Organizational Behavior

acknowledgments

We want to acknowledge that this book was developed in a community of colleagues and students. The book benefited from feedback provided by colleagues of countless chapter reviews and by hundreds of students on earlier drafts of this textbook and our earlier management textbook that uses a similar two-prong approach to stimulate critical thinking. The text also was enriched by untold hallway talks, emails, discussions at conferences, and conversation with friends and acquaintances. As a result, we want to acknowledge that there are many people whose names could be mentioned here but are not. This includes colleagues, family members, and friends whose on-going encouragement and support have inspired and sustained us.

We also want to thank the editorial staff at Wiley for their belief in the promise of this project and their commitment to bring it to fruition. We appreciate the foresight of Lise Johnson, our signing editor, in recognizing a need for this book in the marketplace of ideas and championing it from beginning to end. We are thankful for the enthusiastic and encouraging advice of Leslie Kraham during the creation and review of numerous drafts and the patient and persistent guidance of Jennifer Manias through the final stages of production. We also thank the many unseen hands that touched the book within the Wiley family.

Additionally, we are grateful to the following colleagues who gave constructive and invaluable feedback at various stages of this book: ...