- If your boss was not sure it would be worth the investment to change the company’s hiring practices to include an evaluation of applicants’ attitudes, what would you tell him or her?
- Do you think that it would be easy to influence a subordinate’s attitudes, values, or emotions? Why? Which would have the largest influence on the employee’s behavior? Why?
- What are the components of an individual’s attitude? Relate each component to an attitude your currently have about something.
- Do terminal or instrumental values have a larger influence on your behavior at work? Explain.
- Think of a person you know who seems to have positive affectivity. Think of another who has more negative affectivity. How constant are they in their expressions of mood and attitude?
- How does perception affect behavior? What stereotypes do you form about people? Are they good or bad?
- Recall a situation in which you made attributions and describe them using the framework supplied in Figure 4.5.
- Do you consider yourself a Type A or a Type B person? Why? Do you think a person who is a Type A can change to become more like a Type B? If so, how?
- What are the major stressors for a student? What consequences are students most likely to suffer as a result of too much stress?
- Do you agree that a certain degree of stress is necessary to induce high energy and motivation?
Griffin, Ricky W.. Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations (p. 161). Cengage Learning. Kindle Edition.