组织行为学_EN_课件__Class2.pdf

Class2 Foundations of Individual Behavior • I.Biographical • Dependent Variable Characteristics Productivity • II.Ability (job performance) • III.Personality Absenteeism Turnover • IV.Learning Job satisfaction I.Biographical Characteristics 1.Age • Age-Turnover:The older you get,the less likely you are to quit your job. • Absenteeism:Inversely related? Older -- higher rates of unavoidable absence • Productivity declines with age? Unrelated • Satisfaction:Most--positive association;U- Shaped.Professionals:continually increase; Nonprofessionals:falls during middle age ,--rise I. 2.Gender • There is no significant difference in job Productivity between males and females. • No evidence indicates gender affects Job satisfaction • Absenteeism,women have higher rates of--. Family ,Time bound? • Turnover,mixed evidence.Some found females to have higher;no difference I. 3.Marital Status • No enough studies on Productivity • Married employees have fewer Absences, less Turnover,more Job satisfaction • ?Question of causation, ?Other statuses besides single or married,divorced or widow. I. 4.Number of dependents • No enough studies on Productivity • Positively correlated with Absence,esp. F.; Job satisfaction • Turnover:mixed result.Some indicate that children increase turnover;other lower. I. 5.Tenure • Productivity,seniority isn’t a good predictor, past perf. relat