Organizational Behavior: Some New Directions for I/O Psychology

INTRODUCTION 670 POWER MOTIVE 672 The Power Motive Construct 672 Correlates of The Power Motive..... 673 Gender Similarities 674 The Need For Power and Managerial Performance 675 The Leadership Motive Pattern 675 Health Implications 677 Conclusions 677 LEADERSHIP 678 Established Theories 678 New Theories. ........ 681 Conclusions. ........ ......... 688 EXECUTIVE SUCCESSION 692 Causes of Executive Succession.. 692 Effects o f Executive Succession on Organizational Peiformance 696 Inside Versus Outside Succession 697 Executive Succession and Power 697 Conclusions 699 DECISION MAKING IN ORGANIZATIONS 699 Rational C� oice an� E,,!pirical Observations of Decision Making In OrgamzatlOns 700 Garbage-Can Models of Decision Making in Organizations 701 Recent Research Trends 704 Conclusions 707 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN AN EVOLUTIONARY CONTEXT 708 Selection. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 708 Imitation and Learning.. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . 709 Institutionalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 710 SUMMARY 711

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