ADMS 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Masculinity, Collectivism, Individualism
28 Jun 2018
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Values
-Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally
preferable to an opposite mode of conduct or end-state.
-Concepts or beliefs that guide how we make decisions about and evaluations of
behaviours & events.
-1. Learned early in life and continue to develop
-2. Drive choices and behaviour
-3. Differ based on culture and environment
-Values generally influence attitudes & behaviour.
Importance of Values
-Provide understanding of the attitudes, motivation, and behaviours of individuals and
cultures.
-Influence our perception of the world around us.
-Represent interpretations of “right” and “wrong.”
-Imply that some behaviours or outcomes are preferred over others.
-A good “fit” between the values of employees and their supervisors and organization
enhances job positive job attitudes and behaviours. ie., Individuals’ values determine
the meaning that work, their career and the organization has for them.
Rokeach Value Survey
-Terminal Values (What do I want to achieve?)
oPreferred end-states of existence; the goals that a person would like to achieve
during his or her lifetime
-Instrumental Values (How do I want to achieve it?)
oPreferable modes of conduct/behaviour or means of achieving one’s terminal
values.
Hofstede’s Study of Values Across National Cultures
-Hofstede classified a county's cultural attitudes as 5 (& later 6) dimensions
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Document Summary
Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally preferable to an opposite mode of conduct or end-state. Concepts or beliefs that guide how we make decisions about and evaluations of behaviours & events: learned early in life and continue to develop, drive choices and behaviour, differ based on culture and environment. Provide understanding of the attitudes, motivation, and behaviours of individuals and cultures. Influence our perception of the world around us. Imply that some behaviours or outcomes are preferred over others. A good fit between the values of employees and their supervisors and organization enhances job positive job attitudes and behaviours. ie. , individuals" values determine the meaning that work, their career and the organization has for them. Terminal values (what do i want to achieve?: preferred end-states of existence; the goals that a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
