Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Fundamental Attribution Error, Dispositional Attribution, Subjective Constancy

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

Document Summary

Perception is the process of interpreting the messages of our senses to provide order and meaning to the environment. Among the most important perceptions that influence organizational behaviour are the perceptions that organizational members have of each other. Perception has three components a perceiver, a target that is being perceived, and some situational context in which the perception is occurring: the perceiver. The perceiver"s experience, motives, and emotions can affect his or her perceptions: experience. Differences in our needs at a given moment and our motivational state can also be a source of conflict within organizations, since our motivational states influence our perception and interpretation of events: emotional state. Emotional state refers to the particular emotions that an individual feels at a given time. Emotions such as anger, happiness, or fear can and do affect our perceptions. In some cases we employ a perceptual defence which occurs when our perceptual system serves to defend us against unpleasant emotions.