Individual Behaviour

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Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour
Individual Behaviour
Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations
Workplace Emotions
Foundations of Employee Motivation
Applied Performance Practices
Decision Making and Creativity
Team Dynamics
Communicating in Organizations
Power and Influence in the Workplace
Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace
Leadership in Organizational Settings
Designing Organizational Structures
Organizational Culture
Organizational Change

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Motivation is an external force on the person that causes him or her to engage in specific behaviours.

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Persistence is an element of motivation.

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Learned capabilities refer to the skills and knowledge that you have actually acquired.

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Aptitudes are natural talents that help individuals learn specific tasks more quickly and perform them better than other people.

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Learned capabilities are skills and knowledge that you possess. Therefore, they do not diminish over time when not in use.

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Competencies refer to the extent to which people understand the job duties assigned to or expected of them.

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According to the MARS model, ability is the most important force influencing individual behaviour and results.

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Competencies refer to the complete set of motivations, abilities, role perceptions, and situational factors that contribute to job performance.

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The MARS model identifies the four main factors that influence individual behaviour

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According to the MARS model of individual behaviour and performance, employee performance will remain high even if one of the four factors significantly weakens.

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Providing training is a person-job matching strategy

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One person-job matching strategy is to select applicants whose existing competencies best fit the required task.

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A recent global study suggests that most employees do not lack role clarity.

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Role clarity is essential for coordination with co-workers and other stakeholders.

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Companies can improve employee role perceptions by describing the employee's assigned tasks clearly and providing meaningful performance feedback.

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Situational factors are working conditions within the employee's control.

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While there may be many varieties of individual behaviours, most can be organized into five categories:

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Task performance refers to goal-directed behaviours under the individual's control that support organizational objectives.

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Proficient task performance refers to how well employees modify their thoughts and behaviour to align with and support a new or changing environment.

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Organizational citizenship behaviours are usually described clearly in job descriptions.

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