MGIB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Negative Affectivity, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment
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Source/textbook: 10th edition, organizational behaviour: understanding and managing life at. Work by gary johns and alan m. saks. Effective organizational behaviour requires that learning is continuous within the company. Employee learning should be lifelong for organizations to remain competitive within the changing and competitive industry. For employee behaviours to change, learning is necessary. Behaviour is also a function of people"s personalities. When hiring, companies strongly focus on the personality of the candidates. It was believed that in many factors of organizational behaviour, personality was an important factor: personality affects our motivation, attitude, performance and leadership which are all important within ob. Disposition approach - selection of employees based on the personality: can use a variety of personality tests. Individuals possess traits which influence their attitudes and behaviour making it difficult to change their attitude as it is part of their dna.
