BUAD 304 Study Guide - Cognitive Dissonance, Motivation, Job Enrichment
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Chapter 1 & 2 causes of unethical behavior: ill-conceived goals, motivated blindness, indirect blindness (3rd party), slippery slope (gradual development), overvaluing outcomes. Proposes that broad values motivate our behavior across any context. Personal attitudes (3 components): 1) affective 2) cognitive 3) Reduce cognitive dissonance: 1) change your attitude or behavior 2) Belittle the importance of the inconsistent behavior 3) find consonant elements that outweigh dissonant ones. Determinants of intention: ajzen"s model attitudes affect behavior via intentions: attitude toward the behavior 2) subjective norm 3)perceived behavioral control: perceived ease or difficulty of performing the behavior, which reflects past experience and anticipated obstacles. Musical intelligence, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, spatial intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence: understand/regulate yourself, naturalist intelligence: live in harmony with environment. Extroversion: beneficial if job involves interpersonal interaction: conscientiousness: strong sense of purpose, obligation, and persistence, agreeableness: interpersonal, likely to stay with their jobs, be kind, get along with others, openness: linked to higher levels of creativity, double-edged sword.
