Organizational Behavior
Ninth Edition
Stephen P. Robbins
Ninth Edition
Stephen P. Robbins
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©2000
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR STEPHEN P. ROBBINS received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He previously worked for the Shell Oil Company and Reynolds Metals Company. Since completing his graduate studies, Dr. Robbins has taught at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Concordia University in Montreal, the University of Baltimore, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and San Diego StateUniversity. Dr.Robbins' research interests have focused on conflict, power, and politics in organizations, as well as the development of effective interpersonal skills. His articles on these and other topics have appeared in such journals as Business Horizons, the California Management Review, Business and Economic Perspectives, International Management, Management Review, Canadian Personnel and Industrial Relations, and the Journal of Management Education. In recent years, Dr. Robbins has been spending most of his professional time writing textbooks. In addition to Organizational Behavior, 9th ed., these include Fundamentals of Management, 3rd ed., with David DeCenzo (Prentice Hall, 2001); Supervision Today!, 3rd ed., with David DeCenzo (Prentice Hall, 2001); Managing Today!, 2nd ed. (Prentice Hall, 2000); Management, 6th ed., with Mary Coulter (Prentice Hall, 1999), Human Resource Management, 6th ed., with David DeCenzo (Wiley, 1999); Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 6th ed. (Prentice Hall,1999); Training in InterPersonal Skills, 2nd ed., with Phillip Hunsaker (Prentice Hall, 1996); and Organization Theory, 3rd ed. (Prentice Hall, 1990). These books are used at more than a thousand U.S. colleges and universities, as well as hundreds of schools throughout Canada, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe. In Dr. Robbins' "other life," he participates in masters' track competition. Since turning 50 in 1993, he has set numerous indoor and outdoor age-group world sprint records. He has won more than a dozen indoor and outdoor U.S. championships at 60m, 100m, 200m, and 400m, and won five gold medals at World Veteran Championships. |
MANAGEMENT
2001