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Part Two: Behavior Within
OrganizationsThe IndividualChapter 4: IndividualBehavior and Differences
Chapter 5: Motivation Background and Theories
Chapter 6: Motivation andReward Programs
Chapter 7: Workplace Stress
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Chapter 4
Individual Behavior and
Differences
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Learning Objectives
After completing Chapter 4, you should be able to:Define
Perception and explain its role in under-standing and coping with organizational life.
Describe
How self-efficacy can influence anemployees behavior.
DiscussWhy the increasing diversity of the workforcewill require the adoption of a differentapproach/style of managing employees.
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Learning Objectives (continued)
After completing Chapter 4, you should be able to:
Compare
The meaning of the psychological contract
from the employee and the employerperspective.
Identify
Why its difficult to change a persons attitude.
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Individual Behavior Framework
TheEnvironment
TheIndividual Behaviors Outcomes
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To understand individual differences,
managers must:Observe and recognize the differences
Study variables that influence individualbehavior
Discover relationships among the variables
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Research observations on behavior:
Behavior is caused.
Behavior is goal directed.
Behavior that can be observed ismeasurable.
Behavior that is not directly observable is
also important in accomplishing goals. Behavior is motivated.
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Key questions to help managers focus onperformance problems:
Does the employee have the skills and abilities toperform the job?
Does the employee have the necessary
resources to perform the job? Is the employee aware of the performance
problem?
When did the performance problem surface?
How do the employees co-workers react to theperformance problem?
What can I do as a manager to alleviate theperformance problem?
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Individual Differences: Abilities and Skills
Ability
A biological or learned trait that permits a
person to do something mental or physical. Skills
Task-related competencies.
Job Analysis
Process of defining and studying a job in
terms of behavior and specifying education
and training needed to perform the job.
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Individual Differences: Demographics
GenderDifferences
Racial andCulturalDiversity
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Individual Psychological Variables
Perception
Attribution
AttitudesPersonality
Emotional
Intelligence
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Perception The process by
which an individual givesmeaning to the environment.
It involves organizing and
interpreting various stimuli into apsychological experience.
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Examples of how perception influences
behavior:A manager believes that an employee is given
opportunities to use his judgment about how to do
the job, while the employee feels that he has
absolutely no freedom to make judgments.
A subordinates response to a supervisors request
is based on what she thought she heard the
supervisor say, not on what was actually requested.
The manager considers the product sold to be of
high quality, but the customer making a complaint
feels that its poorly made.
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Examples of how perception influences
behavior:(continued)
An employee is viewed by one colleague as a hard
worker who gives good effort and by another
colleague as a poor worker who expends no effort.
The salesperson regards his pay increase as totally
inequitable, while the sales manager considers it a
fair raise.
One line operator views working conditions as
miserable; a co-worker right across the line regards
working conditions as pleasant.
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Perceptual Differences and Behavior
Freedom
worker is
given
Managers perception
Worker has a lot of
freedom to make decisions
Managers behavior
No concern about freedom
given to worker
Managers behavior
Puzzled by the absence
record of worker
Workers perception
I am not given any freedom
to make decisions
Workers behavior
Feeling of being left out
Staying home
Workers behavior
Belief that no one really
cares
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Attribution
Attribution
The process of perceiving the causes of
behavior and outcomes.Dispositional Attributions
Emphasize some aspect of the individual,
such as ability or skill, to explain behavior.
Situational Attributions
Attributions that emphasize the environments
effect on behavior.
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Attitudes
Attitude a positive or negative feeling or
mental state of readiness, learned and
organized through experience, that exerts
specific influence on a persons response to
people, objects, and situations.
Af fect the emotional segment of an attitude.
Cogni t ion the perception, opinion, or beliefsegment of an attitude.
Behavior the behavior segment of an attitude.
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The Three Components of Attitudes
Work factors Components Responses
Job design
Manager style
Company policies
Technology
Salary
Employee benefits
Affect
Cognition
Behavior
Emotional:
Statement about liking
Perceptual:Statement about belief
Action:
Statement aboutbehavior
Stimuli Attitudes Outcomes
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Attitudes and Values
Values
The guidelines andbeliefs that a personuses when confronted
with a situation in whicha choice must be made.
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Attitudes and J obSatisfaction
J ob Satisfaction Theattitude that workershave about their jobs.
It results from theirperception of the jobs.
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Attitudes and Job Satisfaction: Five Dimensions
1. Pay. The amount received and perceived
equity of pay.
2. Job. The extent to which job tasks areconsidered interesting and provide
opportunities for learning and for accepting
responsibility.
3. Promotion Opportunities. The availabilityof opportunities for advancement.
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Attitudes and Job Satisfaction: Five Dimensions(continued)
4. Supervisor. The supervisors abilities to
demonstrate interest in and concern about
employees.
5. Co-workers. The extent to which co-
workers are friendly, competent, and
supportive.
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Satisfaction-Performance Relationships:
Three Views
2. Job satisfaction
1. Job satisfaction
3. Job satisfaction
Job Performance
Job Performance
Job Performance
causes
is caused by
The satisfied worker is more
productive.
The more productive worker is
satisfied.
There is no specific direction orrelationship.
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Personality
Personality a stable set of characteristics
and tendencies that determine
commonalities and differences in peoples
behavior.
Personality is influenced by:
Hereditary factors
Cultural factors
Social factors
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Theories of Personality
Trait PersonalityTheories
PsychodynamicPersonality Theories
HumanisticPersonality Theories
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Some Major Forces Influencing Personality
TheIndividualsPersonality
Cultural forces
Hereditary forces
Family relationship
forces
Social class / group
membership forces
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Organizations can develop creativity by:
1. Buffering. Managers can look for ways to
absorb the risks of creative decisions made
by their employees.
2. Organizational time-outs. Give people
time off to work on a problem and allow
them to think things through.
3. Intuition. Give half-baked orunsophisticated ideas a chance.
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Organizations can develop creativity by:(continued)
4. Innovative attitudes. Encourage everyone
to think of ways to solve problems.
5. Innovative organizational structures. Letemployees see and interact with many
managers and mentors.
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Psychological Contract Violations fromPerceptions of Employees (continued)
Merit-based pay raises
No relationship between pay and actualperformance.
Job autonomy
Failure to permit the employee to have thefreedom to make job-related decisions abouthow to perform the job.
Promotion
Reneging on a specific promise to provide apromotion for excellent performance.