组织行为学——第4章人格与价值观.ppt

Self-monitoring is another personality trait that is linked to job performance. It is the ability to adjust behavior to meet situational factors. High monitors are more likely to become leaders in the workplace. Risk taking refers to the willingness of the individual to take chances. This quality affects how much time and information managers need to make a decision. Type A personality refers to a person who tends to be aggressively involved in a chronic, incessant struggle to achieve more and more and in less time. Proactive personality are people who are able to identify opportunities and take action to capitalize on that opportunity. They also have the ability to persevere through difficulties to meet their goals. * Values represent basic convictions that make judgments about what is the best mode of conduct or end-state of existence. * Value systems represent individual values and prioritizes them based on how important the particular value is to the individual and how intense their feelings are about that particularly value. The way individuals set up their values in order of importance is relatively stable over time and set the foundation for many work outcomes such as attitudes, motivation and behavior. In addition, values are important in the workplace because they can influence an individual’s perception and cloud their objectivity. * The Rokeach Value Survey was created by Milton Rokeach. It consists of two sets of values, terminal values and instrumental values. Terminal values describe the desired values/goals a person would like to keep/achieve through their lifetime. Instrumental values are the preferred modes of behavior or means of achieving one’s terminal values. Values vary between groups and can cause trouble when group members hold different values and negotiation is needed. * There are many terminal values and this list is not exhaustive, but it represents some of the more widely accepted values to which people adhere. *