MHR 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Extraversion And Introversion, Workaholic
17 Oct 2017
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Affective commitment: emotional attachment to, identification with, and involvement in an organization, lower turnover, higher motivation and organizational citizenship. Continuance commitment: calculative attachment, employees stays because (a) no choice alternative, or (b) too costly to quit, lower turnover, performance, organizational citizenship, cooperation. Adaptive response to situations perceived as challenging or threatening to well-being. Prepares us to adapt to hostile or noxious environmental conditions. Stressors are the cause of stress: environmental conditions that place a physical or emotional demand on person. Some common workplace stressors include: harassment and incivility, work overload, low task control. People experience less stress and/or negative outcomes when they have: better physical health exercise, lifestyle, appropriate stress coping strategies, personality: lower neuroticism and higher extraversion, positive self-concept, lower workaholism. Remove the stressor: minimize/remove stressors, work/life balance initiatives. Withdraw from the stressor: vacation, rest breaks. Change stress perceptions: positive self-concept, humour. Control stress consequences: health lifestyle, fitness, wellness.
