Organizational Behavior, 13/e Stephen P. Robbins    Dr. Elizabeth D. Scott
Contact Information
E-mail:	scotte@easternct.edu (best way to reach me)
Institution:	Eastern Connecticut State University
Department:	Business Administration Department
Address:	83 Windham Ave. Webb Hall Willimantic, CT 06226 USA
Office:	335 Webb Hall
Office Telephone:	(860) 465-5366 (during office hours - voicemail messages will be returned during office hours -- phone appointments can be arranged by e-mail)
Course Information
Name:	Organizational Behavior
Section:	BUS531
Semester:	Spring 2009
Students with disabilities
	If you are a student with a disability and believe you will need accommodations for this class, it is your responsibility to contact the Office of AccessAbility Services at 465-5573. To avoid any delay in the receipt of accommodations, you should contact the Office of AccessAbility as soon as possible. Please note that I cannot provide accommodations based upon disability until I have received an accommodation letter from the Office of AccessAbility Sevices. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Academic Integrity
	All individual projects must be the work product of the individual who submits it. All group projects must be the work product of the group which submits it. All sources must be properly acknowledged. Quotation marks must surround any string of 4 or more words used verbatim from a source. Penalties, including failure in the course and recommended dismissal from the program, will be assessed upon violation of this policy.
Attendance
	If you expect to miss a class, I would appreciate being informed in advance. I realize that you have many demands on your time and make the best decisions you can about how to fulfill those demands. However, I do plan class activities assuming you will be there. Knowing you will be absent will help me to adjust.
Office Hours
	I will be in my office for visits or telephone calls on Mondays from 5:00-6:30, Tuesdays from 2:00-3:30, and Thursdays from 4:30-6:30. If I don't answer the phone during office hours, it is because someone is in my office with me. I am also available to meet at other times, by appointment. Please free to e-mail me with any questions or concerns you have or to set up appointments with me.
Academic Services Center
	Students are encouraged to use the support offered by the Academic Services Center located on the ground floor of the Library. Tutoring, Math, Writing, and supplemental Advising Services are available for students in the Center at the following times: Sun. 2-9; M.-Th. 9-9, Fri. 9-5. (Closed Sat.) For further information call 465-4272 or check the ASC website at http://academicaffairs.easternct.edu/ASC-FAQs.html
Grading Policy
	Your grade will be based on 3 individual presentations you will make to the class (10% each = 30%), 3 group presentations (5%, 8% and 7% = 20%), 3 in-class writing assignments (4% each = 12%), class participation (2% per non-presentation class meeting = 18%), and your completion of comprehension tests for each chapter read (1% per test = 20%). Tests are due one hour before class begins. WebCT is the preferred method of submitting test results, but a hard copy of the results page will suffice. No late tests will be accepted. Class presentations can be made up with a 1 letter grade penalty as long as you can convince 5 class members to observe your presentation and you videotape the presentation in a way that enables it to be graded. Missed in-class writing assignments and class participation cannot be made up.
Course Outline
Jan 26, 2009:	Course Introduction
	Attitudes, Behaviors, Cognitions		Process Models, Causal Models
	States, Traits		Antecedents, Outcomes, Moderators, Mediators, Correlates
	Culture, Climate		Individual, Group, Organization
	In class - log on to companion website http://www.pearsonhighered.com/robbins/
Readings and assignments for next week:	Textbook: Appendix A: Research in Organizational Behavior, Chapter 1: What is Organizational Behavior? And Chapter 2: Foundations of Individual Behavior Wikipedia entries on Job satisfaction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_satisfaction and emotion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion Read at least one article related to your group's assignment (see suggested starting points below). You should be able to find these articles on Business Source Premier or PsychInfo. Your group should be prepared to explain the construct to the class -- what is it, how is it measured, how is it different from other, similar constructs, and why do we care? Be prepared with a one-page handout for the class summarizing the essential information. Your handout may be two-sided and it must cite sources appropriately. The presentation should take about 20 minutes. Document your interactions as a group for a future assignment.
Feb 2, 2009:	Outcomes of interest Group Presentations (20 minutes each)
	Andreyeva Hutchison Chaine Mama	Absenteeism Absence Behaviour And Attendance Motivation: A Conceptual Synthesis. By: Nicholson, Nigel. Journal of Management Studies, Oct77, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p231-252, 22p Absenteeism And Turnover: Is There A Progression? Gupta, Nina and Jenkins, Jnr., G. Douglas, Journal of Management Studies; Oct82, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p395-412, 18p Methodological issues in the use of absence data, Hammer, Tove H. and Landau, Jacqueline C., Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol 66(5), Oct 1981. pp. 574-581
	Favreau Frey Hutt McGannon Rossitto	Commitment A Review and Meta-analysis of the Antecedents, Correlates, and Consequences of Organizational Commitment; Mathieu, J. E.; D. M. Zajac Psychological Bulletin; 1990 Vol. 108, p171-194, 24p A Comparison Of Two Organizational Commitment Scales, Ferris, Kenneth R. and Aranya, Nissim, Personnel Psychology; Spring83, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p87-98, 12p An investigation of the British organizational commitment scale; A qualitative approach to evaluating construct validity, Ian Ashman. Management Research News. Patrington: 2007. Vol. 30, Iss. 1; p. 5
	Dojan Kacerik McEwan Reilly Surprenant	Deviance Constructive and destructive deviance in organizations; Warren, D. Academy of Management Review; 2003 Vol. 28 Issue 4, p622-632, 11p A typology of deviant workplace behaviors: A multidimensional scaling study. By: Robinson, Sandra L.; Bennett, Rebecca J.. Academy of Management Journal, Apr95, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p555, 18p Three scales of professional deviance within organizations, Raelin, Joseph A. Journal of Organizational Behavior. Chichester: Nov 1994. Vol. 15, Iss. 6; p. 483 (19 pages)
	Bdeir Friedman Radomska Reale	Organizational Citizenship Behavior Levels of measurement and analysis issues in organizational citizenship behaviour research. By: Schnake, Mel E.; Dumler, Michael P.. Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, Sep2003, Vol. 76 Issue 3, p283-301, 19p Organizational citizenship behavior: Construct redefinition, measurement, and validation Van Dyne, Linn, Graham, Jill W, Dienesch, Richard M. Academy of Management Journal. Briarcliff Manor: Aug 1994. Vol. 37, Iss. 4; p. 765 (38 pages) Confirmatory factor analysis and invariance of an organizational citizenship behaviour measure across samples in a Dutch-speaking context Filip Lievens, Frederik Anseel. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. Leicester: Sep 2004.
		Turnover The measurement of turnover. By: Price, James L.. Industrial Relations Journal, 1975, Vol. 6 Issue 4
Readings and assignments for next week:	Textbook: Chapter 3: Values, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction, Chapter 4: Personality and Values, and Chapter 8: Emotions and Moods Take self-assessment library evaluations under the Roman numeral I, "What about me." (There are 24 of these.) Print results to help you remember them during class discussion. (You will not be asked to submit them). Find at least one article about your trait or ability for your presentation in two weeks.
Feb 9, 2009:	Chapter 3: Values, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction
	Chapter 4: Personality and Values
	Chapter 8: Emotions and Moods
Feb 16, 2009	NO CLASS - PRESIDENT'S DAY
Readings and assignments for next week:	Take self-assessment library evaluations under the Roman numeral IV, "New Assessments." (There are 18 of these.) Print results to help you remember them during class discussion. (You will not be asked to submit them). Read academic articles and/or books on your topic, prepare an 8 minute presentation on the construct, and prepare a handout (no more than one, two-sided page) for your classmates summarizing the construct. If you're having trouble with your construct, check in the library for books on Measurement and Psychology. Many of them have whole chapters on constructs you are researching. Here's one: Author Shaw, Marvin E Title Scales for the measurement of attitudes / Marvin E. Shaw, Jack M. Wright ECSU Stacks BF378.A75 S45 AVAILABLE CCSU Stack Level 3 BF378 A75 S45 AVAILABLE CCSU Stack Level 3 BF378 A75 S45 c.2 AVAILABLE SCSU Reference BF378.A75S45 LIB USE ONLY SCSU Reference BF378.A75S45 c.4 LIB USE ONLY SCSU Stacks BF378.A75S45 AVAILABLE WCSU HAAS BF378.A75 S45 AVAILABLE Here's another: Title Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes / edited by John P. Robinson, Phillip R. Shaver, Lawrence S. Wrightsman ECSU Stacks BF698.4.M38 1990 DUE 05-30-03 SCSU Stacks BF698.4 .M38 1990 AVAILABLE Contents Criteria for scale selection and evaluation / John P. Robinson, Phillip R. Shaver, and Lawrence S. Wrightsman -- Measurement and control of response bias / Delroy L. Paulhus -- Measures of subjective well-being / Frank M. Andrews and John P. Robinson -- Measures of self-esteem / Jim Blascovich and Joseph Tomaka -- Social anxiety, shyness, and related constructs / Mark R. Leary -- Measures of depression and loneliness / Phillip R. Shaver and Kelly A. Brennan -- Alienation and anomie / Melvin Seeman -- Interpersonal trust and attitudes toward human nature / Lawrence S. Wrightsman -- Locus of control / Herbert M. Lefcourt -- Authoritarianism and related constructs / Richard Christie -- Sex roles : the measurement of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny / Ellen Lenney -- Values / Valerie A. Braithwaite and William A. Scott . If you're still having trouble, contact me.
Feb 23, 2009:	Traits and Abilities Individual Presentations (8 minutes each)
	You should be prepared to explain your assigned individual trait or ability construct to the class -- what is it, how is it measured, how is it different from other, similar constructs, and why do we care? Be prepared with a one-page handout for the class summarizing the essential information. Your handout may be two-sided and it must cite sources appropriately.
	Andreyeva			Narcissism
	Bdeir			Authoritarianism
	Chaine			Modern Racism/Modern sexism
	DeMaio			Protestant Work Ethic
	Dojan			Extraversion
	Favreau			Openness
	Frey			Emotional stability
	Friedman			Religiosity
	Hutchison			Risk seeking/Risk Aversion
	Hutt			Masculinity/Femininity (Individual level)
	Kacerik			Moral Development
	Mama			Emotional Intelligence
	McEwan			Myers-Briggs Type
	McGannon			Altruism
	Radomska			Conscientiousness
	Reale			Emotional Intensity
	Reilly			Values
	Rossitto			Self-monitoring
	Surprenant			Agreeableness
Readings and assignments for next week:	Textbook: Chapter 5: Perception and Individual Decision Making and Chapter 6: Motivation Concepts Take one of the Implicit Association Tests at: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
Mar 2, 2009:	Chapter 5: Perception and Individual Decision Making
	Chapter 6: Motivation Concepts
Readings and assignments for next week:	Textbook: Chapter 7: Motivation: From Concepts to Applications Prepare a 30-minute presentation for your classmates on the motivation application assigned to your group. The presentation should explain the application, connect it clearly to at least one of the motivations theories, and provide evidence as to its effectiveness. Document your interactions as a group for a future assignment.
Mar 9, 2009:	Group Presentations 30 minutes each
	MBO			Andreyeva Hutchison Chaine Mama
	Job Design			Favreau Frey Hutt McGannon Rossitto
	Employee Involvement			Dojan Kacerik McEwan Reilly Surprenant
	Variable Pay			Bdeir Friedman Radomska Reale
	Employee Recognition
Readings and assignments for next week:	Textbook: Chapter 9: Foundations of Group Behavior, Chapter 10: Understanding Work Teams, and Chapter 11: Communication Take self-assessment library evaluations under the Roman numeral II, "Working with Others." (There are 14 of these.) Print results to help you remember them during class discussion. (You will not be asked to submit them).
Mar 16, 2009:	Chapter 9: Foundations of Group Behavior
	Chapter 10: Understanding Work Teams
	Chapter 11: Communication
Mar 23, 2009:	No class -- Spring Break
Readings and assignments for next week:	Remember your interactions as a group preparing for the presentations due on 2/2 and 3/9. Prepare a 30 minute group presentation to the class on how your group interactions confirmed or disconfirmed theories about group processes.
Mar 30, 2009:	Group Presentations
Readings and assignments for next week:	Textbook: Chapter 12: Basic Approaches to Leadership and Chapter 13: Contemporary Issues in Leadership
Apr 6, 2009:	Chapter 12: Basic Approaches to Leadership
	Chapter 13: Contemporary Issues in Leadership
Readings and assignments for next week:	Textbook: Chapter 14: Power and Politics and Chapter 15: Conflict and Negotiation
Apr 13, 2009:	Chapter 14: Power and Politics
	Chapter 15: Conflict and Negotiation
Readings and assignments for next week:	Select a leader you know. Interview that person. Report to the class on whether the person you interviewed confirmed or disconfirmed theories of leadership.
Apr 20, 2009:	Individual Presentations of Leader Interviews
Readings and assignments for next week:	Textbook: Chapter 16: Foundations of Organizational Structure and Chapter 17: Organizational Culture
Apr 27, 2009:	Chapter 16: Foundations of Organizational Structure Chapter 17: Organizational Culture
Readings and assignments for next week:	Textbook: Chapter 19: Organizational Change and Stress Management
May 4, 2009:	Chapter 19: Organizational Change and Stress Management
Readings and assignments for next week:	You should be prepared to explain your assigned construct to the class in 7 minutes -- what is it, how is it measured, how is it different from other, similar constructs, and why do we care? Be prepared with a one-page handout for the class summarizing the essential information. Your handout may be two-sided and it must cite sources appropriately.
May 11, 2009:	Individual Presentations
	Andreyeva			Power distance (national culture)
	Bdeir			Individualism/Collectivism (national culture)
	Chaine			Masculinity/Femininity (national culture)
	DeMaio			Uncertainty avoidance (national culture)
	Dojan			Long-term/short-term orientation (national culture)
	Favreau			Mechanistic/organic (organizational characteristic)
	Frey			Organizational values
	Friedman			Diversity
	Hutchison			Ethical work climate
	Hutt			Psychological contract
	Kacerik			Distributive justice
	Mama			Procedural justice
	McEwan			Interactional justice
	McGannon			Organizational reputation
	Radomska			Cynicism
	Reale			Machiavellianism
	Reilly			Trust
	Rossitto			Creativity
	Surprenant			Customer service