Week 1 - Organizational Behavior Flashcards
What is Organizational Behavior (OB)?
OB is the study of individual and group behaviors in workplaces, focusing on applying scientific knowledge to improve management decisions and reduce judgment errors.
What are the key elements of Evidence-Based Management (EBM)?
Scientific literature, practitioner expertise, internal organizational data, and stakeholder concerns.
What is organizational legitimacy?
The assumption that an organization’s actions are desirable, proper, or appropriate based on widespread beliefs.
What is the Hawthorne Effect?
Behavior changes due to being observed, not because of interventions.
Name two key skills of critical thinking in organizations.
Logic and reflection.
What is Person-Environment (PE) Fit?
Alignment between an individual’s personality and their environment, enhancing job satisfaction and performance.
List the Big Five Personality Traits.
Conscientiousness, Openness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism.
What is the role of conscientiousness in the workplace?
It reliably predicts job performance and entrepreneurship success.
What are the components of job satisfaction?
Work, pay, promotion, supervision, and coworkers.
Define perceived organizational support (POS).
Employees’ perception of whether the organization values their contributions and cares for their well-being.
How can POS be improved?
Offering fair rewards, supportive workforce services, and individualized benefits.
What is organizational commitment?
A psychological state describing an employee’s relationship with their organization, affecting retention and performance.
What are the types of organizational commitment?
Affective, normative, and continuance commitment.
What is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) used for?
Personality assessment based on dichotomies like introversion vs. extraversion.
What are the limitations of MBTI?
Assumes dichotomies instead of continuous traits and has variable reliability.
