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15 – The Ethics of Social Research
Why Should I Care? Research projects may incur harm. This issue has to be dealt with by universities to reduce the harm, and make sure that research is designed as ethically as possible. Definitions Morals: What is right and wrong, as defined by social norm...
Introduction to Personality and Behavior in the Workplace
Personality Traits Recognizing your personality traits is the first step in successfully achieving your goals. Being able to capitalize on your strengths and also understanding how to strengthen your weaknesses is the cornerstone of success. When we use our p...
Sources of Stress
If you poll a group of individuals about what their biggest stressors are, they’re likely to give you these four answers: Money Work Family responsibilities Health concerns In most surveys on stress and its causes, these four responses have be...
What is Stress?
Like motivation, stress is a very individual experience. One person can feel extreme pressure and anxiety over a task that is looming, and another might look at the same task and see it as an exciting challenge. In spite of that, we’ve seen an overall jump in ...
Technology and Organizational Behaviour
How technology can impact people's organizational behaviour Communication Technology has made communication easier than ever before. Long gone are the days where you send a letter and wait for a written response or have to use an operator to connect a call....
Extroversion & Introversion
Managing Introverts and Extroverts in the Hybrid Workplace *ARTICLE* by: Erica Dhawan From less social interaction to more opportunities for autonomy, if you’re an introvert, chances are you’ve enjoyed working remotely over the past year plus. On the other h...
Introduction to Workplace Influence on Individuality
Today’s workforce is a balancing act. It is important to promote diverse thinking while also aligning all employees to the company mission and goals. It is important to streamline processes within an organization while also allowing room for creativity and out...
Situational Influences on Personality
Certain situations and circumstances can influence a person’s day in a positive or negative way. Depending on the circumstance, a normally positive person may become more negative. On the other hand, a traditionally pessimistic person may appear to be more pos...
Individualized Management
When asked what type of company college students want to work for when they graduate, a common answer includes working at a place where the student believes they can make a difference and feel valued. Finding meaningful employment seems to be a top priority fo...
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16 – Communicating Results
Why Should I Care? The type of data, and your disciplinary focus, will determine the medium you will use to report the data. Tables & Graphs (p. 254) Used for (examples) Frequency Table Opinion polls Cross-Tabulation Table Sociology data, subgroups ...
Table of Contents
Part 1 - Organizational Behavior/ Human Relations in Organizations Chapter 1 - Individual Differences: Personality, Stress and Emotions Chapter 2 - Motivation and Performance Chapter 3 - Managing Groups and Teams Chapter 4 - Leadership Chapter 5 - Powe...
Master
Introduction Structure and Formats of a case When tackling a case, how do you look at the different details of a case? Structure and formats. During a case competition, you're probably going to need to read over the case a couple of times to really u...
Master
Introduction Hello Professor Welsh, can you please introduce yourself? Case Coaching Series Can you please tell us what this series is about? The videos are about the coach and the team working together. I think we're much more successful when the ...
Important Terms
Glossary Please complete the definitions for the following terms. Abstract Accidental Sample Analysis Bias (Researcher Bias) Case study Categories Causation Central tendency Citation Common Sense Conclusion Content Analysis Convenience Samp...
Greek Terms Used in Law, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences
Please define the following terms. ana-lusis anthropo- archaeo- astro- chroma di- eco- electr- ethno- (ethnos) geo- hema- historia hydro- -logy (logia) macro- micro- mono- nanos -nomy (nomos) physi- politikos poly- pr...
Latin Terms Used in Law, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences
Define the term. Associate the term to one of the following themes (religion, proverb, law, logic, observation) a contrario a fortiori a posteriori a priori ad hoc ad nauseam ad rem ad valorem alias alma mater annum ante litteram bona fide ca...
Synthesis Table
At the beginning of the study… Exploratory Descriptive Explanatory Variables have been defined Some but not all Yes In detail Population has been defined Not yet ...
16 – Averages
Why Should I Care? You can manipulate numbers tell the story you wish to tell. Is this is unethical and evil? Of course! So knowing how others are – or not – using basic tricks of statistics will help you read through the lies. Here are some basic calculation...
Consequences and Costs of Stress
Today’s typical workplace expects quite a bit from its employees. In a climate of layoffs and downsizing, employees are typically expected to do “more with less”—that is, additional work for the same pay, often without updated resources and in a short amount o...