Organizational Behaviour: Improving Performance And Commitment In The Workplace

FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION This edition emphasizes employee performance and retention, connecting key organizational behavior topics to these crucial outcomes.

ENGAGING CANADIAN CONTENT Each chapter features wraparound cases from familiar Canadian organizations, supported by current examples from Canadian companies.

INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE APPROACH We maintain an inclusive tone in both content and pedagogy, ensuring students see themselves reflected in the material.

NEW DEI IN OB FEATURE BOX This feature draws in diverse speakers, vivid examples, and evidence-based recommendations to enrich DEI perspectives on the OB concepts in the chapters.

NEW & UPDATED APPLICATION-BASED ACTIVITIES The Connect Application-Based Activities are highly interactive and automatically graded application- and analysis-based exercises wherein students immerse themselves in a business environment, analyze the situation, and apply their knowledge of business strategies. Students' progress from understanding basic concepts to assessing and solving complex real-world scenarios.

NEW & UPDATED ISEEIT! VIDEOS These brief, contemporary videos offer dynamic student-centered introductions, illustrations, and animations to guide students through challenging concepts. Ideal for before class as an introduction, during class to launch or clarify a topic, or after class for formative assessment.

NEW WRITING ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS The Writing Assignment tool delivers a learning experience to help students improve their written communication skills and conceptual understanding.  As an instructor you can assign, monitor, grade, and provide feedback on writing more efficiently and effectively.

NEW AI READER McGraw Hill's AI Reader provides students with an embedded AI learning tool that promotes active reading to drive meaningful engagements and conceptual understanding of course content, not just rote memorization. AI Reader allows instructors to maintain control over how students are using AI in their courses, with trusted materials and guardrails.

VIDEO CAPTURE POWERED BY GOREACT This exciting tool allows students to demonstrate presentation skills and practice critical thinking when providing peer feedback. Recordable Video Chat enables synchronous and asynchronous online presentations in your Organizational Behaviour classroom. With three customizable assignment types, easy grading tools, and a new AI Assist feature, this tool now offers real-time feedback on presentation structure, clarity, and delivery. Leverage this enhanced tool to boost student engagement and learning outcomes in online, in-person, and hybrid course delivery.

INNOVATIVE APPROACH Colquitt focuses on what really matters - employee performance and retention – and discusses the various topics in relation to these important work outcomes. Students appreciate the practical relevance of these relatable OB concepts.

EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH All topics covered are based on research. Colquitt focuses on evidence-based management, where scientific research supports why this theory works. Colquitt includes new and emerging topics that other OB titles leave out and excludes flawed and outdated topics that others leave in.

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT APPROACH OB is in the everyday of the student experience. Colquitt’s pop-culture examples featured throughout, helps students relate! OB on Screen uses scenes from popular films and television series to demonstrate OB topics in action. The Instructor Manual provides discussion questions around movie clips that relate back to these theories, engaging students (and entertaining them, too!). Manager’s Hot Seat interactive videos also immerse the student into realistic office situations, dealing with difficult employees in complex situations.

OB INTERNATIONALLY Changes in technology, communications, and economic forces have made business more global and international than ever. This feature spotlights the impact of globalization on the organizational behaviour concepts described in this book. It describes cross-cultural differences in OB theories, how to apply them in international corporations, and how to use OB to manage cultural diversity in the workplace.

CONNECT McGraw Hill Connect® is an award-winning digital teaching and learning solution that empowers students to achieve better outcomes and enables instructors to improve efficiency with course management. With Connect’s ReadAnywhere app, students can study on the go – including reading and listening using the audio functionality – without any need for internet access. Using Connect, instructors can take advantage of McGraw Hill’s trusted content to seamlessly deliver assignments, quizzes, and tests online.

SMARTBOOK SmartBook is McGraw Hill’s adaptive learning and reading resource. SmartBook prompts students with questions based on the material they are studying. By assessing individual answers, SmartBook learns what each student knows and identifies which topics they need to practise, giving each student a personalized learning experience and path to success.

APPLICATION BASED ACTIVITIES The Connect Application-Based Activities are highly interactive and automatically graded application- and analysis-based exercises wherein students immerse themselves in a human resources environment, analyze the situation, and apply their knowledge of management strategies. Students progress from understanding basic concepts to assessing and solving complex real-world scenarios.

MANAGER’S HOTSEAT VIDEOS This resource allows students to watch real managers apply their years of experience to management and organizational behaviour issues. Students assume the role of the manager as they watch the video and then answer multiple-choice questions following the segment. The Manager’s HotSeat Videos are ideal for group or classroom discussions.

ASSIGNABLE SELF ASSESSMENTS assignable self-assessments represent an important part of active learning. Self-assessments can be assigned for completion, results are saved in Connect and can now easily be utilized for in-class discussion.

ISEEIT! VIDEOS These brief, contemporary videos offer dynamic student-centered introductions, illustrations, and animations to guide students through challenging concepts. Ideal for before class as an introduction, during class to launch or clarify a topic, or after class for formative assessment. 

WRITING ASSIGNMENT The Writing Assignment tool delivers a learning experience to help students improve their written communication skills and conceptual understanding.  As an instructor you can assign, monitor, grade, and provide feedback on writing more efficiently and effectively.