Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Conscientiousness, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Sarah Ross

Document Summary

Personality, cultural values & ability 17 questions. Job satisfaction 13 questions (2 from additional reading) Motivation 19 questions (2 from additional reading) Trust, justice & ethics 15 questions (2 from additional reading) Personality structures and propensities inside people that explain their characteristic patterns of thought, emotion and behaviour: creates social reputations, captures what people are like, relatively stable, psychological characteristics. Influences how a person feels, thinks, behaves: determined by genetic predisposition and long-term learning history, a collection of multiple traits. Traits recurring regularities or trends in people"s responses to their environment: e. g. responsible, easygoing, polite, reserved. Cultural values shared beliefs about desirable end states or modes of conduct in a given culture: e. g. traditional, informal, risk-averse, assertive, can influence development of people"s personality traits + how they"re expressed. Ability relatively stable capabilities of people for performing a particular range of related activities: skills can be improved but ability is relatively stable.