Week 2
What is personality?
Relatively stable set of psychological characteristics that influences the way an individual interacts with their environment and how they feel, think, and behave
What term is used to refer to the “average or total of the attitudes individuals hold toward their job as a whole?
Overall Satisfaction
What is the process through which people organise, interpret, retrieve, and respond to information called?
Perception
According to the value perception theory, how can we achieve job satisfaction?
The job must supply us with things we value
“I love my colleagues, but hate my boss”. What is this an example of?
Facet Satisfaction
(Multiple choice) Which of the following is not one of the four common leadership styles? (200 points)
Democratic/participative
Autocratic/directive
Inspirational/emotional
Laissez-faire
3 (C)
What are four potential issues with the Myers-Briggs personality measure?
Unreliable, not valid, forces bi-modality, creates false positives
What are the two factors that determine performance?
Ability and Motivation
What is the most widely accepted approach to personality in organisational behaviour
Interactionist Approach
According to research, which type of motivation motivates workers to perform better? Intrinsic or Extrinsic?
Intrinsic
You did great. You must be really smart”. What type of mindset does this statement reflect?
Fixed Mindset
“People prefer to feel they have control over their actions, so anything that makes a previously enjoyed task feel more like an obligation than a freely chosen activity will undermine intrinsic motivation”. Which theory explains this phenomenon?
Self Determination Theory