MGT 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Google Scholar, Job Performance, Decision-Making
6 Sep 2016
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Perception: how we organize what we see from the environment. We act the way our perception tell us to. Impression management: when we try to change our employees perception. Impression management: attributions : when we try to understand why. Attitudes : : pre disposition to respond in a positive or negative way. Things we can see and we can"t see. The external dimensions you can have some control over those things. Some peoples have stronger identities as others. ex. Stereotypes (the perception) and prejudice (the attitude) prevent individuals who would be capable, committed workers from being hired (access discrimination), and/or enjoying the same benefits of employment (treatment discrimination). Stereotypes: a widely held belief but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular person or thing. Perceptual biases of raters affect the accuracy of interviewers" judgments of applicants. Self-fulfilling prophecy (pygmalion effect): the lower or higher performance of employees reflects preconceived expectations about employee capabilities.
