Personality and Job Satisfaction
The Five Personality Dimensions (the Big Five)
Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness to experience, and Extraversion
A motivation source that comes from outward people/things; ie. paying a student for good grades
Extrinsic Motivation
Behavioural science focused on understanding, explaining, and improving the attitudes of individuals and groups in organizations
Organizational Behaviour
When members of a team feel less accountability, they put less effort in tasks in comparison to if they were to complete tasks individually
Social Loafing
A teammate wants to speak out about an idea they have but feels overwhelmed by how their team would react. What are two elements that this team needs to better the situation?
Trust & Psychological Safety
Evaluates individuals on the basis of 4 types of preferences
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
(Bonus 200 points if you can name the 4 preferences)
A technique that enables individuals to clearly define their goals
SMART goals (bonus point if you can name the 5 categories)
A belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes
Task, sequential, reciprocal, comprehensive, goal, outcome, are all examples of
interdependence
Name 2 topics this situation demonstrates: An employee really wants to do well on this project since more people will be impressed and there's a chance they will get promoted with a higher salary.
Extrinsic Motivation & Expectancy Theory
A disposition tendency to experience pleasant, engaging moods such as enthusiasm, excitement, and elation
Positive Affectivity
Putting in effort based on what you expect to receive in the end
Expectancy Theory
Our tendency to assume that others can 'read' our mind
Illusion of transparency
This team carries out difficult tasks in challenging settings and the time it takes to complete tasks often varies
Action Team
Name the conflict and solution concepts of this scenario: A group seems to get along really great to the point where a group member decides to ignore their own ideas to match with the group's thinking. Another member decides to question the group's idea which motivates the group member that was hesitant to speak up.
Conflict: GroupThink
Solution: Devil's Advocate
Two conditions that are critical to triggering intense positive mood
1. The activity in question has to be challenging
2. The employee must possess the unique skills needed to meet that challenge
An individual's belief in their ability to act in the ways required to reach their goals
Self-efficacy
May decrease feelings of fairness (if not clearly understood)
Harmony is maintained through reaching a consensus without reasoning or considering alternatives
Groupthink
Describe both spectrums of high vs low Neuroticism AND Conscientiousness.
(Bonus points of 400 if you can do the same for the other three personalities.)
High Neuroticism: Sensitive and Nervous
Low Neuroticism: Stable and Confident
High Conscientiousness: Dependable and Responsible
Low Conscientiousness: Easy going and Impulsive
2 Pros and Cons of MBTI
Pros:
1. Widely used
2. Helpful in getting people to recognize individual differences in ways of thinking and approaching
Cons (any of the 4 works):
1. Forces bi-modality2. Creates "false opposites"
3. "Armchair" psychology
4. Little evidence supporting the predictive ability of MBTI results
Elements of the Job Characteristics Model Theory
skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback
Three successful goal setting criteria
Data driven; Ambitious but attainable; Well-defined and shared by all
The five general types of teams
Work, management, parallel, project, action
Name a concept learned with an example/description from each week's content.
Use the topics summary list to verify the answer.