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Behavior,
Personality, and
Values
Motivation
Personality
Perceptions
Emotions
Ability
Individual
behavior and
results
Attitudes
Stress
Role
perceptions
2-2
Employee Motivation
persistence
M
A
BAR
R
2-3
Employee Ability
redesigning
BAR
R
2-4
Role Perceptions
understanding preferred
M
A
BAR
R
2-5
Situational Factors
people
budget
work facilities
S
M
A
BAR
R
2-6
Defining Personality
behaviors
Some variability, adjust to suit the situation
2-7
Influenced by Nature
Heredity explains about 50 percent of behavioural
Influenced by Nurture
Socialization, life experiences, learning also affect
personality
Personality isnt stable at birth
Stabilizes throughout adolescence
Executive function steers using our self-concept as
a guide
2-8
Careful, dependable
Agreeableness
Courteous, caring
Neuroticism
Anxious, hostile
Openness to Experience
Sensitive, flexible
Extroversion
Outgoing, talkative
2-9
Extroversion
Linked to sales and mgt performance
Related to social interaction and persuasion
Agreeableness
Effective in jobs requiring cooperation and helpfulness
Openness to experience
Linked to higher creativity and adaptability to change
2-10
Commonly measured by
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI)
2-11
Self-Concept Defined
2-13
Three Cs of Self-Concept
Complexity
People have multiple self-concepts
Consistency
Improved wellbeing when multiple self-concepts
Clarity
Clearly and confidently described, internally
2-14
Self-enhancement
Promoting and protecting our positive self-view
Self-verification
Affirming our existing self-concept (good and bad
elements)
Self-evaluation
Evaluating ourselves through self-esteem, self-
Social self
Defining ourselves in terms of group membership
2-15
Self-Concept: Self-Enhancement
health
inflates personal causation and probability of
success
2-16
Self-Concept: Self-Verification
concept
We interact more with those who affirm/reflect selfconcept
2-17
Self-Concept: Self-Evaluation
persistent/logical
Self-efficacy
Belief in ones ability, motivation, role perceptions, and
Locus of control
General belief about personal control over life events
Higher self-evaluation with internal locus of control
2-18
Live in
U.S.A.
An individuals
social identity
University of Dallas
Graduate
Employees at
other firms
People living in
other countries
Graduates of other
schools
2-19
2-20
2-21
Conservation -- motivation to
preserve the status quo
Self-enhancement -- motivated by
self-interest
Self-transcendence -- motivation to
promote welfare of others and
nature
2-22
situation
Situation does not interfere
2-23
Values Congruence
Lower satisfaction/loyalty
Higher stress and turnover
Benefits of incongruence
Better decision making (diverse perspectives)
Avoids corporate cults
2-24
2-25
Individualism
High Individualism
U.S.
Italy
India
Denmark
Taiwan
Low Individualism
2-26
Collectivism
High Collectivism
Italy
Taiwan
India
Denmark
U.S.
Low Collectivism
2-27
Power Distance
High Power Distance
Malaysia
Venezuela
Comfortable receiving
Japan
U.S.
Denmark
Israel
sharing
View relationship with boss as
interdependence, not
dependence
2-28
Uncertainty Avoidance
High U. A.
Greece
Japan
and uncertainty
value structured situations and
direct communication
Italy
U.S.
uncertainty
Singapore
Low U. A.
2-29
Achievement-Nurturing
Achievement
Japan
High achievement
orientation
assertiveness
competitiveness
China
U.S.
France
Chile
materialism
Sweden
Nurturing
2-30
Utilitarianism
Individual
Rights
Distributive
Justice
Fundamental entitlements
in society
2-31
Moral intensity
degree that issue demands ethical principles
Ethical sensitivity
ability to recognize the presence and determine the
Situational influences
competitive pressures and other conditions affect
ethical behavior
2-32
Ethics training
Ethics hotlines
2-33