MGT 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Meta-Analysis, Absenteeism, Job Performance
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Employees are more accepting of changes when they are committed to the organization as a whole. People are more willing to accept changes if they trust the managers implementing them and see them as legitimate. Intergroup development seeks to change groups" attitudes, stereotypes, and perceptions that groups have of each other. In the case of process consultation, the consultants do not solve the organization"s problems but rather guide or coach the client to solve his or her own problems after jointly diagnosing what needs improvement. Innovative organizations offer high job security so employees don"t fear getting fired for making mistakes. Belonging creates paradoxes between establishing a sense of collective identity and acknowledging our desire to be recognized and accepted as unique individuals. A meta-analysis of responses from more than 35,000 individuals showed these things were consistently negatively related to job performance: Physicians have recommended noncompetitive physical exercise to deal with excessive stress levels, such as: