Fred
Luthans
12th Edition
Organizational
Behavior
An Evidence-Based Approach
,Organizational
Behavior
An Evidence-Based Approach Twelfth Edition
Fred Luthans
George Holmes Distinguished Professor
of Management, University of Nebraska
,ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: An Evidence-Based Approach
Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221
Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020. Copyright © 2011, 2008, 2005, 2002, 1998, 1995,
1992, 1989, 1985, 1981, 1977, 1973 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or
stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or
transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.
Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers
outside the United States.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 WDQ/WDQ 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ISBN: 978-0-07-353035-2
MHID: 0-07-353035-2
Vice president and editor-in-chief: Brent Gordon
Publisher: Paul Ducham
Director of development: Ann Torbert
Managing development editor: Laura Hurst Spell
Editorial coordinator: Jane Beck
Vice president and director of marketing: Robin J. Zwettler
Associate marketing manager: Jaime Halteman
Vice president of editing, design and production: Sesha Bolisetty
Senior project manager: Harvey Yep
Senior production supervisor: Debra R. Sylvester
Design coordinator: Joanne Mennemeier
Media project manager: Suresh Babu, Hurix Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Cover design: Joanne Mennemeier
Cover image: Digital Vision
Typeface: 10.5/12 Times Roman
Compositor: Glyph International
Printer: Worldcolor
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Luthans, Fred.
Organizational behavior : an evidence-based approach / Fred Luthans.—12th ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-353035-2 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-07-353035-2 (alk. paper)
1. Organizational behavior. I. Title.
HD58.7.L88 2011
658.4—dc22
2009041522
www.mhhe.com
, For
Kay, Kristin, Brett, Kyle, and Paige
Luthans
12th Edition
Organizational
Behavior
An Evidence-Based Approach
,Organizational
Behavior
An Evidence-Based Approach Twelfth Edition
Fred Luthans
George Holmes Distinguished Professor
of Management, University of Nebraska
,ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: An Evidence-Based Approach
Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221
Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020. Copyright © 2011, 2008, 2005, 2002, 1998, 1995,
1992, 1989, 1985, 1981, 1977, 1973 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or
stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or
transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.
Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers
outside the United States.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 WDQ/WDQ 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ISBN: 978-0-07-353035-2
MHID: 0-07-353035-2
Vice president and editor-in-chief: Brent Gordon
Publisher: Paul Ducham
Director of development: Ann Torbert
Managing development editor: Laura Hurst Spell
Editorial coordinator: Jane Beck
Vice president and director of marketing: Robin J. Zwettler
Associate marketing manager: Jaime Halteman
Vice president of editing, design and production: Sesha Bolisetty
Senior project manager: Harvey Yep
Senior production supervisor: Debra R. Sylvester
Design coordinator: Joanne Mennemeier
Media project manager: Suresh Babu, Hurix Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Cover design: Joanne Mennemeier
Cover image: Digital Vision
Typeface: 10.5/12 Times Roman
Compositor: Glyph International
Printer: Worldcolor
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Luthans, Fred.
Organizational behavior : an evidence-based approach / Fred Luthans.—12th ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-353035-2 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-07-353035-2 (alk. paper)
1. Organizational behavior. I. Title.
HD58.7.L88 2011
658.4—dc22
2009041522
www.mhhe.com
, For
Kay, Kristin, Brett, Kyle, and Paige
