Every Day We Must Guess How People Will Act, Often

question 44

Multiple Choice

Every day we must guess how people will act, often from small shreds of evidence. We do this through a form of social cognition called

• A)proxemics.
• B)attribution.
• C)norming.
• D)social statusing.

Understand the concept and components of the job characteristics model.

Comprehend how job design can improve employee performance and satisfaction.

Recognize the relationship between job design, job analysis, and job enrichment.

Identify the principles of employee empowerment and how it links to productivity.

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Definitions:

Unconscious Bias

Prejudices or unsupported judgments in favor of or against one thing, person, or group as compared to another, in a way that is usually considered unfair.

Valuing Diversity

The practice of recognizing and respecting differences in people, including those related to culture, race, gender, and more, to foster an inclusive environment.

Inclusion

The practice of ensuring all individuals, regardless of their differences, have equal opportunities and are fully integrated into a group, organization, or society.

Productivity

A measure of the efficiency of a person, machine, factory, system, etc., in converting inputs into useful outputs.