Well-being in the workplace Flashcards
What was the original approach of organisational psychology
Individual differences
What is the contemporary approach to organisational psychology
Social, economic and political context
Has career mobility led to more skills but less employee commitment and loyalty to orgs?
Yes
What four factors do orgs look for in employees
Flexibility
Adaptability
Innovation
Resilience
Is bullying in the workplace rare or common
Common
What makes employees focus on feeling good over learning and developing for the future
Instability
When people regard themeselves as sexually attractive are they more aggressive in the workplace
Yes
How do employees see challenges when they have a good vision of the future
Growth opportunities
How do employees see challenges when they have a poor vision of the future
Threats to self-esteem
What makes an org’s vision for the future more successful?
Accounting for current direction, org past and employee values
What is an exercise for realising your values
Clenching left fist for two/three minutes to activate right hemisphere of brain
Are the best values implemented immediately or a few years after leadership change
Few years after
Is changing strategy right away under new leadership good
No, it can be damaging
Does unique vision attract or repel employees
attract
Who has increased the diversity of the workforce
Women and ethnic minorities
According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, what is diversity?
Valuing everyone as individuals
What is a benefits to orgs of increased job satisfaction due to diversity?
Reduced costs from recruitment
Does meeting the needs of diverse customers enhance customer relations
Yes (by definition)
Does diversity enhance org creativity, flexibility and innovation
Yes
Does diversity lead to unsustainable development and business disadvantage
No, the opposite
Does diversity lead to cultural closeness between employees
No, diminishes cultural relatedness
Does diversity require greater financial support for flexibility
Yes
Does diversity improve workplace harmony or increase conflict
Increase conflict
Does diversity lead to potential conflict with other orgs
Yes
What to orgs use to summarise their position on diversity?
Diversity action plan
According to Mullins (2010), are outsourcing, the spread of production methods and increased competition from newly industrialised nations part of globalisation
Yes
According to Mullins (2010), has globalisation caused an increase or a decrease in international communication
Increase
According to Mullins (2010), has globalisation led to increased or decreased awareness of different workplace attitudes and beliefs
Increased
Did the 2008 financial crisis suggest that globalisation was driving equality or inequality in the developing world
Inequality
What is workplace bullying according to Worksafe Victoria
Repeated and persistent negative behaviour directed at an employee that creates a risk to health and safety
Is repeated behaviour over a prolonged period a distinguishing criteria of workplace bullying
Yes
Is perception of being bullied a distinguishing criteria of workplace bullying
Yes
Are the negative consequences to the individual a distinguishing criteria of workplace bullying
Yes
Is a power imbalance between parties a distinguishing criteria of workplace bullying
Yes
Is workplace bullying increasing in Denmark, UK and USA
Yes
Can the studies that compare bullying across Denmark, UK and US be compared
No they used different methodologies
If a person has high conscientiousness, low extroversion, high neuroticism and low assertiveness what type of personality might they have
Victim personality
If a person is aggressive, violent, tyrannical and has either very low or very high self-esteem what type of personality might they have?
Perpetrator personality
Are victim and perpetrator personality types individual or organizational antecedents to bullying
Individual
Is interesting and challenging work an organisational antecedent to bullying?
No, uninteresting and unchallenging work is
Are poor leadership and working conditions organisational antecedents to bullying?
Yes
Is the changing nature of work an organisational antecedent to bullying?
Yes
Are people with submissive personalities perceived as easy targets, unable to defend themselves and unable to cope and lack peer support
Yes
Do overly anxious and conscientious people experience workplace bullying more often
Yes
Is perpetrating workplace bullying associated with an unrealistic sense of self
Yes
Is perpetrating workplace bullying associated with a realistic self-esteem
No, overinflated
Is perpetrating workplace bullying associated with high social competence
No, low social competence
Is perpetrating workplace bullying associated with high emotional control and empath
No, low emotional control and empathy
Is perpetrating workplace bullying associated with competitiveness and dominant behaviour
Yes
According to Aquino and Lamertz (2004) what are the four archetypal roles of bullying
Submissive victim
Provocative victim
Dominating perpetrator
Reactive perpetrator
According to Aquino and Lamertz are submissive victims low in self-esteem and assertiveness and high in introversion and anxiety
Yes
What are the two types of bullying according to Aquino and Lamertz
Episodic and institutionalised
What types of bullying will occur in a relationship between a submissive victim and dominating perpetrator
Low episodic
High intsitutionalised