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OBM Reading Week 11
Final Exam
13
Management
Undergraduate 1
05/14/2014

Additional Management Flashcards

 


 

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Term
Attitudes in Organizations
Definition

- Attitudes

- Mechanism for which people express their feelings

Term
Attitudes (Defined)
Definition

- Complexes of beliefs and feelings that people have about specifc ideas, situations, or other people.

Term
How are attitudes formed?
Definition

- By forces including personal values, experiences, and personalities

 

- Attitude Structure

- Cognitive Dissonance

- Attitude Change

Term
Attitude Structure
Definition

- Affect

- Cognition

- Intention

Term
Affect (Defined)
Definition

- A person's feelings toward something.

Term
Cognition (Defined)
Definition

- The knowledge a person presumes to have about something.

Term
Intention (Defined)
Definition

- Guides a person's behavior.

Term
Cognitive Disonnance
Definition

- When two sets of cognitions or perceptions are contradictory or incongruent, a person experiences a level of conflict and anxiety.

Term
Attitude Change
Definition

- Attitudes are less stable than personality attributes

- New information can change attitudes

 

- Deeply rooted attitudes are resistant to change

Term
Key Work-Related Attitudes
Definition

- Job Satisfaction

- Organizational Commitment

Term
Job Satisfaction (Defined)
Definition

- Reflects the extent to which people find gratification or fulfillment in their work.

Term
Organizational Commitment (Defined)
Definition

- Called job commitment

- Reflects an individual's identification with and attachment to the organization.

Term
Affect and Mood in Organizations
Definition

- Positive Affectivity

- Upbeat, optimistic, sense of well-being, see things in a positive light

 

- Negative Affectivity

- Downbeat, pessimistic, see things in a negative way

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