MHR 405 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Personal Identity, Absenteeism, Social Forces

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Chapter 3 perceiving ourselves and others in organizations (pg. Firefighting is a physically and psychologically demanding profession requires days, nights and weekend availability. Not many women firefighters, only about 3% of firefighters are women. Camp ffit female firefighters in training part of ottawa fire service"s campaign to recruit more female firefighters and change perceptions about women in the profession. Examine how people perceive themselves, their self-concept, and how that self-perception affects their decisions and behaviour. Perception in organizational settings, beginning with how we select, organize, and interpret info and then reviewing several specific perceptual processes such as stereotyping, attribution, and self-fulfilling prophecy. Identify potentially effective ways to improve perceptions, such as corporate volunteering. Main elements of global mindset a largely perceptual process valued in this increasingly globalized world. Self-concept 3 characteristics: complexity, consistency, and clarity. Self-evaluation almost everyone strives to have a +ve self-concept, but some people have a more +ve evaluation of themselves than others do.

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