Business Science Reference Recent Advances in the Roles of Cultural and Personal Values in Organizational Behavior

The complete understanding of organizational culture and personal values is fundamental for running and improving modern organizations. By identifying the underlying building blocks for behavior, strategy, and actions of organizations and their members, companies and researchers may discover innovative techniques to encourage productive and satisfying working environments. Recent Advances in the Roles of Cultural and Personal Values in Organizational Behavior is a collection of innovative research on how culture and personal values shape and influence leadership styles, decision-making processes, innovativeness, and other management practices. While highlighting topics including employee motivation, leadership style, and organizational culture, this book is ideally designed for managers, executives, human resources professionals, recruiters, researchers, academics, educators, and students seeking current research on cultural backgrounds and personal values for organizations. About the Author Zlatko Nedelko, Ph.D. (in Business) is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Management and Organization, University of Maribor (Slovenia). His main research interests are management, organization, business ethics, transitional issues and innovativeness. Recently, he examined the impact of managers' personal values on their behavior in Central Europe Economies. In 2012, he was a visiting researcher at Department of Management and Organizational Behavior, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. He has published his articles in peer reviewed scholarly journals including but not limited to Systems research and behavioral science, Transformations in Business and Economics, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, System Practice and Action Research, and Actual problems of Economics.Maciej Brzozowski has received his PhD in management science in 2006 from Poznan University of Economics and is currently hired as Assistant Professor at the Department of Strategic Management of Poznan University of Economics and Business. He writes and presents widely on issues of strategic management, project management, managers' personal values and design management.