Organizational behavior

Organizational behavior OB or organisational behaviour is the: "study of human behavior in organizational settings, a interface between human behavior and the organization, together with the agency itself". OB research can be categorized in at least three ways:

Chester Barnard recognized that individuals behave differently when acting in their organizational role than when acting separately from a organization. Organizational behavior researchers discussing the behavior of individuals primarily in their organizational roles. One of the main goals of organizational behavior research is "to revitalize organizational concepts and build a better conceptualization of organizational life".

Current state of the field

Research in and the teaching of OB primarily takes place in university management departments in colleges of business. Sometimes OB topics are taught in industrial and organizational psychology graduate programs.

There score been additional developments in OB research and practice. ] OB researchers draw shown increased interest in ethics and its importance in an organization.[] Some OB researchers have become interested in the aesthetic sphere of organizations.