EXAM 1 Flashcards

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Organizational Behavior

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Field or study devoted to understanding, explaining and ultimately improving the behaviors and attitudes of individuals in groups and organizations.

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How do we know what we know about organizational behavior?

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We can know this from our experience, authority, science, or our intuition.
-According to the professor, science is the best way to know something.

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What is a theory?

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A collection of assertions, both verbal and symbolic

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Job Performance

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The value of the set of employee behaviors that contribute, either positively or negatively, to organizational goal accomplishments.

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What does it mean to be a “good performer”?

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-Task performance
-Citizenship behavior
-Counter Productive behavior

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Task performance

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The behaviors directly involved in transforming organizational resources into the goods or services an organization produces (that is, the behaviors included in one’s job description)

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Job Analysis

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-Generate a list of the activities involved in the job
-Rate the tasks on frequency and importance
-use most frequent and important tasks to define task performance

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Types of citizenship behaviors

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Voluntary activities that may or may not be rewarded but that contribute to the organization by improving the quality of the setting where work occurs.

Organizational: Voice, Civic Virtue, Boosterism

Interpersonal: Helping, Courtesy, Sportsmanship

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Counter productive behavior:

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Employee behaviors that intentionally hinder organizational goal accomplishment.

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Organizational commitment

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a desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of an organization.

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Affective Commitment

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A desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of an organization because of an emotional attachment to, and involvement with that organization
- You stay because you want to

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Continuance Commitment

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A desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of an organization because of an awareness of the costs associated with leaving it.
- You stay because you need to
- Sunk Costs

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Normative Commitment

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A desire on the part of the employee to remain a member of an organization because of a feeling of obligation
-You stay because you ought to

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14
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Withdrawal:

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A set of actions that employees perform to avoid the work situation

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Types of withdrawal

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Exit-Voice-Loyalty-Neglect

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Exit:

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Ending or restricting organizational membership

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17
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Voice:

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A constructive response where individuals attempt to improve the situation

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Loyalty:

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A passive response where the employee remains supportive while hoping for improvement

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Neglect:

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Reduced interest and effort in the job

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Task Performance/Organizational commitment

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Stars: High Task Performance, High Org. Commitment
Citizens: Low Task performance, High Org. Commitment
Lone Wolves: High Task performance, Low Org. Commitment
Apathetic: Low task performance, Low Org. Commitment

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21
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How exactly are the different forms of withdrawal related to one another?

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-Independent forms
-Compensatory Forms
-Progression

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Job Satisfaction

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A pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences

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Value fulfillment

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Value percept theory argues that job satisfaction depends on whether you perceive that your job supplies you with things that you value

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Affective Component

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  • Even the most satisfied employees aren’t always satisfied with every aspect of a job
  • Satisfaction levels wax and wane throughout the day due to things like moods and emotions
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25
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Positive Emotions

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Pride
Relief
Hope
Love
Joy
Compassion

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Negative emotions

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Anger
Anxiety
Fear
Guilt
Shame
Sadness
Envy
Disgust

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27
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  • Emotional labor:
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The work you are doing to exhibit an emotion, much like physical labor It is possible to get fatigued from emotional labor.

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28
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Stress

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A psychological response to demands that possess certain stakes for a person and that tax or exceed the person’s capacity or resources

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29
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Hindrance stressors

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  • Role Conflict:
  • Role Ambiguity
  • Role overload
  • Daily hassle
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Challenge Stressor:

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Could be perceived as good challenges that sometimes result in stress
- Time pressures
- Work complexity
- Work responsibly

31
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Family stressors

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  • Work-family conflict
  • Financial uncertainty
  • Negative life events
  • Time demands from family
  • Personal development
  • Positive life events
32
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How do people cope with their stress

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Coping refers to the behaviors and thoughts people use to manage stressful demands and the emotions associated with those demands

33
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Rule of one eighth

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thought that only 12% of a firm will do what is best to build profits by putting people first

34
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Method of Intuition

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knowledge based upon it being obvious or evident to someone

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Method of Experience

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knowledge of something because it is consistent with a person’s observations/experiences

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Method of Authority

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knowledge of something based upon a reputable official or source has said it is correct

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Method of Science

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knowledge of something based upon results being replicated using scientific studies

38
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routine task performance

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predictability to task demands based upon habitual or well known responses

39
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adaptive task performance

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unusual task demands are met by thoughtful responses by an employee

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creative task performance

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level of degree that individuals ideas or outcomes are useful and have some novelty

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citizenship behavior

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employee voluntary behaviors that contribute to goals by improving context of the way work is done

42
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interpersonal citizenship behavior

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assist and develop coworkers by going past normal job expectations

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helping

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assisting co workers who have workloads or assisting in personal matters

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courtesy

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the sharing of important information with co workers

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sportsmanship

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maintaining a good attitude with coworkers in both hard and good times

46
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civic virtue

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participation in organization operations that is more than normal through voluntary reading, meetings, news

47
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organization citizenship behavior

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loyalty and defense of organization and going beyond expectations to improve operations

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boosterism

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representing the organization publically in a positive manner

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property deviance

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behaviors that try to harm a firm’s assets or property

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sabotage

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destroying equipment or products or processes of an organization on purpose

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theft

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stealing assets of an organization likely through products or equipment

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production deviance

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intentionally trying to reduce efficiency of work output by an organization

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wasting resources

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using excessive resources or too much time to accomplish little work

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political deviance

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behaviors that are directly done intentionally to disadvantage others

55
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incivility

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rude or impolite communication that lacks good manners

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MGMT by Objectives (MBO)

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evaluations of employees by management is based upon specific performance goals are met

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Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS)

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use of critical incidents to evaluate job performance behaviors of an employee by management

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360 degree feedback

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evaluation that uses rating from various sources…employees and their supervisors, coworkers, subordinates

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forced ranking

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rating system used by managers to rank employees relative to one another

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erosion model

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suggest those employees with less invested with coworkers in terms of bonding are more likely to leave

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social influence model

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suggests that those who have coworkers that they are linked to, will leave if the coworker leaves

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embeddedness

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employees connection to a business or community and that person’s sense of fit within it

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moonlighting

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the use of time on the job and the organization’s resource to do non work related activities

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independent forms model

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behaviors are uncorrelated in withdrawal behavior, engaging in one has little to do with another

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progression model

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withdrawal behaviors from work are positively correlated, one withdrawal method likely cause others to occur

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perceived organization support

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how much a person believes an organization values their contributions and cares about them as a person

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value percept theory

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job satisfaction is based upon belief as to whether job gives things of value to him

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job characteristics theory

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has five core characteristics that in combination cause levels of satisfaction by a person on the job

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variety

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degree to which a job requires various activities and skills and how many different one are necessary

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meaningfulness of work

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state of a person’s feelings about goals and task of work and how they contribute to society/person passions