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What is a potential downside of having specific goals?
What is a potential downside of having specific goals?
Which principle of persuasion emphasizes the role of personal relationships in influencing others?
Which principle of persuasion emphasizes the role of personal relationships in influencing others?
What is one of the essential elements for building trust in leadership?
What is one of the essential elements for building trust in leadership?
Which type of power is derived from having formal authority within an organization?
Which type of power is derived from having formal authority within an organization?
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What can be an unintended consequence of setting specific goals?
What can be an unintended consequence of setting specific goals?
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Which aspect is important for effective virtual communication?
Which aspect is important for effective virtual communication?
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Which characteristic of power can often diminish once an individual has gained power within a group?
Which characteristic of power can often diminish once an individual has gained power within a group?
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What defines the 'norms' within a work group?
What defines the 'norms' within a work group?
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What is one method to address bias in hiring practices?
What is one method to address bias in hiring practices?
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Which characteristic is NOT typically associated with strong organizational cultures?
Which characteristic is NOT typically associated with strong organizational cultures?
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What is a potential downside of a strong organizational culture?
What is a potential downside of a strong organizational culture?
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Which of the following is a visible characteristic of diversity?
Which of the following is a visible characteristic of diversity?
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What is a common manifestation of organizational culture?
What is a common manifestation of organizational culture?
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What is a factor that contributes to the formation of organizational culture?
What is a factor that contributes to the formation of organizational culture?
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Which statement best describes the gender pay gap?
Which statement best describes the gender pay gap?
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What best describes the concept of 'preference for similarity' in the workplace?
What best describes the concept of 'preference for similarity' in the workplace?
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What is the main focus of Organizational Behavior?
What is the main focus of Organizational Behavior?
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Which level of analysis in Organizational Behavior focuses on individual behavior?
Which level of analysis in Organizational Behavior focuses on individual behavior?
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What constitutes strong evidence in Evidence-Based Management?
What constitutes strong evidence in Evidence-Based Management?
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Which of the Big Five personality traits is the strongest predictor of job performance?
Which of the Big Five personality traits is the strongest predictor of job performance?
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Why is the Myers-Briggs assessment not recommended for hiring decisions?
Why is the Myers-Briggs assessment not recommended for hiring decisions?
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What does the Situation Strength Theory suggest about personality's influence on behavior?
What does the Situation Strength Theory suggest about personality's influence on behavior?
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In the context of culture, what does the Individualism-Collectivism dimension focus on?
In the context of culture, what does the Individualism-Collectivism dimension focus on?
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Which of the following options is a characteristic of high Neuroticism in the Big Five model?
Which of the following options is a characteristic of high Neuroticism in the Big Five model?
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What can result from a larger group size?
What can result from a larger group size?
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Which of the following is NOT a method to prevent social loafing?
Which of the following is NOT a method to prevent social loafing?
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Which condition is likely to promote groupthink?
Which condition is likely to promote groupthink?
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What is a characteristic that differentiates teams from groups?
What is a characteristic that differentiates teams from groups?
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How can organizations enhance diversity, inclusion, and equity?
How can organizations enhance diversity, inclusion, and equity?
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Which of the following approaches can help prevent groupthink?
Which of the following approaches can help prevent groupthink?
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Which of the following is a potential weakness of group decision-making?
Which of the following is a potential weakness of group decision-making?
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What is an essential factor to consider when deciding whether to use teams?
What is an essential factor to consider when deciding whether to use teams?
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What is the primary difference between surface acting and deep acting?
What is the primary difference between surface acting and deep acting?
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Which component does not belong in the definition of motivation?
Which component does not belong in the definition of motivation?
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What is meant by Uncertainty Avoidance?
What is meant by Uncertainty Avoidance?
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What are the potential risks of using extrinsic rewards?
What are the potential risks of using extrinsic rewards?
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Which of the following is a key consideration in the expectancy framework of motivation?
Which of the following is a key consideration in the expectancy framework of motivation?
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Which of the following is NOT a step in the Rational Decision-Making Model?
Which of the following is NOT a step in the Rational Decision-Making Model?
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Which characteristic is NOT associated with effective goal setting?
Which characteristic is NOT associated with effective goal setting?
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What best describes Bounded Rationality?
What best describes Bounded Rationality?
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Which cognitive bias is characterized by overemphasizing personal characteristics in explaining behavior?
Which cognitive bias is characterized by overemphasizing personal characteristics in explaining behavior?
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How can managers enhance instrumentality in the workplace?
How can managers enhance instrumentality in the workplace?
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What does intrinsic motivation refer to?
What does intrinsic motivation refer to?
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How can emotional dissonance be described?
How can emotional dissonance be described?
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Which strategy would be least effective in enhancing motivation?
Which strategy would be least effective in enhancing motivation?
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Which of the following is an example of Loss Aversion?
Which of the following is an example of Loss Aversion?
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What differentiates emotions from moods?
What differentiates emotions from moods?
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Which strategy helps in reducing cognitive biases during decision-making?
Which strategy helps in reducing cognitive biases during decision-making?
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Study Notes
Organizational Behavior (OB)
- OB is the study of how individuals, groups, and structures impact behavior within organizations.
Levels of Analysis
- Individual level
- Group level
- Organizational system level
Evidence-Based Management
- Decisions in OB should rely on scientific evidence, not intuition, personal experience, or trends.
- Strong evidence comes from rigorous scientific methods, large samples, and replicated findings across different companies and industries.
- Weak evidence comes from intuition, anecdotes, case studies, and observed trends.
Personality
- Personality is a set of characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
- The interactionist perspective highlights that both personality and situational factors predict behavior.
Situation Strength Theory
- The theory posits that the influence of personality on behavior depends on the strength of the situation.
The Big Five Model
- Openness: Practical, conventional, and prefers routine (low) vs. curious, creative, and imaginative (high). Predicts creativity and adaptability to change.
- Conscientiousness: Impulsive, careless, disorganized (low) vs. hardworking, dependable, organized, and persistent (high). Strongest predictor of job performance.
- Extraversion: Quiet, thoughtful, reserved, withdrawn (low) vs. outgoing, gregarious, assertive, and sociable (high). May be better leaders.
- Agreeableness: Critical, uncooperative, and skeptical (low) vs. helpful, trusting, and empathetic (high). Associated with being liked by co-workers, helpful behavior, and less deviant behavior.
- Neuroticism: Anxious, nervous, insecure, prone to negative emotions (high) vs. calm, even-tempered, relaxed, and secure (low). Predicts less job and life satisfaction, more stress, and negative feelings.
Myers-Briggs
- Not recommended due to low reliability, categorical nature, lack of scientific basis, and lack of predictive validity.
Culture and Values
- Culture encompasses learned and shared ways of thinking and acting within a group.
- The Hofstede Study highlights cultural dimensions for management, including individualism-collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity-femininity.
- These dimensions are important in hiring, promotion, leadership, and CEO compensation.
Perception and Decision Making
- Perception is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory impressions to understand the environment.
- Factors influencing perception include the perceiver's attitudes and experiences, the target's appearance and social group, and the situation's context, social setting, and time.
Rational Decision-Making Model
- A theoretical model that is rarely used in practice.
- Steps include: define the problem, generate alternatives, identify relevant criteria, assign weights to criteria, evaluate alternatives, and compute the optimal decision.
Cognitive Biases
- Bounded Rationality: People make decisions using simplified models due to limited cognitive capacity.
- Fundamental Attribution Error: Overemphasizing personal characteristics and underestimating situational factors in explaining others' behavior.
- Halo Effect: Generalizing from one positive trait to other unrelated traits.
- Overconfidence Bias: Overestimating one's abilities or the accuracy of one's judgments.
- Anchoring Bias: Relying too heavily on initial information when making decisions.
- Confirmation Bias: Seeking information that confirms existing beliefs and ignoring contradictory information.
- Availability Bias: Overestimating the likelihood of events that are easily recalled.
- Sunk Cost Fallacy: Continuing to invest in a losing course of action because of prior investments.
- Loss Aversion: Experiencing the pain of a loss more strongly than the pleasure of an equivalent gain.
Emotions and Motivation
- Affect: Broad range of feelings encompassing emotions and moods.
- Emotions: caused by specific events, brief in duration, and action-oriented. Moods: general causes, unclear, and linger longer than emotions.
Emotional Labor
- The effort required to manage emotions and express organizationally desired emotions.
- Emotional dissonance refers to the conflict between felt emotions and displayed emotions.
Motivation
- Motivation is the force that drives effort in action.
- Components include activation (initiating action), intensity (amount of effort), and persistence (duration of effort).
- Intrinsic motivation comes from the task itself and extrinsic motivation comes from external rewards or punishments.
- Important strategies include training, clear goals, building confidence, and reward/recognition.
Goal Setting
- Goals: Cognitive representations of targets for behavior.
- Strong goal setting can enhance performance.
- Effective goals are specific, measurable, challenging but attainable, and important.
Principles of Persuasion
- Reciprocity: The obligation to return favors.
- Social Proof: Looking to others' behavior to guide our own.
- Consistency: The desire to be consistent with past commitments
- Authority: Deferring to those in positions of authority.
- Scarcity: Valuing things that are rare or in limited supply.
Power and Influence
- Power is the control over resources and the ability to influence others.
- Sources of power include formal power (position); informal power (personal characteristics or relationships); reward power (ability to provide rewards), coercive power (ability to punish), expert power (knowledge or skills), and referent power (admiration or respect).
- Hierarchies can reduce uncertainty, facilitate coordination, and increase motivation, but can also hinder communication and decision-making, leading to resentment and competition.
Groups and Teams
- Diversity includes differences in demographics, experience, and perspective.
- Social loafing is the tendency to exert less effort in a group setting.
- Groupthink is the desire for group harmony resulting in poor decision-making.
- Effective teams share a common goal and work interdependently.
Organizational Culture
- Definition: A system of shared meaning that distinguishes an organization from others and defines what is important and appropriate.
- Strong cultures promote shared values, influence behavior, and increase cohesiveness.
- The dark side of strong cultures may include lack of diversity and stifling dissenting opinions.
- Consideration of organizational culture should be included when assessing organizational behavior. Effective culture can motivate and increase job satisfaction.
Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity
- Diversity: Representing different people and perspectives..
- Inclusion: Fostering a culture where everyone feels valued and respected.
- Equity: Provides fair and impartial access to opportunities and resources.
- Trends: Increasing ethnic/racial diversity; more women/older workers; pay/wage gaps across gender/racial groups.
- Factors (e.g., visible and invisible attributes): age, gender, race, religion, cultural background.
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Explore the fundamental concepts of Organizational Behavior (OB), including the levels of analysis, evidence-based management, and the Big Five Model of personality. Understand how individual and group behaviors influence organizational dynamics through scientifically backed methods. This quiz will challenge your understanding of the interactions between personality and situational factors in a workplace context.
