2nd Quiz Flashcards
(25 cards)
Extraversion
The tendency to experience positive emotions and moods and to feel good about oneself and the rest of the world.
Negative Affectivity
The tendency to experience negative emotions and moods, to feel distressed.
Agreeableness
The tendency to get along well with other people.
Conscientiousness
The tendency to be careful scrupulous, and persevering.
Openness to experience
The tendency to be original, have broad interest, be open to a wide range of stimuli, be daring, and take risk.
Internal locus of control
The tendency to locate responsibility for one’s sate within oneself.
External locus of control
The tendency to locate responsibility for one’s fate in outside forces and to believe that one’s own behaviour has little impact on outcomes.
Self-esteem
The degree to which individuals feel good about themselves and their capabilities.
Need for achievement
The extent to which an individual has a strong desire to perform challenging task well and to meet personal standard for excellence.
Need for affiliation
The extent to which an individual is concern about establishing and maintaining good interpersonal relations, being liked, and having other people get along.
Need for power
The extent to which and individual desires to control or influence others.
Terminal value
A lifelong goal or objective that an individual seeks to achieve.
Instrumental value
A mode of conduct than an individual seeks to follow.
Norms
Informal rules of conduct for behaviours considered important by most members of a group or organisation.
Value system
The terminal and instrumental values that are guiding principles in an individual’s life.
Attitude
A collection of feelings and beliefs.
Job satisfaction
The collection of feelings and beliefs that managers have about their current jobs.
Organisational citizenship behaviours (OCBs)
Behaviours that are not required of organisational members but that contribute to and necessary for organisational efficiency, effectiveness, and competitive advantage.
Organisational commitment
The collection of feelings and beliefs that managers have about their organization as a whole.
Mood
A feeling or state of mind.
Emotions
Intense, relatively short-lived feelings.
Emotional Intelligence
The ability to understand and manage one’s own moods and emotions of other people.
Organisational Culture
The shared set of beliefs, expectations, values, norms, and work routines that influence the ways in which individuals, groups, and one another and cooperate to achieve organisational goals.
Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA) Framework
A model that explains how personality may influence organisational culture.
