Tensions Between the Goals, Beliefs, and Desires of Individual Organization

question 34

True/False

Tensions between the goals, beliefs, and desires of individual organization members and those of the larger organization are usually resolved by subordinating the goals and beliefs of individuals to those of the organization.

Recognize the characteristics and effects of narcissism.

Identify the features of high and low self-esteem, including secure and defensive self-esteem.

Understand the effects of cultural influences on personal identity and group identification.

Understand the role of self-serving bias in individual behavior.

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Definitions:

Self-awareness

An understanding of one's personal attributes, feelings, intentions, and aspirations.

Deindividuation

Deindividuation is a psychological state occurring in group settings that leads to a reduction in self-awareness and an increase in impulsivity and deviation from typical behavior, often resulting in actions not typically exhibited alone.

Self-discrepancy Theory

Higgins’s theory about the consequences of making actual – ideal and actual – ‘ought’ self-comparisons that reveal self-discrepancies.

Festinger

Leon Festinger was a psychologist known for the theory of cognitive dissonance, which describes the discomfort felt when holding conflicting thoughts or beliefs.