MHR 405 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Implicit-Association Test, Contact Hypothesis, Stereotype
23 Apr 2014
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Chapter three perceiving ourselves and others in organizations. We compare images of a job with our current (perceived) and desired (ideal) images of ourselves. Self-concept diversity helps people adapt but too much causes internal tension and conflict. Complexity the number of distinct and important roles or identities that people perceive about themselves. Determined by separation of those selves: low complexity when the important identities are highly interconnected work related, protects self-evaluation when roles are damaged. E. g. person with low complexity suffer severe loss when they experience failure. High internal consistency when most of their self-perceived roles requite similar personality traits, values and other attributes: low consistency self-perceptions require personal characteristics that conflict with characteristics required for other aspects of self. E. g. a exacting engineer but also a risk- oriented skier. Clarity the degree to which you have a clear, confidently defined, and stable self-concept.
