Organizational Behaviour, 11th Edition, by Buchanan and Huczynski offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject. This market-leading textbook blends social science principles with critical thinking tools, drawing clear connections between theory and practice. The popular text explores how organizations influence our views and actions, and how we can explain the behaviour of people within these organizations.

Drawing from personal experiences, this definitive textbook encourages you to engage with the concept of organizations in society besides your standard academic resources.

Fully updated to reflect recent cutting-edge research, modern working practices and topical issues

The new edition covers topics including:

Power inequalities

Equality, inclusion, diversity considerations

Going green – how investment and insurance companies encourage environmental responsibility

Code switching – adjusting language, personality, behaviour, and appearance to ‘fit in’

Hybrid working – impacts on home-based workers and relationships with office-based colleagues

Are female leaders more effective in a crisis? – lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic

2020 Beirut Explosion – how did that happen, and was it a management problem?

Offshoring, onshoring, reshoring, nearshoring, friend-shoring – the future of globalization

Socially responsible investment

Cultural differences in understanding body language

Teamwork old and new – how groups in organizations have changed

Workplace hazing – how common are the unofficial practices of initiating newcomers with degrading behaviour?