Organizational Behavior Chapter 2

Drawbacks of Personality Testing

- tests are self report scales (can lie) - personality is weak predictor of a person's performance - personality testing does not convey a favorable image of the company

3 conditions strengthen linkage between values and behavior

1. Apply values only when we can think of specific reasonining 2. Apply values in situations that facilitate doing so 3. Apply values when we are reminded of them

Five types of individual Behavior in the Workplace

1. Task Performance 2. Organizational Citizenship 3. Counter Productive Behavior 4. Maintaining Attendance 5. Joining/Staying with an organization

Role Perceptions

1. Understand specific tasks assigned 2. Understand the priority of their various tasks 3. Understanding the preferred behaviors or procedures for accomplishing the assigned tasks

3 Ethical Principles

1. Utilitarianism- seek the greatest good for the greatest number of people 2. Individual Rights- All people have entitlements that allow them to act in a certain way 3. Distributive Justice- fair allocations of resources

Dark Triad

A collection of 3 personality traits, Machiavellians, narcissism, and psychopathy

Presenteeism

Attending work when you're sick or your ability to work is impaired

Five Factor Model's 'Big Five' Personality Dimensions

Conscientiousness- careful, dependable, and disciplined Agreeableness- courteous, good natured, empathic, and caring Neuroticism- anxious, hostile, depressed Openness to Experience- Imaginative, creative, curious, sensitive Extroversion- Outgoing, talkative, sociable, assertive

Power Distance

Cross cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture accept unequal distribution of power in society

Achievement Nurturing Orientation

Cross cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture emphasize competitive versus cooperative relations with people

Uncertainty Avoidance

Degree to which people tolerate ambiguity or feel threatened by ambiguity and uncertainty

Motivation

Forces within a person that affect his direction, intensity, and persistence of voluntary behavior

Most Popular Personality Theory

Jungian personality theory- Myers briggs type indicator, measures perceiving and judging

Personality

Relatively, Enduring patterns of thoughts, emotions and behaviors

Ability

The natural aptitudes and learned capabilities required to successfully complete a task

Disconnect between Values and Behavior

Values are abstract concepts that sound good in theory but are less easily practiced

Competencies

skills, knowledge, aptitudes, and learned capabilities required to successfully complete a task