Why did we decide to write this text? Well, for starters, organizational behavior (OB) remains a fascinating topic that everyone can relate to (because everyone either has worked or is going to work in the future). What makes people effective at their job? What makes them want to stay with their employer? What makes work enjoyable? Those are all fundamental questions that organizational behavior research can help answer. However, our desire to write this text also grew out of our own experiences (and frustrations) teaching OB courses using other texts. We found that students would end the semester with a common set of questions that we felt we could answer if given the chance to write our own text. With that in mind, Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace was written to answer the following questions.

我们为什么决定写这篇文章？好吧，首先，组织行为（OB）仍然是一个吸引人的话题，每个人都可以联系到（因为每个人要么已经工作过，要么将来要工作）。是什么让人们在工作中更有效率？是什么让他们想留在雇主那里？什么使工作愉快？这些都是组织行为学研究可以帮助回答的基本问题。然而，我们写这篇课文的愿望也源于我们自己用其他课文教授OB课程的经历（和挫折）。我们发现学生在学期结束时会提出一系列常见的问题，如果有机会自己写课文，我们觉得我们可以回答这些问题。有鉴于此，《组织行为：改善工作场所的绩效和承诺》回答了很多问题。