On-the-job leisure is a pervasive feature of the modern workplace. We studied its impact on work performance in a laboratory experiment by either allowing or restricting Internet access. We used a 2×2 experimental design in which subjects completing real-effort work tasks could earn cash...

This paper presents a critical overview of some recent attempts at building formal models of organizations as information-processing and problem-solving entities. We distinguish between two classes of models according to two distinct objects of analysis. The first class includes models mainly...

The book contains some of the works of the national conference "Communication and organizational behavior" organized by the Polytechnic University of Bucharest on March 25, 2010 at the Department of Teaching Staff Training and Socio-Human Sciences