Organizational Behavior (Stephen Robbins)
102 OB ON THE EDGE claiming sick leave, workers’ compensation, and short- and long-term disability—most often in cases of catast ...
103 When internals and externals con- front a similar stressful situation, the internals are likely to believe that they can hav ...
104 OB ON THE EDGE The inset Tips for Reducing Stress offers additional ideas for reducing stress. Organizational Approaches Emp ...
105 increases productivity and makes them less prone to errors. Increasing formal organizational communication with employees re ...
1 2 3 4 5 6 What is motivation? How do needs motivate people? Are there other ways to motivate people? Do equity and fairness ma ...
OB IS FOR EVERYONE Are managers manipulating employees when they link rewards to productivity? Is this ethical Why do some manag ...
Many people incorrectly view motivation as a personal trait—that is, some have it and others don’t. Along these lines, Douglas M ...
motivation-hygiene theory (sometimes called the two-factor theory). We briefly review these to illustrate the basic properties o ...
ERG Theory Clayton Alderfer has reworked Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to align it more closely with the empirical research. His r ...
Relying on an extensive amount of research, some reasonably well-supported pre- dictions can be made based on the relationship o ...
Herzberg’s theory has received some criticism.^20 However, it has been widely read and few managers are unfamiliar with his reco ...
that lists rewards and their point values. To get an idea of the factors that might moti- vate you in the workplace, turn to thi ...
rest. He was expected to have the Calgary game tape analyzed before sunrise, so that the coaches could plan the post-game practi ...
players] the proper setting... atmosphere... tools so they’re not hindered from doing what they have to do.”^24 Performance-Rewa ...
a “Radical fun guru” whose job is to make the workplace so much fun that no one wants to leave. The company provides free food a ...
Goals increase persistence.Persistence represents the effort spent on a task over time. When people keep goals in mind, they wi ...
118 Part 2Striving for Performance self-efficacy An individual’s belief that he or she is capable of perform- ing a task. From C ...
Printers signed his first contract with the BC Lions in 2004, for $65 000 a year. He asked for a new four-year contract that wou ...
perceive our ratio to be equal to that of the relevant others with whom we compare ourselves, a state of equity is said to exist ...
Bear in mind that being treated equitably is not the same as being treated equally. Equity theory tells us that people who perfo ...
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