PSYC 3050 : Psyc3050final 2
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Why are they important: attitude degree of positive and negative feeling towards an object, attitudes predict behavior through intentions (ajzen & fishbein, theory of reasoned action. Theory of reasoned action: attitudes and subjective norms affect intentions, which impact behaviors, subjective norms individual perceptions of social pressures to perform. Rentsch, 1997: genetic factors may play an important role (arvey et al, 1989) Social factors: relationships with supervisors and coworkers are important predictors of employee satisfaction, think about a really good job , organizational justice employee perceptions of the fairness of policies and procedures, affects attitudes, behaviors, and performance. Measurement and dimensions (figure 10. 3, figure 10. 4, figure 10. 5, and figure 10. 6: tradeoff between measuring broad attitudes and specific facets, job satisfaction job descriptive index (jdi) measures 5 dimensions, work, pay, promotion opportunities, supervision, and co- Satisfaction & counterproductive behaviors: frustration results from dissatisfaction leading to behaviors such as sabotage, blackmail, and bribery, correlations between job satisfaction and coutnerproductive.
