What roles do learning, education, and other experiences play in determining a person’s abilities? For which type of ability—cognitive, emotional, or physical—do these factors play the largest role? Learning education and other experiences play an important role in a person’s …
Assume that you applied for a job and were asked to take a personality test, like the one offered by Kronos. How would you react? Would you view the organization with which you were applying in a more or less …
Companies rely on employees with substantial amounts of tacit knowledge. Why do companies struggle when these employees leave the organization unexpectedly? What can companies do to help ensure that they retain tacit knowledge? What does the term “expert” mean to …
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Which would be more damaging in organizational life–being too trusting or not being trusting enough? Why do you feel that way? Putting yourself in the shoes of a manager, which of the four justice dimensions (distributive, procedural, interpersonal, informational) would …
Consider the five strategies for fostering goal commitment (rewards, publicity, support, participation, and resources). Which of those strategies do you think is most effective? Can you picture any of them having potential drawbacks? Fostering goal commitment is an important function …
Describe your dream job and then provide a list of the types of stressors that you would expect to be present. Is the list dominated by challenge stressors or hindrance stressors? Why do you think this is? Think about the …
What steps can organizations take to improve promotion satisfaction, supervision satisfaction, and coworker satisfaction? Consider the five core job characteristics (variety, identity, significance, autonomy, and feedback). Do you think that any one of those characteristics is more important than …
Define and explain motivation and its forces Motivation and its forces Motivation is a defined set of energetic forces that originates both within and outside an employee; initiates work-related effort; and determines its direction, intensity, and persistence. Motivation is a …
The organization must help its employees cope with stress. List the various resources an organization can provide to help employees cope with stressors One way that organizations provide resources to employees is through training interventions aimed at increasing job-related competencies …
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Describe the effects of job satisfaction on performance and commitment Job satisfaction/Work fulfillment predicts work execution. One reason is that occupation fulfillment is reasonably corresponded with errand execution (Hackman et. al 2000). Satisfied workers make a superior showing with …
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