HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATION Flashcards
Benefits of Diversity
- Better Understanding and Service of Customers
- More Satisfied Workforce
- Higher Stock Prices
- Lower Litigation Expenses
- Higher Company Performance
Challenges of Diversity
- 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
is an attribute along which a group is split into subgroups.
Faultline
is the tendency for individuals to be attracted to similar individuals
Similarity -Attraction Phenomenon
generalizations about a particular group of people.
Stereotypes
refer to stable life goals that people have, reflecting what is most important to them
Values
encompasses the relatively stable feelings, thoughts, and behavioral patterns a person has.
Personality
The Big Five Personalities
- Openness
- Conscientiousness
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism
How open a person is to new ideas and experiences
Openness
How much a person is energized by the outside world
Extraversion
How goal-directed, persistent, and organized a person is
Conscientiousness
How much a person puts others’ interests and needs ahead of their own
Agreeableness
is the degree to which a person has overall positive feelings about his or herself.
self-esteem
How sensitive a person is to stress and negative emotional triggers.
Neuroticism
refers to a person’s inclination to f ix what is perceived as wrong, change the status quo, and use initiative to solve problems
Pro-aactive personality