Values And Attitudes Key Terms

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Affective commitment

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- An individual’s emotional attachment to, identification with, and involvement in the organization.

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Attitudes

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Positive or negative feelings about objects, people, or events.

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Continuance commitment

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- An individual’s calculation to stay with the organization based on the perceived costs of leaving the organization.

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Core self-evaluation

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- The degree to which an individual likes or dislikes himself or herself, whether the person sees himself or herself as capable and effective, and whether the person feels in control of his or her environment or powerless over the environment.

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Cultural intelligence

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The ability to understand someone’s unfamiliar and ambiguous gestures in the same way as would those of people from one’s own culture.

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Employee engagement

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An individual’s involvement with, satisfaction with, and enthusiasm for the work he or she does.

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Ethics

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The study of moral values or principles that guide our behaviour, and inform us whether actions are right or wrong.

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Exit

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Dissatisfaction expressed by actively attempting to leave the organization.

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Femininity

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A national culture attribute that sees little differentiation between male and female roles; women are treated as the equals of men in all respects.

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Individualism

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- A national culture attribute that describes the degree to which people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of groups.

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Instrumental values

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Preferable ways of behaving.

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Job satisfaction

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An individual’s general attitude toward his or her job.

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Long-term orientation

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A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence.

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Loyalty

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Dissatisfaction expressed by passively waiting for conditions to improve.

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Masculinity

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- A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which the culture favours traditional masculine work roles of achievement, power, and control. Societal values are characterized by assertiveness and materialism.

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Neglect

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Dissatisfaction expressed through allowing conditions to worsen.

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Normative commitment

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- The obligation an individual feels to staying with the organization.

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Organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB)

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Discretionary behaviour that is not part of an employee’s formal job requirements, but that nevertheless promotes the effective functioning of the organization.

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Organizational commitment

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- A state in which an employee identifies with a particular organization and its goals, and wishes to maintain membership in the organization.

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Power distance

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A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.

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Short-term orientation

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A national culture attribute that emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations.

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Terminal values

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Goals that individuals would like to achieve during their lifetime.

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Uncertainty avoidance

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- A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them.

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Values

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- Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence.

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Voice

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Dissatisfaction expressed by actively and constructively attempting to improve conditions.