Set in a framework of an extended introduction/chronology and essays on the section topics, these 44 modern classics reflect enduring themes and ideas about organizational behavior rather than the latest, and probably temporary, trends. The selections and supporting material cover issues of leadership, including transactional approaches and readings from Follett, Barnard, Fiedler, Schein, Chemers and Bolman and Deal; motivation, including background material on the Hawthorne studies and cognitive dissidence and work by Maslow, McGregor, VroomWright and Locke; individuals in teams and groups, including work by Alderfer, Majchrzak, Malhotra, Stamps and Lipnack; effects of the work environment, including work by Asch, Merton, Janis, Harvey and Schein; power and influence, including work by Mechanic, Etzioni, Kanter, Bies and Trip, and Hagberg; and organizational change, including background material on transformation and work by Lewin, Argyris, Senge, Greiner and Bennis. Annotation 漏2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)