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Organizational Behavior
Chptrs 4-6
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Management
Not Applicable
10/13/2010

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attitudes
Definition
cluster of beliefs, assessed feelings, and behavioral intentions toward a person, object, or event (called an attitude object)
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cognitive dissonance
Definition
condition that occurs when percieve an inconsistency between our beliefs, feelings, and behavior
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emotional labor
Definition
the effort, planning, and control needed to express organizationally desired emotions during interpersonal transactions.
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emotional dissonance
Definition
the conflict between required and true emotions
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emotional intelligence
Definition
a set of abilities to perceive and express emotion, assimilate emotion in though, understand and reason with emotion in thought, understand and reason with emotion, and regulate emotion in oneself and others
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job satisfaction
Definition
a persons evaluation of his or her job and work context
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exit-voice-loyalty-neglect (EVLN) model
Definition
four ways that employees respond to job dissatisfaction
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organizational (affective) commitment
Definition
employee's emotiona; attatchemnt to, identification with, and invlovement in a particular orginization
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continuance commitment
Definition
employee's calculative attachment to the orginization, whereby the employee is motivated to stay only because leaving would be costly
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trust
Definition
positive expectations one person has towards another person in situations involving risk
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stress
Definition
an adaptive response to a situation that is perceived as challenging or threatening to a presons well being
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general adaptation syndrome
Definition
model of stress experience, consisting of three stages: alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion
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job burnout
Definition
process of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced personal accomplishment that results from prolonged exposure to stressors
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stressors
Definition
any environmental conditions that place a physical or emotional demand on a person
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psychological harassment
Definition
repeated hostile or unwanted conduct, verbal comments, actions, or gestures that affect an employees dignity or psychological or physical integrity and that result in a harmful work environment for the employee
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secual harassment
Definition
unwelcome conduct of sexual nature that detrimentally affects the work environment or leads to adverse job related consequences for its victims
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resilience
Definition
capability of individuals to cope in the face of significant change, adversity, or risk
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motivation
Definition
forces within a person that affect the direction, intensity, and persistence of voluntary behavior
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employee engagement
Definition
employees emotional and cognitive motivation, self efficacy to perform the job, perceived clarity of the organizations vision and jis specific role in that vision, and belief that he has the resources to get the job done.
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drives
Definition
hardwired characteristics of the brain that correct deficioncies or maintain an internal equilibrium by producing emotions to energize individuals
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needs
Definition
goal directed forces that people experience
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ERG Theory
Definition
needs hierarchy theory consisting of three fundamental needs-existance, relatedness, and growth
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four drive theory
Definition
motivation theory based on the innate drives to acquire, bond, learn, and defend and that incorporates both emotions and rationality
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expectancy theory
Definition
motivation theroy based on the idea that work effort is directed toward behaviors that people believe will lead to desired outcomes
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balanced scorecard
Definition
translates the organizations vision and mission into specific, measurable performance goals.
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strength based coaching
Definition
positive organizational behavior approach to coaching and feedback that focuses on building and leveraging the employees strengths rather then trying to correct his weakness
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multisource feedback
Definition
info on employees performance collected from a full circle of people, including subordinates, peers, supervisors, and customers.
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distributive justice
Definition
percieved fairness in the individuals ratio of outcomes to contributions compared with a comparison others ratio of outcomes to contributions
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procedural justice
Definition
percieved fairness of the procedures used to decide the distribution of resources
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equity thoery
Definition
theory explaining how people develop perceptions of fairness in the distribution and exchange of resources
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membership.senority based rewards
Definition
longer you work=more benefits. Regardless if employee performance is sub-par. Adv: less stress less turnover. Dis: crappy workers wont leave, doesnt motivate performance
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job status based rewards
Definition
higher valued jobs get more pay. (jobs that need skill, have higher risk, more responsibility) Adv:internal equity, minimal pay discrimination, motivates employees to compete for promotions. Dis: status differences, encourages heirarchy
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competency based rewards
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pays on assessment of skills. Adv: flexibility, improves quality. Dis: subjective measurements, expensive.
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task performance based rewards
Definition
commissions, pay increases with sales volume. Adv: ownership culture, avoids layoffs. Dis: less creativity, distances reward giver from receiver
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gainsharing plan
Definition
team-based reward that calculates bonuses from the work units cost savings and productivity improvement.
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job enrichment
Definition
giving employees more say in scheduling, coordinating, and planning their work
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self leadership
Definition
influencing oneself to establish self-direction and self-motivation needed to perform a task.
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