Lecture 1 Flashcards
Two main classes of outcome OB looks at
- Job performance
- Organizational commitment.
What is the outcome Job performance?
The outcome job performance concerns itself with task performance, citizenship behaviour and countrerproductive behaviour (theft, sabotage, incivility) etc.
What is meant by the outcome organizational commitment?
The outcome of organizational commitment concerns itself with the question whether an employee wants to remain a member of the firm.
What are the core values of science?
- Accuracy
- Objectivity
- Open-minded
- Skeptical
What is the constant cycle of decisions?
- Theory
- Hypotheses
- Open-minded
- Skeptical
What are meta-analyses.
Quantitative syntheses of multiple studies on a topic.
What does the step theory in the cycle of decisions involve
The Theory is an integrated set of principles on how or why varibales are related and under what conditions. This summarizes a wide range of observations making clear predictions.
What does the step: Hypotheses in the cycle of decisions do?
Predictions derived from the theory no how/why certain variables will react to each other. These hypotheses should be falsifiable
What does the step Data in the cycle of decisions do?
This revolves around the collection methods of systematic observation vs experimental method.
What does the step Verification in the cycle of decisions do?
In this step the statistical and practical significance of your decision is evaluated.
What does falsifiability mean?
This means that a hypotheses can be proven false through research studies and testing experiments.
What is the systematic observation method to collect data?
This is often a correlational study that is nonmanipulative in nature/
What is the experimental method of data collection?
This is a study to discover causality. In this setting variables can be manipulated and it is therefore more useful.
