HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATION Flashcards

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Benefits of Diversity

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  • Better Understanding and Service of Customers
  • More Satisfied Workforce
  • Higher Stock Prices
  • Lower Litigation Expenses
  • Higher Company Performance
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Challenges of Diversity

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  • Similarity -Attraction Phenomenon
  • Faultlines
  • Stereotypes
  • Specific Diversity Issues
  • Gender Diversity in Workplace
  • Earnings Gap
  • Glass ceiling
  • Race Diversity in the Workplace
  • Age Diversity in the Workplace
  • Religious Diversity in the Workplace
  • Employees with Disabilities in the Workplace
  • Sexual Orientation Diversity in the Workplace
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is an attribute along which a group is split into subgroups.

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Faultline

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is the tendency for individuals to be attracted to similar individuals

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Similarity -Attraction Phenomenon

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generalizations about a particular group of people.

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Stereotypes

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refer to stable life goals that people have, reflecting what is most important to them

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Values

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encompasses the relatively stable feelings, thoughts, and behavioral patterns a person has.

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Personality

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The Big Five Personalities

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  • Openness
  • Conscientiousness
  • Extraversion
  • Agreeableness
  • Neuroticism
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9
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How open a person is to new ideas and experiences

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Openness

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How much a person is energized by the outside world

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Extraversion

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How goal-directed, persistent, and organized a person is

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Conscientiousness

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How much a person puts others’ interests and needs ahead of their own

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Agreeableness

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is the degree to which a person has overall positive feelings about his or herself.

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self-esteem

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How sensitive a person is to stress and negative emotional triggers.

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Neuroticism

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refers to a person’s inclination to f ix what is perceived as wrong, change the status quo, and use initiative to solve problems

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Pro-aactive personality

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deals with the degree to which people feel accountable for their own behaviors

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Locust of Control

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refers to the extent to which a person is capable of monitoring his or her actions and appearance in social situations.

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Self-monitoring

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is a belief that one can perform a specific task successfully.

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Self-efficacy

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goes beyond the physical information available to us.

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Visual Perception

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How we perceive other people in our environment is also shaped by our values, emotions, feelings, and personality.

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Social Perception

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Human beings are prone to errors and biases when perceiving themselves.

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Self Perception

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is the causal explanation we give for an observed behavior. If you believe that a behavior is due to the internal characteristics of an actor,

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Attribution