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MGB 301
Organizational Behavior in Business
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Business
Undergraduate 3
10/10/2011

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Term
Melting Pot
Definition
Idea of incorporating all things: a country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races, peoples, or cultures is taking place. But losing individual trait
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Tokenism
Definition
Policy of making no more than a token effect or gesture as in Offering Opportunities to minorities equal to those of the majority
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Assimilation
Definition
Process in which people lose thier cultural differences and blend into the wider society
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Pluralism
Definition
Process through cultural cultural differences are acknowledged and preserved
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Surface Diversity
Definition
Ice bergs diversity
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Deep Diversity
Definition

All those unseen characteristics

-> Personality Characteristics

+ Moral and Valeus

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Attraction-Attrition Paradigm
Definition

Organization homoginity

-Sense of identity in-group

- Job satisfaction  

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Social Identity theory
Definition

- Conceptual framework based on idea that how perceive the world depends on how we define ourselves in terms of our membership in vairous social groups

 

- individual knowlege that he or she belongs to certain groups together with some emotional and value

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Social Identity theory
Definition

Categorization: categorize two or more things similar to or different from each other as a function of properties

 

Identification: individual readings to define him or herself as a member of a particular social group

 

Comaprison: The process of comapring oneself with others perceived to be similar in relevant respects in order to gain info about one's opinion or abilities

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Social Comparison Theory
Definition

Positive self-concept: normal psychological functioning

 

Negative self-concept: adversive motivational state

 

To evaluate ourselves we compare with similar others in ways that reflect positively on the self

Term
Glass ceiling
Definition

Can see the next level but never reach there

(can not move further position)

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Institutional Racism
Definition
The collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to peopel because of colour, culture or origin
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Sticky Wall
Definition

Stay one department for a long time

Usally occur in the Functional Structure of organization

-> x communication going accross

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Strategies for managing diversity
Definition
  • Resistance: diversity is a non-ssue or threat
  • Discrimination:differences cause problems
  • Access & Legitimacy:differneces create opportunities
  • Learning: differences and similaritiy offer differences and bear cost
Term
Personality
Definition
characteristics that influences an individual's behavior
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Eyesenck and Super Traits
Definition

EAS(Emotionality, Activity, Sociability)

  • Melancholic 우울한(Intro + X stable)  
  • Choleric 화를 잘내는 (Extro + X stable)
  • Phlegmatic 무기력한 (Intro + Stable)
  • Sanguine 쾌활한, 낙천적인( Extor + Stable)

 

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Psychoananlytic view of personality
Definition

Life-Span Idea by Freud

 

a) Conscious

 

b)Preconscious

-Superego: morality problem -> lose social identity

-Ego:age of 3-6, "what I need now"

 

c)Unconscious

- ID(sexual deviance): devleopment stage

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Humanism
Definition
  1. Present is the most important for person
  2. People must take responsibility
  3. Individual possess inherent worth
  4. Goal of life: personal growth and understanding
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Traits & Personality
Definition
  • Openness: creative, curious, cultured
  • Conscientiousness: hardworking, organized, dependable
  • Extraversion: gregarious, assertive, sociable
  • Aggreeableness:cooperative, warm, agreeable
  • Neuroticism: Instability in emotions and relationships

 

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Self-Efficiacy
Definition
Beliefs and expectations about one's ability to accomplish a specific task effectively
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Self-Monitoring
Definition
Behavior based on cues-> inter-personal Camelon
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Self-Esteem
Definition
Feelings of self-worth -> Idea behind personality
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