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Annu. Rev. Psychol. 1997. 48:515–46 OB IN THE ROUSSEAUNEW ORGANIZATIONAL ERA Copyright © 1997 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL ERA
Denise M. Rousseau
Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
KEY WORDS: employment relations, performance paradox, organizational change, organizational learning, organizing, self-management
ABSTRACT
Changes in contemporary firms and their competitive environments translate into a new focus in organizational research. This chapter reviews organizational behavior research reflecting the shift from corporatist organizations to organizing. Key research themes include emerging employment relations, managing the performance paradox, goal setting and self-management, discontinuous information processing, organization learning, organizational change and individual transitions, and the implications of change for work-nonwork relations. Research into organizing is building upon and extending many of the field’s traditional concepts. This chapter suggests that some assumptions of organizational behavior research are being superseded by those more responsive to the new organizational era. This chapter is dedicated to Herbert Simon on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................... A NEW ERA IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH ............................................................. RESEARCH THEMES REGARDING ORGANIZING .......................................................... New Employment Relations ................................................................................................. Performance: Measurement and Management ................................................................... Goal Setting Becomes
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL ERA
Denise M. Rousseau
Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
KEY WORDS: employment relations, performance paradox, organizational change, organizational learning, organizing, self-management
ABSTRACT
Changes in contemporary firms and their competitive environments translate into a new focus in organizational research. This chapter reviews organizational behavior research reflecting the shift from corporatist organizations to organizing. Key research themes include emerging employment relations, managing the performance paradox, goal setting and self-management, discontinuous information processing, organization learning, organizational change and individual transitions, and the implications of change for work-nonwork relations. Research into organizing is building upon and extending many of the field’s traditional concepts. This chapter suggests that some assumptions of organizational behavior research are being superseded by those more responsive to the new organizational era. This chapter is dedicated to Herbert Simon on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................... A NEW ERA IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH ............................................................. RESEARCH THEMES REGARDING ORGANIZING .......................................................... New Employment Relations ................................................................................................. Performance: Measurement and Management ................................................................... Goal Setting Becomes