IRE260H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stanford Prison Experiment, Fundamental Attribution Error, Human Resource Management
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How this behavior influences the organizational outcome. How personalities will influence job performance and leadership effectiveness. Wasj important attributes: communication & interpersonal, teamwork, ethics & integrity. All depends on the situation and personality. Some people may feel that their authority is being threatened. Theories must be applied to practical situations. Activities: routine communication, traditional management, networking, human resources management. Productivity vs. length of break/dimness of light: different type of working conditions. How come they worked harder: were paid attention to, realized people were watching. Men are more likely to freeride than women. Measurement is challenging: accuracy, validity, reliability. Individual dispositions and personality: nature vs nurture, minnesota twin study: genes matter, people are predisposed to behave in certain ways. Situational approach: characteristics such as rewards and punishment influence people"s feelings, attitudes and behavior, characteristics of work tasks, milgram experiment: teachers delivered shocks to students (fake, stanford prison experiment.