The study shows that job autonomy must be coupled with low job ambiguity and high procedural justice for organizational citizenship behavior to be seen within a public administrative organization.

Humans do not capitalize nearly enough on our most significant evolutionary advantage: a unique ability to take forward-looking actions that influence the future for the better. Exhibit A: Climate ...

Writing for The Conversation, Thomas Bateman, a University of Virginia professor emeritus of organizational behavior, gives a lesson on confronting climate change based on psychological research.

As the need to address climate change becomes increasingly urgent so too does the concurrent need for proactive stewardship of the Earth's rapidly changing biosphere, according to new research. As the ...

Although change-oriented behaviors are critical to high-quality public service delivery, encouraging employees to embrace and pursue change in the public sector is difficult. Even with sufficient job ...

7 ways to get proactive about climate change instead of feeling helpless spotlightAP 7 ways to get proactive about climate change instead of feeling helpless Thomas S. Bateman, Professor Emeritus of ...

Our language reveals our mindset. For decades, we've talked about "change management" and "change readiness"; terms that betray a fundamentally reactive stance. We manage what happens to us. We get ...

Getting laid off at any point causes serious strain, but it can be especially frustrating when you were just about to make a proactive change. You knew you needed to make a change. Perhaps you saw the ...