Debra R. Comer CASE 8. Kellie′s Dilemma CHAPTER 9. Discouraging Employee Theft by Managing Social Norms and Promoting Organizational Justice - Edward C. Tomlinson and Jerald Greenberg CASE 9. The Purloined Password CHAPTER 10. Managing Organizational Aggression - Mark J. Martinko, Scott C. Douglas, Paul Harvey, and Charles Joseph Mark J. Martinko, Scott C. Douglas, Paul Harvey, and Charles Joseph CASE 10. Disney or Bust CHAPTER 11. Addictive Behaviors in the Workplace - Paul Roman CHAPTER 12. "I Deserve More ′Cause My Name′s on the Door": Entitlement, Embededdness and Employee Deviance in the Family Business - Rebecca J. Bennett, Stefan Thau and Jay Scouten CASE 12. Adelphia Communications and The Rigas Family CHAPTER 13. Organizational Deviance and Culture: Oversights and Intentions - Linda Thorne and Joanne Jones CASE 13. The Bob Smith Affair - Skye Susans and Alan J. Fish

About the Author :
Roland Kidwell is an associate professor of management in the College of Business Administration at Niagara University (NY).  He has a PhD in business administration from Louisiana State University.  His research interests include withholding effort in work groups and other collectives, business ethics and human resource issues in small businesses.  His research has appeared in various academic journals including the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Small Group Research and Journal of Business Ethics.  He co-authored the text, HRM from A to Z, Critical questions asked & answered (2001: McGraw-Hill Irwin). Christopher L. Martin is Dean of the Frost School of Business and holder of the Linco Eminent Scholars Chair of Business Administration at Centenary College of Louisiana. Prior to joining Centenary, Dr. Martin was professor and chair of the Department of Management and Marketing at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. His writings have addressed organizational fairness, anger and disruptive workplace behavior, technologically driven change, organizational downsizing, human resource management strategy, trust, and leadership. His research has appeared in numerous journals, including The Journal of Applied Psychology, The Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, OBHDP, and Administrative Sciences Quarterly. In addition, the managerial implications of this work have been noted by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, USA Today and Business Week. Dr. Martin co-author of the McGraw-Hill/Irwin text, HRM From A to Z.