“The attitude is very important. Because, your behaviour radiates how you feel.” – Lou Ferrigno
According to Merriam-Webster online dictionary, attitude can be defined as a feeling or a way of thinking that affects a person’s behavior. Therefore, attitude is comprised of three main elements which are cognitive, affective, and behavioural. The cognitive component is basically refers to the beliefs and thoughts of an individual towards an attitude object. Therefore, the beliefs and also information that a person has about the object are the informational component of attitude. Other than that, affective component is basically involved emotion and feelings about something. Emotion based attitude is vital for occupation such as lecturers, counsellors, motivators and others as they interact with people and getting engaged with people behaviours. Behavioural component basically portray the emotion through act and behaviour.
Based on the articles written by , the author stated that “attitudes are reasonably good predictors of behaviours” which means people with good attitudes
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All new recruited employees will undergo an induction program as soon as they joined a new organization. The purpose of having an induction is to familiarize the new employees with the working environment. People with good attitudes will survive and adapt well into the organization as they manage to cope with the organization cultures. Furthermore, employees with positive attitudes will blend in or fit in into the organization. Hettiararchchi ( ) stated that positive job attitudes help to predict constructive behavior; negative job attitudes help to predict undesirable behaviors which later on will influence the level of job satisfaction. If employees are unable to sustain themselves, they will change occupation frequently. This will cause the rate of turnover increase as
Hogg, M.A., Abrams, D., & Martin, G.N. (2010). Social Cognition and Attitudes. In Martin, G.N., Carlson, N.R., Buskist W., (Ed.), Psychology (pp 646-677). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
Judi Wineland 's attitude prior to and while she is raising her two daughters has an impact on OAT. Along with Wineland 's attitude the Controller Gary Balfour 's attitude impacts the Control and Accounting side of OAT. Attitude is defined by three components, Affective, Behavioral and Cognitive. The Affective component refers to the person 's feelings and emotions towards a specific topic. The Behavioral refers to a person 's behaves based on their attitude. Cognitive refers to the a person 's belief and knowledge on a certain topic. In this case Judi Wineland deals with balancing her family life and her corporate life seeing as she holds a time and effort intensive position for both. On the other hand Gary Balfour struggles with everyday check ins from Judi on whether or not his supposedly OAT tailored accounting system is fully functional due to bugs still currently on the system.
It is believed that a person’s attitude influences their memory. Many researchers have conducted experiments on this hypothesis. It has been determine that attitude does have an effect on memory; however, there has been discrepancies in the research results to what extent am individual’s attitude has on recall of past behavior (Aronson, 2012, pp. 164-165). Research done in 1943 by Levine and Murphy indicated that people tend to remember information that supports their social attitude rather than information that does not (Aronson, 2012, pp. 165). Similarly, earlier research looked at the effect attitude had on behavior and memory and found a negative correlation among the two (Aronson, 2012). Moreover, subsequent research has not conclusively determined that a person’s attitude influences their memory. Aronson reminds us that there is still room for further research to determine exactly the extent to which attitudes effect memory (2012).
Managers need to inform employees about important dates, new products, and new opportunities to build a positive work environment that involves every member of the staff. Employee satisfaction is a critical segment of a strong work environment. Developing well-trained employees increases morale, job satisfaction, effectiveness, and innovation. When interacting with customers, a well-train employee will act under company policy and enhance the company’s image. Spending the time and money to ensure the staff is trained properly will give us a competitive advantage over our rivals.
Negative employees affect everyone that they encounter throughout the day. A negative employee is sometimes caused by something temporary in the workplace, such as budget cuts or workload increases. Also, hours can temporarily change because of holidays and the location can change due to disaster or remodeling. All of these examples may cause an inconvenience for an employee and they may react negatively to it. Negativity can also evolve slowly over time without reason. Negativity is contagious and may even affect positive employees. A way for anyone to avoid being negative is to “jump-start” their day and make sure they are being positive. If an employee comes in positive, it can cause everyone around them to be positive. If there is negativity going on in the workplace, it shouldn’t be avoided; it should be fixed. Negativity needs to be addressed so that a way to fix it can be established. Whenever an employee that is usually negative does something positive, praise them. Employees may also not enjoy their job due to not having any friend...
“Employee orientation means providing new employees with the information they need to function, and helping them start being emotionally attached to the firm..” pg275
Allport (1935) defined attitude as "a mental and neural state of readiness, organized through experience, exerting a directive and dynamic influence upon the individual's response to all objects and situations with which it is related" and this definition was also supported by Schwarz and Bohner, (2001).
Employee satisfaction, employee turnover, and workplace environment are inseparably linked. Workplace environments heavily influence employee satisfaction, which directly affects employee turnover rates. When employees feel they are not being supported within their first months of hire, they will inevitably leave the company. Employees want to have the security that if they need assistance, someone will be there to guide them. Therefore, it is imperative for organizations to develop a thorough onboarding program and a long-term retention plan.
Nowak, A., Szamrej, J., & Latané, B. (1990). From private attitude to public opinion: A dynamic theory of social impact. Psychological Review, 97(3), 362.
Loyal employee tend to be more motivated than the new employee. The more a human love something, the more incentives popped to improve...
According to Webster dictionary, learning is an activity or a process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, and being taught. As humans, we crave to learn about how we came about, our surrounding, and the role we play in our surroundings. To gain such knowledge, it is important to work on specific leaning goals that is tailored toward the person. In my case, the goal was having a better understanding about social factors and social circumstances.
A person’s behavior at one specific point in time usually controls their attitude at that time. Managers must be able to understand these basic needs of their workers. If these needs are not dealt with in a certain correct way than workers will not reach their maximum potential. If the lower order of needs is not met than people are not happy. The same can be said of the higher order.
Rousseau, G.G. & Du Plessis, P.J. 2007. Personality and psychographics. (In Hughes, T., ed. Buyer behaviour: understanding consumer psychology and marketing. 4th ed. South Africa: Oxford university Press. p. 215-255).
A manager or human resources professional is constantly interacting with employees on a daily basis, which allows them to appropriately identify and ultimately to address negativity in the workplace. From employee complaints to inner conflicts between employees, it is often quite apparent when there is something amiss in the realm of employee morale. On that note, it is imperative that the manager learn to identify the symptoms of negativity before it becomes
There are various challenges faced and even more opportunities for organizational behavior to assist workers in improving the workplace as a whole, people skills, productivity, and customer service. Understanding and taking time to learn and educate one’s self is how attitudes develop and affect behavior is a key component to organizational Behavior. The bottom line is that the more tuned into the needs of its employees, the more successful a company is likely to become. A company will absolutely benefit a great deal so long as employees and management alike are able to control and monitor their attitudes for the appropriate