Organizational behavior and virtual work: concepts and analytical approaches

Content: Preface    PART I: Introduction of Concepts    Organizations    Traditional Organizations    Cultural Perspective    Elements of Organizations    Challenges of Organizational Design    Dimensions of Structure    Contemporary Organizational Designs    Challenges for Today's Organizational Design    Organizational Life Cycle    Organizational Culture    Is It Possible to Change Corporate Culture?    Leadership    How Do We Define Leadership?    Are Leaders Born or Made?    Leaders versus Managers    Qualities of Leaders    The Personality Profile of Effective Leaders    Leadership Attitudes    Ethics and Leadership    The Role of Leadership in Organization    Leadership Theories    Team in Organization    The Four Roles of Leadership    The Leadership Challenge    Guidelines for Leading Meetings    Activities of Successful and Effective Leaders    Goals, Values, and Concepts    Roles and Relationships    Determination of Effective Leadership: Various Dimensions    How Founders/Leaders Embed and Transmit Culture    Self Efficacy    Positive Organizational Behavior    Positive Psychology    Basic Social Learning Concepts    Trust    Definition    Types of Trust    Barriers to Building a Culture for Trust in Organizations    Leadership and Organizational Trust    Measuring Organizational Trust    How to Develop Trust in Organizations    Trust and Globalization    Work Life Balance    Introduction    Work Life Balance Defined    Dual Career Families    Work Life Balance Initiatives    Demographic Factors    Organizational Factors    Studies on Work Life Balance    Women and Family    Globalization and Virtual Work    Introduction    Emerging Trends in Employment Relationships    Diversity Issues     PART II: Research and Critical Analysis    Research on the Relation Between Leadership Effectiveness, Perceived Organizational Climate, Interpersonal Trust and Self Efficacy Among Virtual Workers In Different Organization: Introduction     Virtual Workers    Leadership Effectiveness    Self Efficacy    Trust    Job Involvement    Review of Literature     Studies of Organizational Climate    Studies of Leadership    Studies of Self Efficacy    Studies of Trust    Studies of Job Involvement    Research Design     Rationale of the Study    Objectives    Hypothesis    Variables    Research Design    Methodology     Rationale of the Sample    Distribution of the Sample    Measures and Scoring Methods    Procedure    Statistical Analysis    Results     Discussion     Summary and Conclusion     Limitations, Suggestions, and Implications     Index