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| the ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends. |
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| Informal groups bound together by shared expertise and passion for a particular activity or interest. |
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| The idea that a particular action may have different consequences in different situations |
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| Informal groups bound together by shared expertise and passion for a particular activity or interest. |
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| The idea that a particular action may have different consequences in different situations. |
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| Any job in which the individual does not have an explicit or implicit contract for long-term employment, or one in which the minimum hours of work can vary in a nonsystematic way. |
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| corporate social responsibility (CSR) |
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| An organization’s moral obligation towards its stakeholders. |
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| The differences in the psychological characteristics of employees, including personalities, beliefs, values, and attitudes. |
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| An employment relationship in which people are expected to continuously develop their skills to remain employed. |
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| The study of moral principles or values that determine whether actions are right or wrong and outcomes are good or bad. |
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| Economic, social, and cultural connectivity (and interdependence) with people in other parts of the world. |
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| A process of developing theory through the constant interplay between data gathering and the development of theoretical concepts |
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| The sum of an organization’s human capital, structural capital, and relationship capital. |
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| Any structured activity that improves an organization’s capacity to acquire, share, and use knowledge in ways that improve its survival and success. |
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| Organizations that take their sustenance from the environment and, in turn, affect that environment through their output. |
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| organizational behavior (OB) |
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| The study of what people think, feel, and do in and around organizations. |
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| Groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose. |
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| A set of principles and procedures that help researchers to systematically understand previously unexplained events and conditions. |
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| Shareholders, customers, suppliers, governments, and any other groups with a vested interest in the organization. |
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| Stable, long-lasting beliefs about what is important in a variety of situations |
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| Cross-functional teams that operate across space, time, and organizational boundaries with members who communicate mainly through information technologies. |
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| Employee perform work away from the traditional physical workplace using information technology |
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| The minimization of conflict between work and nonwork demands |
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