Management and Organizational Studies 3344A/B Lecture Notes - Motivation, Flextime, Workplace Wellness

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3344A/B
• Professor: Richard Sorrentino

Document Summary

Physiological and psychological reactions to events of situations (stressors) if the stressors are not there then you re not stressed. Events or stressors can be construed differently by different people not everything is a stressor: ex: phobias. Motivating at optimal level of arousal (not too much or too little: so happy you re crying. Situation which is demanding but outcome is beyond personal control. Strain both for eustress and distress you can experience strain. Burnout person becomes disassociated with the outcome their in. Perception what you are seeing, hearing, tasting, and smelling. Violence may be from perceived injustices (e. g. , break in psychological contract unwritten rules: affects males more than females in the workforce because males tend to define themselves first as what they do. Violence may be from interpersonal problems disagreements between individuals. Aggression = product of individual and the situation. Male (80%: 20% females are more likely to bully than to perpetuate physical violence.