EXAM 1 Flashcards
Organizational Behavior
Field or study devoted to understanding, explaining and ultimately improving the behaviors and attitudes of individuals in groups and organizations.
How do we know what we know about organizational behavior?
We can know this from our experience, authority, science, or our intuition.
-According to the professor, science is the best way to know something.
What is a theory?
A collection of assertions, both verbal and symbolic
Job Performance
The value of the set of employee behaviors that contribute, either positively or negatively, to organizational goal accomplishments.
What does it mean to be a “good performer”?
-Task performance
-Citizenship behavior
-Counter Productive behavior
Task performance
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)
Job Analysis
-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
Types of citizenship behaviors
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
Counter productive behavior:
Employee behaviors that intentionally hinder organizational goal accomplishment.
Organizational commitment
a desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of an organization.
Affective Commitment
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
Continuance Commitment
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
Normative Commitment
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
Withdrawal:
A set of actions that employees perform to avoid the work situation
Types of withdrawal
Exit-Voice-Loyalty-Neglect
Exit:
Ending or restricting organizational membership
Voice:
A constructive response where individuals attempt to improve the situation
Loyalty:
A passive response where the employee remains supportive while hoping for improvement
Neglect:
Reduced interest and effort in the job
Task Performance/Organizational commitment
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
How exactly are the different forms of withdrawal related to one another?
-Independent forms
-Compensatory Forms
-Progression
Job Satisfaction
A pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences
Value fulfillment
Value percept theory argues that job satisfaction depends on whether you perceive that your job supplies you with things that you value
Affective Component
- 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
Positive Emotions
Pride
Relief
Hope
Love
Joy
Compassion
Negative emotions
Anger
Anxiety
Fear
Guilt
Shame
Sadness
Envy
Disgust
- Emotional labor:
The work you are doing to exhibit an emotion, much like physical labor It is possible to get fatigued from emotional labor.
Stress
A psychological response to demands that possess certain stakes for a person and that tax or exceed the person’s capacity or resources