Managing Emotions in the Workplace: Do Positive and Negative Attitudes Drive Performance? You know the type: coworkers who never have anything positive to say‚ whether at the weekly staff meeting or in the cafeteria line. They can suck the energy from a brainstorming session with a few choice comments. Their bad mood frequently puts others in one‚ too. Their negativity can contaminate even good news. "We engage in emotional contagion‚" says Sigal Barsade‚ a Wharton management professor who studies
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Group Dynamics in Psychology Social- In my social group‚ it is clear that we are a collection of individuals guided by roles and norms. We‚ as friends‚ clearly influence each other‚ satisfy personal needs through association‚ and could be classified as a unit due to our common relation and degree of similiarity. I also notice a great degree of interdependence. That is‚ evnts affecting one Work- Contrastingly‚ in my work
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Motivation in the Workplace Motivation in the Workplace Motivation is the desire to do something. It plays a huge role in any workplace. You want your employees happy and wanting to come to work. People who work for the love of their job are showing intrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation refers to performing an activity for the inherent enjoyment or satisfaction derived from the activity. (Levin‚ et al.‚ 2012). A worker motivated by extrinsic factors may be there just for the money and
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Workplace conflict is a specific type conflict that occurs in the workplace. Conflict can arise anywhere‚ anytime‚ by any given person. Workplaces are already stressful enough before conflict contributes to its share of stress. Long hours‚ hierarchical structure of the organization and unrealistic expectations are just a few of a dozen of factors that help shape the conflict that arises in the workplace. There are many different types of conflict that occur in the workplace. The five most common
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Workplace bullying is social‚ psychological‚ verbal or physical abuse by employers or co-workers. Unfortunately‚ bullying does not only happen in the playground‚ but also in many workplaces. Many times‚ the workplace can feel a lot like high school: gossip‚ passive-aggressive behavior‚ and cliques. Bullies definitely exist in the work environment‚ though they are not easy to spot like the ones in grade school. Bullies in the work environment do not go around stealing lunch money and hitting kids
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Dating in the Workplace Executive Summary The ethical dilemma introduced in this paper is a popular one: Dating in the Workplace. It is an issue that has grabbed the attention of the media‚ and it has the power to ruin an organization if not dealt with correctly. This paper will raise awareness of the rewards and risks of dating relationships in a work environment. Introduction Above all‚ this paper will answer two important questions: What are the primary and secondary ethical issues of concern
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The Internet and the Workplace The Internet has become a pervasive presence in the American workplace. Two-thirds of employees in medium and large companies in the United States now have Internet access‚ compared with fifteen percent only two years ago‚ according to a sampling of 500 companies surveyed by the IntelliQuest Corporation. (IntelliQuest) Workers with Web access typically spend five to ten hours per week sending personal e-mail or searching for information not specifically related
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TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORK PLACE This summary shall attempt to display the intricate relationship between technology and the workplace along with the limitations of the modern bureaucratic organisation of work. It further expands on some of the issues resulting from these practises with historical references made along with indications towards the future. One of the key reasons work is central to society is because it is our main source of production. This relationship between production and work
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Chapter 1 The Dynamics of People and Organizations Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior is the study and application of knowledge about how people – as individuals and as groups – act within organizations. Organizational Behavior is a scientific discipline in which a large number of research studies and conceptual developments are constantly adding to its knowledge base. Goals of Organizational Behavior (Most Sciences share four goals) * Describe (How people behave under a variety
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ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation and capabilities. Nowadays‚ workplace diversity has started to receive wide attention and become an important issue in the business world as diversity in the workplace has increased. As differences are often been associated with discrimination‚ bias‚ unfair treatment and conflicts‚ managing diversity in workforce is an important task for managers today. Managing diversity in the workplace refers to the ways of managers used in ensuring employees in the organizations
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