organisational psychology Flashcards

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maslow’s hierarchy of needs

motivation

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  1. physiological
  2. safety
  3. love and belongingness
  4. estem
  5. self-actiualisation
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mclleland’s theory of achievement motivation

motivation

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need for:

achievement
affiliation
power

Thematic apperception test

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latham and locke’s goal setting theory

motivation

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Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time based

clarity, challange, commitment, feedback, task complexity

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vroom’s expectancy theory of motivation

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valance x intrumentality x expectancy

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extrinsic and intrinsic

motivation

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extrinsic:
- pay
- bonuses
- profit sharing
- performance related pay: cash bonus, raise…

intrinsic:
1. recognition
2. praise
3. respect
4. empowerment
5. sense of belonging

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deci and ryan’s self determination theory

motivation

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autonomy
relatedness
competence

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key study - motivation

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landry et al:
applying self determination theory to motivational rewards

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great person theory

leadership

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born not made

intelligence
charisma
sociability
confidence

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charismatic leader theory

leadership

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charisma
popularity
sensitive to their enviroment
good communicators

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transformational leader

leadership

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idealised influence
inspirational motivation
intellectual stimulation
personal and individual attention

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behavioural theories of leadership

leadership

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Ohio:
initiating (structural) behaviours
consideration (nurturing) behaviours

Michigan:
employee orientation
product orientation

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heifetz’s 6 principles in adaptive challenges

leadership

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  1. get on the balcony
  2. identify the adaptive challange
  3. regulate distress
  4. maintain disciplined attention
  5. give work back to the employees
  6. protect voices from below
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muczyk and reimann’s 4 styles of leadership

leadership

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directive autocrat
permissive autocrat
directive democrat
permissive democrat

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scouller’s levels of leadership

leadership

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  1. motivating purpose
  2. task progress results
  3. upholding group unity and spirit
  4. attending to individual effectiveness

public leadership - 1,2, 3 (setting the vision, ensuring unity of purpose, achieving group task, building trust and togetherness, creating peer pressure to ensure high performance standards)

private leadership - 2 and 4 (task and building &maintenance)

personal - all levels (attitude towards others, technical, self-mastery)

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key study - leadership

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cuadrado
leadership style and gender

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kouzes and posner’s leadership practices inventroy

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  1. model the way
  2. share an inspired vision
  3. challenge the process
  4. enable others to act
  5. encourage the heart

the leadership practices inventory LPI

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Followership - kelley

leadership

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dependent non-critical thinkers / independent critical thinkers

  1. passive (sheep)
  2. alienated
  3. pragmatic survivors
  4. conformist
  5. exemplary
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temporal work conditions

work conditions

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ROTATIONAL:
forward rotational shifts
backward rotational shifts
rapid rotation shifts
- metropolitan
- continental
slow rotation shifts

ON-CALL

FLEXI-TIME

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human and system errors in operator machine systems

health and safety

work conditions

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human:
error of commision, omission, sequencing and timing

system:
visual or audio display

20
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key study

work conditions

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SWAT monitoring of accidents and risk events

21
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herzberg’s two factor theory

satisfaction at work

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hygiene factors:
pay, policies, physical conditions, interpersonal relations

motivational factors:
recognition, sense of achievement, growth and promotional oportunities, responsability

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hackman and Oldham’s job characteristics theory

satisfaction at work

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skill variety
task identity
task significance - experienced meaningfulness

autonomy - experienced responsibility

feedback - knowledge of the actual results of the work

23
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belias and skilikas’ techniques of job design

satisfaction at work

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  1. job rotation
  2. job enlargement (vertical/horizontal)
  3. job enrichement
24
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measuring job satisfaction

satisfaction at work

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the job descriptive index

the QWL evaluation scale (walton’s quality of working life)

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blau and boal’s absenteeism and organisational commitment model

satisfaction at work

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  1. job involvement
  2. categories of organisational commitment (behavioural/attitudinal)

e.g: high job involvement - low organisational commitment

type of absence:
medical
career enhancing
normative
calculative

institutional starts
lone wolves
corporate citizens
apathetic employees

26
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key study

satisfaction at work

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gicalone and rosenfield

Employee Sabotage in the workplace

  1. work slowdowns
  2. destruction of machinery, premises or products
  3. dishonesty
  4. causing chaos
27
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tuckman and jensen’s stages of group development

group behaviour

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  1. forming
  2. storming
  3. norming
  4. performing
  5. adjourning
28
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belbin’s 9 team roles

group behaviour

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cerebral
- plants
- specialists
- monitor evaluators

action
- shapers
- implementers
- team workers

people related
- resource investigators
- coordinators
- completer finishers

belbin self perception inventory

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symptoms of groupthink

group behaviour

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invulnerability
rationale
morality
stereotypes
pressure
self-censorship
illusion of unamity
mindguards

30
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forsyth’s cognitive limitations and errors

group behaviour

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sins of

Commission
- belief perseverance
- sunk cost bias
- hindsight bias

omission
- base rate bias
- fundamental attribution error

imprecision
- availability heuristics
- conjunction bias
- representativeness heuristics

31
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key study

group behaviour

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claypoole and szalma

performance moitoring