MHR 405 Final: MHR 405 Final Exam Notes

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 405
• Professor: Kristyn Scott

Document Summary

Elements of organizational behavior: micro level, industrial psychology, experimental psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, macro, sociology, political science, anthropology, economics. Theory: an idea about something, science doesn"t prove anything, we can only say no, observational research, observing what"s going on, making assumption on what"s going on, participate, involved/participate in the scenario, vs. Experimental research: everything is controlled, terminology used in experimental research, independent variable, ex. the handshake, dependent variable, ex. how they were rated, control group, we can use this to camper to others. Contingency approach to ob: individual factors, situational factors, environmental context factors. What is personality: unique organization of characteristics which define an individual and determine that person"s pattern of interaction with the environment, relatively enduring characteristics of the individual, personality don"t change, situations brings out our personality. Interactionist perspective: person factors x environmental factors = behavior, strong situation personality is a weak predictor of behavior, weak situation personality is a strong predictor of behavior.