Organizational Behavior Research

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Match the following levels of organizational behavior research with their categorization:

Individuals in organizations (micro-level) = Study of human behavior in organizational roles Work groups (meso-level) = Study of behavior of individuals primarily in their organizational roles How organizations behave (macro-level) = Study of the behavior of organizations themselves Chester Barnard's recognition = Individuals behave differently in organizational roles than separately from the organization

Match the following statements with their relation to industrial and organizational psychology:

Miner's observation about the establishment of organizational behavior as a distinct discipline = Suggests arbitrariness in identifying when organizational behavior became established Addition of 'organizational' to the name of industrial psychology division of the American Psychological Association = Occurred long after organizational behavior had clearly come into existence Miner's mention of a similar situation in sociology = Highlights a comparable scenario in another field Miner's timeline for the emergence of organizational behavior as a distinct discipline = Suggests it could have emerged in the 1940s or 1950s

Match the following terms with their definitions:

Organizational behavior = Study of human behavior in organizational settings and the organization itself Industrial psychology = Division of the American Psychological Association focused on industrial and organizational aspects Arbitrariness = Quality of being based on random choice or personal whim rather than any reason or system Revitalize organizational theory = Develop a better conceptualization of organizational life

Match the following individuals with their contribution to organizational behavior:

<p>Chester Barnard = Recognized that individuals behave differently in their organizational role than separately from the organization Miner (2006) = Mentioned the arbitrariness in identifying when organizational behavior became established as a distinct discipline American Psychological Association's industrial psychology division = Added 'organizational' to its name long after organizational behavior had clearly come into existence Sociology = Similar situation arose regarding the emergence of organizational behavior as a distinct discipline</p>

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Match the following categorizations with their descriptions:

<p>Micro-level research in organizational behavior = Focuses on individuals in organizations and their behavior in organizational roles Meso-level research in organizational behavior = Focuses on the behavior of work groups within organizations Macro-level research in organizational behavior = Focuses on how organizations behave as entities Relation to industrial and organizational psychology = Explores the connection between organizational behavior and the broader field of psychology</p>

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