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Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volume 5, 2018

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A Dynamic, Inclusive, and Affective Evolutionary View of Organizational Behavior

Terence R. Mitchell¹
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Affiliations: Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA; email: [email protected]
Vol. 5:1-19 (Volume publication date January 2018) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032117-104425
First published as a Review in Advance on September 13, 2017
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Abstract

This article reflects my observations about major changes in organizational behavior (OB) during my 50 years working in the field. I begin with a brief description of my personal journey as foundational for my perspective. I then discuss how the field has changed structurally and focus on the contributions of the Academy of Management (AoM) and the increasing diversity of our members, especially the increasing number of women, minorities, and people from countries other than the United States. The next section covers major research content changes in the field including positive scholarship, leadership, affective constructs, ethics, and the general well-being of those who toil in the organizational trenches. Additionally, there is a section on how the utilization of new statistical procedures and research methods has greatly expanded our ability to investigate and test complex theories and hypotheses about behavior in organizations. The discussion section highlights both the positive aspects of these developments along with some concerns about the future.

Keyword(s): affect, autobiography, diversity, ethics, leadership, methods, organizational behavior, positive organizational scholarship, structural change

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Ashforth BE, Anand V. 2003. The normalization of corruption in organizations. Res. Organ. Behav. 25:1–52 [Google Scholar]
Brief AP. 1998. Attitudes in and Around Organizations Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Brief AP. 2000. Still servants of power. J. Manag. Inq. 9:342–51 [Google Scholar]
Brief AP. 2008. Diversity at Work Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press
Brown TA. 2006. Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research New York: Guilford Press
Cameron KS, Dutton JE, Quinn RE. 2003. Positive Organizational Scholarship San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler
Dutton JE, Glynn MA. 2007. Positive organizational scholarship. Handbook of Organizational Behavior C Cooper, J Barling 693–711 Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage [Google Scholar]
Eberly M, Holley E, Johnson M, Mitchell T. 2017. It's not me, it's not you, it's us: an empirical examination of relational attributions. J. Appl. Psychol. 102:5711–31 [Google Scholar]
French WL, Bell CH Jr. 1973. Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement Upper-Saddle, NJ: Prentice-Hall
Graham JW. 1986. Principled organizational dissent: a theoretical essay. Res. Organ. Behav. 8:1–52 [Google Scholar]
Heck RH, Thomas SL, Tabata LN. 2014. Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling with IBM SPSS New York: Routledge
Hekman D, Aquino K, Owens B, Mitchell TR, Schilpzand P. 2010. An examination of whether and how racial and gender biases influence customer satisfaction ratings. Acad. Manag. J. 2:338–64 [Google Scholar]
Hirshman A. 1970. Exit, Voice and Loyalty Cambridge MA: Harvard Univ. Press
Lance CE, Vandenberg RJ. 2008. Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends New York: Routledge
Leavitt K, Mitchell TR, Peterson J. 2010. Theory pruning: strategies to reduce our dense theoretical landscape. Organ. Res. Methods 13:644–67 [Google Scholar]
Porter LW, Schneider B. 2014. What was, what is, and what may be in OP/OB. Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ Behav. 1:1–21 [Google Scholar]
Robinson SL, Kiewitz C, Wang W. 2014. Coworkers behaving badly: the impact of coworker deviant behavior upon individual employees. Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav. 1:123–43 [Google Scholar]
Schumacker RE, Lomax RG. 2016. A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling New York: Routledge
Schilpzand P, Hekman DR, Mitchell TR. 2014. An inductively generated typology and process model of workplace courage. Organ. Sci. 26:152–77 [Google Scholar]
Staw B. 2016. Stumbling toward a social psychology of organizations: an autobiographical look at the direction of organizational research. Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav. 3:1–19 [Google Scholar]
Tenbrunsel AE, Smith-Crowe K. 2008. Ethical decision making. Acad. Manag. Ann. 2:545–607 [Google Scholar]
Trevino LK, Weaver GR, Reynolds SJ. 2006. Behavioral ethics in organizations: a review. J. Manag. 32:951–90 [Google Scholar]
Vadera AK, Pratt MG, Mishra P. 2013. Constructive deviance in organizations: integrating and moving forward. J. Manag. 39:1221–76 [Google Scholar]
Williams KD. 2001. Ostracism: The Power of Silence New York: Guilford Press
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Yukl GA. 2013. Leadership in Organizations Albany, NY: Pearson

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Literature Cited

Ashforth BE, Anand V. 2003. The normalization of corruption in organizations. Res. Organ. Behav. 25:1–52 [Google Scholar]
Brief AP. 1998. Attitudes in and Around Organizations Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Brief AP. 2000. Still servants of power. J. Manag. Inq. 9:342–51 [Google Scholar]
Brief AP. 2008. Diversity at Work Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press
Brown TA. 2006. Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research New York: Guilford Press
Cameron KS, Dutton JE, Quinn RE. 2003. Positive Organizational Scholarship San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler
Dutton JE, Glynn MA. 2007. Positive organizational scholarship. Handbook of Organizational Behavior C Cooper, J Barling 693–711 Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage [Google Scholar]
Eberly M, Holley E, Johnson M, Mitchell T. 2017. It's not me, it's not you, it's us: an empirical examination of relational attributions. J. Appl. Psychol. 102:5711–31 [Google Scholar]
French WL, Bell CH Jr. 1973. Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement Upper-Saddle, NJ: Prentice-Hall
Graham JW. 1986. Principled organizational dissent: a theoretical essay. Res. Organ. Behav. 8:1–52 [Google Scholar]
Heck RH, Thomas SL, Tabata LN. 2014. Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling with IBM SPSS New York: Routledge
Hekman D, Aquino K, Owens B, Mitchell TR, Schilpzand P. 2010. An examination of whether and how racial and gender biases influence customer satisfaction ratings. Acad. Manag. J. 2:338–64 [Google Scholar]
Hirshman A. 1970. Exit, Voice and Loyalty Cambridge MA: Harvard Univ. Press
Lance CE, Vandenberg RJ. 2008. Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends New York: Routledge
Leavitt K, Mitchell TR, Peterson J. 2010. Theory pruning: strategies to reduce our dense theoretical landscape. Organ. Res. Methods 13:644–67 [Google Scholar]
Porter LW, Schneider B. 2014. What was, what is, and what may be in OP/OB. Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ Behav. 1:1–21 [Google Scholar]
Robinson SL, Kiewitz C, Wang W. 2014. Coworkers behaving badly: the impact of coworker deviant behavior upon individual employees. Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav. 1:123–43 [Google Scholar]
Schumacker RE, Lomax RG. 2016. A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling New York: Routledge
Schilpzand P, Hekman DR, Mitchell TR. 2014. An inductively generated typology and process model of workplace courage. Organ. Sci. 26:152–77 [Google Scholar]
Staw B. 2016. Stumbling toward a social psychology of organizations: an autobiographical look at the direction of organizational research. Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav. 3:1–19 [Google Scholar]
Tenbrunsel AE, Smith-Crowe K. 2008. Ethical decision making. Acad. Manag. Ann. 2:545–607 [Google Scholar]
Trevino LK, Weaver GR, Reynolds SJ. 2006. Behavioral ethics in organizations: a review. J. Manag. 32:951–90 [Google Scholar]
Vadera AK, Pratt MG, Mishra P. 2013. Constructive deviance in organizations: integrating and moving forward. J. Manag. 39:1221–76 [Google Scholar]
Williams KD. 2001. Ostracism: The Power of Silence New York: Guilford Press
Weiss HM, Cropanzano R. 1996. Affective events theory: a theoretical discussion of the structure, cause and consequences of affective experiences at work. Res. Organ. Behav. 18:1–74 [Google Scholar]
Yukl GA. 2013. Leadership in Organizations Albany, NY: Pearson

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