Stephen P. Robbins is Professor Emeritus of Management at San Diego State University and the world’s best-selling textbook author in the areas of both management and organisational behaviour. His books are used at more than a thousand US colleges and universities; have been translated into 19 languages; and have adapted editions for Canada, Australia, South Africa, India and the Middle East. Dr Robbins is also the author of the best-selling books The Truth about Managing People and Decide & Conquer.

Timothy A. Judge is currently the Joseph A. Alutto Chair in Leadership Effectiveness at the Department of Management and Human Resources, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University. Dr Judge’s primary research interests are in (1) personality, moods and emotions; (2) job attitudes; (3) leadership and influence behaviours; and (4) careers (person-organisation fit, career success). Timothy has published more than 154 articles on these and other major topics in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Applied Psychology. Timothy is a co-author of Essentials of Organizational Behavior (14th edn) and Staffing Organizations (8th edn).

Dr Bruce Millett is the Associate Dean in the Faculty of Business at University of Southern Queensland. His research interests have focussed on how organisations develop their strategic capability through leadership, organisational change and innovation, performance management, organisational learning and leadership. Apart from multiple editions of Organisational Behaviour, Bruce has also co-authored books of readings in organisational behaviour as well as human resource management.

Dr Michael Jones is a Lecturer in Management in the School of Management and Marketing at University of Wollongong. His research interests include organisational behaviour, particularly in areas of motivation and commitment and business operations in areas of collaboration, culture and strategy. Michael is a member of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management, the Australian Human Resources Institute and the Industrial Relations Society of Australia.