BUS 2090 Lecture Notes - Organizational Commitment
2 Feb 2013
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Value is things you find important & what"s right & what"s wrong. Must be fit between personal values & organization"s values. Provide understanding of the attitudes, motivation & behaviours of individuals & their culture. They influence our perception of the world. Tells us what is right & what is wrong. The extent to which people are uncomfortable w/ uncertain & ambiguous situations. Strong uncertainty avoidance cultures stress rules & regulation. Power distance: members of society accept an unequal distribution of power. Individualism/collectivism: independence, individual initiative & privacy vs. interdependence. Long-term/short-term orientation: lt stresses persistence, perseverance, thrift & close attention to status differences. Evaluating statements or judgements concerning objects, people or events. Its an evaluation that evokes a consistent response. Whether or not a person has had direct experience w/ the behaviour. The attitude/behaviour relationship is stronger if it refers to something in our direct personal experience. Any incompatibility between 2 or more attitudes or between behaviour & attitudes.
