HRM 3440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Role Theory, Job Performance, Ellen Langer
16 Dec 2017
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Stress has an important role in your life, it gets us up and moving, stress shows respect and importance for something. There is a level of stress that is optimal and can increase performance. Past that point stress can negatively impact your life such a loss of sleep, eating habits, decreased immune system. Role strain: balance between managing the people below you and satisfying the interests of those above you, often there is conflicting elements to a managers role. Negativity: dealing with and feeling obliged to you deal with everyone"s problems. Isolation: often managers can be on the outside of the group because they are the authoritative role. Burdens: carrying the wait of others decisions and actions. ***ellen langer mindfulness when you are aware of everything in your environment but do not let it affect you, detaching the emotional response. Ability to understand our own emotions and the emotions of others and deal with those interactions.
