HROB 2100 Lecture Notes - Job Satisfaction, Absenteeism, Negative Affectivity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 2100
• Professor: Sara Mann

Document Summary

Gm product development, hr, marketing, finance. Organization of each department and the individuals within the department. Personality a way of acting and interacting, psychological system of an individual: comes from genetics and long-term learning history (environment) Personality used to determine motivation, attitude, performance and leadership. Now more of an interactionist approach is accepted. Ob is a function of both disposition and the situation. Therefore, important to put the right individual in the right job. Weak vs. strong situation: weak few rules and regulations (personality has more influence, strong many rules and regulations. Big 5 linked to job performance, motivation, absenteeism, job satisfaction, career success. Locus of control: set of beliefs about whether one"s behaviour is controlled by mainly internal (yourself) or external (fate, luck) forces. Impacts perceptions of rewards, job satisfaction, stress, career planning. Positive and negative affectivity: propensity to view the world including oneself and others in a positive or negative light.