Most difficult things part 1 Flashcards

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Two parts of the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model

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Job demands

Job resources

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Two perspectives to diversity

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  • Social categorization perspective

- Information/decision-making perspective

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Social categorization perspective

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  • Prefer to work with similar others.
  • Emphasises the negative effects of work group diversity
  • Focuses on relational aspects.
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Information/decision-making perspective

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  • People prefer to work with different others.
  • Emphasises the positive effects of work group diversity.
  • Focuses on task performance.
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Main types of diversity

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  • Demographic diversity: age, gender, race, etc. (non-job-related)
  • Functional diversity and educational background diversity (job-related)
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What does social categorization translate into?

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Intergroup bias

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Intergroup bias

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Tendency to evaluate one’s own membership group (the in-group) or its members as more favourable than a non-membership group (the out-group) or its members.

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Three moderating factors of the effects of diversity

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  1. Cooperation and Interdependence.
  2. Team/time tenure.
  3. Diversity mindsets
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Why do we socially categorise?

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Because we have limited cognitive capability:

We categorise and cluster people to deal with too many stimuli.

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Besides interdependence, cooperation, team/time tenure, and diversity mindset, what are the remaining two moderating factors?

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Collective rewards

Prosocial motivation: desire to protect and promote the well-being of others.

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Stages of globalization

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Domestic - International - Multinational - Transnational

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Stages of globalization

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Domestic - International - Multinational - Transnational

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Job crafting

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Employee-job redesign (bottom-up).

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Three types of changes in jobs

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  1. The tasks.
  2. The interpersonal relationships.
  3. The cognitive stance.
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JD-R Model

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Idea: even if you work in a demanding role, you can experience less stress if your organization provides resources to support you.

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Four dimensions of job crafting

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  1. Challenging demands
  2. Hindering demands
  3. Social job resources
  4. Structural resources
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Two primary outcomes job analysis

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  1. Job description: major tasks, duties, and responsibilities.
  2. Job specification: qualifications a person should be capable of to perform job.
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The job analysis can be based on:

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  • Task-based compentencies

- Competency-based competencies.

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Four approaches to job design

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Mechanistic job design
Biological job design
Perceptual-motor job design
Motivational job design

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Mechanistic job design

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Make job simple and repetitive (can lead to overspecialisation, repetition, and boringness)

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Biological job design

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Make job physically easier to increase efficiency and lowering chances of getting injured.

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Perceptual-motor job design

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Lower the mental strain on the job.

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Motivational job design

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Make the job more meaningful to increase employee motivation.

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Three approaches job redesign

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  1. Physical environment
  2. Job characteristics
  3. Job crafting
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Five core job characteristics JCM
1. Skill variety 2. Task identity 3. Task significance 4. Autonomy 5. Feedback
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Health Impairment Process
Poorly designed jobs or chronic demands exhaust employees, which can lead to energy depletion and health problems.
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Motivational process
Job resources have a motivation impact that, intrinsically or extrinsically, lead to high work engagement, low cynicism, etc.
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Person-Organization Fit
The compatibility between people and the organizations' for which they work. Primary focus on the congruence between organizational and individual values.
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Person-job fit
The compatibility between the individual and the job or tasks they need to perform.
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Biggest threat to internal recruiting
Resistance to change / stifle creativity and innovation because everyone in the organization, even the "new hires" are part of the old organizational culture.
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Selection biases:
- Physical appearance - Impression management - Confirmation bias - Decoy effect
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Implicit bias
Also known as unconscious bias. People acting on the basis of prejudice and stereotypes without intending to do so.
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Impression management consists of:
- Application self-promotion: individuals hope to be seen as competent. - Applicant integration: individuals seek to be likeable.
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OCEAN personality types
``` Openness to experience Conscientiousness Extrovertism Agreeableness Neurotisicm ```
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Type of fit used in the selection process
Behaviour-job fit
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Three basic functions performance appraisal
Engaging Informing Evaluating
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BARS Form
Combines graphical rating scale with critical incident method.
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Herzberg
Motivational factors | Hygiene factors
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Vroom
Expectancy theory. Expectancy: effort > performance. Instrumentality: performance > outcome. Valence: outcome > reward.
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What is closest to influencing pay satisfaction?
Perceptions of pay policies and administration
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Job demands
The physical, emotional, and mental stressors in the job.
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Job resources
The physical, social, and organisational factors that help you achieve your goals and reduce stress.