Organizational Behavior: a discipline for discovery Ask a manager of 35‚ 25 or even 15 years ago what their Organization ’s Behavioral patterns were or how their employees felt about certain issues and you would probably be met with blank stares. Organizational Behavior (OB) was not a part of the business world in those days. The idea that a manager need only deal with the technical skills of it ’s employees while disregarding their own listening skills‚ communication skills and interaction skills
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Psychologist Collins Badu Agyemang and Samuel Batchison Offei in December 2013‚ conducted a research on employee work engagement and organizational commitment; A comparative study of private and public sector organizations in Ghana. A European journal of business and innovation research‚ vol.1 No.4 pp.20-23. Both authors are members of the faculty of management in the department of business administration at the University Of Professional studies‚ Accra. According to the authors employee engagement
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the American Psychological Association‚ Inc. 0021-9010/97/$3.00 Organizational Citizenship Behavior and the Quantity and Quality of Work Group Performance Philip M. Podsakoff‚ Michael Ahearne‚ and Scott B. MacKenzie Indiana University Bloomington Despite the widespread interest in the topic of organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs)‚ little empirical research has tested the fundamentalassumption that these forms of behavior improve the effectivenessof work groups or organizations in which
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types of individual behaviors that enable organization to interact with their environment; acquire share; and use knowledge to the best advantage and meet the needs of various stakeholder. The below diagrams highlights the five type of individual behavior; task performance‚ organizational citizenship‚ counterproductive work behaviors‚ joining and staying with the organization‚ and work attendance. The Randstad’s employees will be having an organizational citizenship Behavior since pairing up
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Dore‚ I.‚ Girard‚ C.‚ Serroni‚ C. (2004). Organizational citizenship behavior: A case study of culture‚ leadership and trust. Management Decision‚ 42(1)‚ 13-40. Argyris‚ C. (1960). Understanding organisational behaviour. London: Tavistock Publications. Baruch ‚ Y. and Holtom‚ B.C. (2008). Survey response rates and trends in organizational research. Human Relations. 61(8)‚ 1139-60. Bolino‚ M. C.‚ Turnley‚ W. H.‚ Bloodgood‚ J. M. (2002). Citizenship behavior and the creation of social capital in organizations
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Introduction The notion that employee job satisfaction should be a top priority for managers has been one of much debate. Although managers have many roles in organizations‚ their most important purpose is to manage their organizations in a way that can maximize profits. Thus‚ investing time‚ effort and money in ensuring that employees are satisfied in only worthwhile if it results in higher productivity and profitability for the firm. Early theorist analyzed that increased profitability should
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just read about tend to be satisfied with their jobs‚ how might this satisfaction relate to their job performance‚ citizenship behavior‚ and turnover? Answer * Job satisfaction of the employees is an important factor because most of the time it determines the commitment and respect of the employees towards their employer and organization. The attitudes and the behaviors of the workers would vary based on the level of job satisfaction. For example: one with a higher level of satisfaction would
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Trust and career satisfaction: the role of LMX The Authors Guohong (Helen) Han‚ Department of Management‚ Williamson College of Business Administration‚ Youngstown State University‚ Youngstown‚ Ohio‚ USA Abstract Purpose – This study examines the mediator of Leader-member Exchange (LMX) between trust in peers and one ’s perception of career satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – This is an empirical paper based on a field study conducted among 241 employees at a Fortune 500 company
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Organizational Citizenship Behavior Checklist (OCB-C) Suzy Fox‚ Loyola University Chicago Paul E. Spector‚ University of South Florida The original Organizational Citizenship Behavior Checklist (OCB-C) was a 42 item instrument designed to assess the frequency of organizational citizenship behaviors performed by employees. It has since been refined and shortened first to 36 items and then to the final 20 item scale that we recommend (Fox‚ Spector‚ Goh‚ Bruursema‚ & Kessler‚ In press). The OCB-C
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The impact of organizational citizenship behavior on performance judgment: a field study Bateman‚ T. S.‚ & Organ‚ D. W. (1983). Job satisfaction and the good soldier: the relationship between affect and employee Blau‚ P. (1964). Exchange and power in social life. New York: Wiley. Bolino‚ M. C. (1999). Citizenship and impression management: good soldiers or good actors? Academy of Management Review‚ 24(1)‚ Bolino‚ M. C.‚ Turnley‚ W. H.‚ & Bloodgood‚ J. M. (2002). Citizenship behavior and the creation
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