HROB 2100 Chapter 3: HROB2100 Chapter 3 Notes - 2014 Fall
1 Oct 2014
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Values: basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personality or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence. Value system: a hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual"s values in terms of their intensity. Terminal values: goals that individuals would like to achieve during their lifetime. Ethics: the study of moral values or principles that guide our behaviour and inform us whether actions are right or wrong. Power distance: a national culture attribute that describes the extent to which an society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally. Individualism: a national culture attribute that describes the degree to which people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of groups. Collectivism: a national culture attribute that describes a tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look after them and protect them.
