这是北美商学院博士生管理理论Seminar的指定参考书，书中邀请了每个管理理论的奠基者或集大成者，详细阐述该管理理论的发展过程。有种高屋建瓴，连点成线的感觉。
  恰好搞到一个高清晰PDF版的电子书，值得一读。只收一点辛苦费。
  据我了解，国内已经有出版社购得该书的中文版权，相信该书的中文译本很快就会面世。
  从下面的目录中的作者名，就可以看出，好多都是管理学界的大牛。
List of Figures  ix
List of Tables  x
Acknowledgements  xi
List of Contributors  xii
1  Introduction: The Process of Developing Management Theory Michael A. HittKen G. Smith 1
Part I  Individuals and Their Environment   
2  The Evolution of Social Cognitive Theory Albert Bandura 9
3  Image Theory Lee R. BeachTerence R. Mitchell 36
4  The Road to Fairness and Beyond Robert Folger 55
5  Grand Theories and Mid-Range Theories: Cultural Effects on Theorizing and the Attempt to Understand Active Approaches to Work Michael Frese 84
6  Upper Echelons Theory: Origins, Twists and Turns, and Lessons Learned Donald C. Hambrick 109
7  Goal Setting Theory: Theory Building by Induction Edwin A. LockeGary P. Latham 128
8  How Job Characteristics Theory Happened Greg R. OldhamJ. Richard Hackman 151
9  Do Employee Attitudes towards Organizations Matter? The Study of Employee Commitment to Organizations Lyman W. PorterRichard M. SteersRichard T. Mowday 171
10  Developing Psychological Contract Theory Denise M. Rousseau 190
11  The Escalation of Commitment: Steps toward an Organizational Theory Barry M. Staw 215
12  On the Origins of Expectancy Theory Victor H. Vroom 239
Part II  Behavior of Organizations   
13  Double-Loop Learning in Organizations: A Theory of Action Perspective Chris Argyris 261
14  Where does Inequality Come from? The Personal and Intellectual Roots of Resource-Based Theory Jay B. Barney 280
15  Organizational Effectiveness: Its Demise and Re-emergence through Positive Organizational Scholarship Kim Cameron 304
16  Managerial and Organizational Cognition: Islands of Coherence Anne S. Huff 331
17  Developing Theory about the Development of Theory Henry Mintzberg 355
18  Managing Organizational Knowledge: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations Ikujiro Nonaka 373
19  The Experience of Theorizing: Sensemaking as Topic and Resource Karl E. Weick 394
Part III  Environmental Contingencies and Organizations   
20  The Development of Stakeholder Theory: An Idiosyncratic Approach R. Edward Freeman 417
21  Developing Resource Dependence Theory: How Theory is Affected by its Environment Jeffrey Pfeffer 436
22  Institutional Theory: Contributing to a Theoretical Research Program W. Richard Scott 460
23  Transaction Cost Economics: The Process of Theory Development Oliver E. Williamson 485
24  Developing Evolutionary Theory for Economics and Management Sidney G. Winter 509
25  An Evolutionary Approach to Institutions and Social Construction: Process and Structure Lynn G. ZuckerMichael R. Darby 547
26  Epilogue: Learning to Develop Theory from the Masters Ken G. SmithMichael A. Hitt 572
Index  589