Organizational Behavior and Virtual Work Concepts and Analytical Approaches

With the globalization of work and technological advancements in recent years, and with emphasis on service quality today, organizations have changed. Virtual work has emerged as the new employment relationship and has been embraced by employees and employers in many industries. This book explores the dynamics of changing organization structures, theories of leadership and trust, and how dimensions of self-efficacy works in this new work relationship. Organizational Behavior and Virtual Work: Concepts andAnalytical Approachesshows the enormous impact of technology and globalization on employment relationships and also predicts how they will contribute to the changing dimensions of organizations in the future. With a unique blend of theory and application in the real world of virtual workers, the book presents the most recent research and developments in the relatively new and still emerging area of virtual work. It takes an in-depth critical look into the key factors affecting the virtual work environment with practical inputs of suggestions and recommendations. With the objective of presenting information about this new work scenario, this book attempts to unfold important human behavior processes in organizations. The volume presents a rare combination of the necessary concepts of human behavior in organizations along with the results of research in the field and also makes practical recommendations on virtual work programs.Key features include a unique blend of research with organizational behavior concepts and practical recommendations for workers, managers, and business executives.

PrefacePART I: Introduction of ConceptsOrganizationsTraditional OrganizationsCultural PerspectiveElements of OrganizationsChallenges of Organizational DesignDimensions of StructureContemporary Organizational DesignsChallenges for Today’s Organizational DesignOrganizational Life CycleOrganizational CultureIs It Possible to Change Corporate Culture?LeadershipHow Do We Define Leadership?Are Leaders Born or Made?Leaders versus ManagersQualities of LeadersThe Personality Profile of Effective LeadersLeadership AttitudesEthics and LeadershipThe Role of Leadership in OrganizationLeadership TheoriesTeam in OrganizationThe Four Roles of LeadershipThe Leadership ChallengeGuidelines for Leading MeetingsActivities of Successful and Effective LeadersGoals, Values, and ConceptsRoles and RelationshipsDetermination of Effective Leadership: Various DimensionsHow Founders/Leaders Embed and Transmit CultureSelf EfficacyPositive Organizational BehaviorPositive PsychologyBasic Social Learning ConceptsTrustDefinitionTypes of TrustBarriers to Building a Culture for Trust in OrganizationsLeadership and Organizational TrustMeasuring Organizational TrustHow to Develop Trust in OrganizationsTrust and GlobalizationWork Life BalanceIntroductionWork Life Balance DefinedDual Career FamiliesWork Life Balance InitiativesDemographic FactorsOrganizational FactorsStudies on Work Life BalanceWomen and FamilyGlobalization and Virtual WorkIntroductionEmerging Trends in Employment RelationshipsDiversity Issues PART II: Research and Critical AnalysisResearch on the Relation Between Leadership Effectiveness, Perceived Organizational Climate, Interpersonal Trust and Self Efficacy Among Virtual Workers In Different Organization: Introduction Virtual WorkersLeadership EffectivenessSelf EfficacyTrustJob InvolvementReview of Literature Studies of Organizational ClimateStudies of LeadershipStudies of Self EfficacyStudies of TrustStudies of Job InvolvementResearch Design Rationale of the StudyObjectivesHypothesisVariablesResearch DesignMethodology Rationale of the SampleDistribution of the SampleMeasures and Scoring MethodsProcedureStatistical AnalysisResults Discussion Summary and Conclusion Limitations, Suggestions, and Implications Index

Arvind K. Birdie, PhD, is an associate professor and acting principal at IIMT School of Management (Oxford Brooks University), Gurgaon, India. Dr. Birdie has been consistently recognized for her teaching abilities. As an avid reader, her strength lies in teaching various interdisciplinary subjects with equal ease. Besides academic teaching and training, she has organized management development programs for corporate and academicians. She is a regular presenter at various international and national conferences and has published several papers in refereed journals. Her areas of interest include leadership, work-life balance, virtual work, and positive psychology. She is taking post-graduate and graduate courses of management for over 12 years. Madhu Jain, PhD, is presently associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. She is also director of the Department of Life Long Learning, also at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. She has been teaching and guiding postgraduate, graduate, and PhD students for over two decades and has supervised several research projects at the advanced level as well. Dr. Jain has published nearly 40 papers in scholarly national and international journals and also published four books in the area of psychology. Dr. Jain is associated with many national and international associations. As a student, she was a Gold Medalist and Merit Holder at the graduate and postgraduate level.