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Affective commitment - CORRECT ANSWER: Commitment based on identification and

involvement with an organization.

Affective events theory - CORRECT ANSWER: Organizational events give rise to

emotions and moods depending on how the events are appraised.

Attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER: A fairly stable evaluative tendency to respond

consistently to some specific object, situation, person or category of people.

Attribution - CORRECT ANSWER: Is the process by which we assign causes or motives to explain people's behaviour.

Behaviour modelling training - CORRECT ANSWER: One of the most widely used and

effective methods of training, involving 5 steps based on the observational learning component of social cognitive theory.

Behavioural plasticity theory - CORRECT ANSWER: People with low self esteem tend to be more susceptible to external and social influences than those who have high self- esteem.

Bureaucracy - CORRECT ANSWER: Max Weber's ideal type of organization that

included a strict chain of command, detailed rules, high specialization, centralized power, and selection and promotion based on technical competence.

Central traits - CORRECT ANSWER: Characteristics are of particular interest to a perceiver.

Classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER: Learning occurs through conditioned

stimuli. Pavlov - Salivating dog 1 / 2

Classical viewpoint - CORRECT ANSWER: An early prescription on management that

advocated high specialization of labour, intensive coordination, and centralized decision making.

Cognitive dissonance - CORRECT ANSWER: A feeling of tension experienced when

certain cognitions are contradictory or inconsistent with each other.

Contingency approach - CORRECT ANSWER: An approach to management that

recognizes that there is no one best way to manage, and that an appropriate management style depends on the demands of the situation.

Continuous commitment - CORRECT ANSWER: Commitment based on the costs that

would be incurred in learning an organization.

Contrast effects - CORRECT ANSWER: Previously interviewed job applicants affect an interviews perception of a current applicant, leading to an exaggeration of differences between applicants.

Control group - CORRECT ANSWER: A group of research subjects who have not been

exposed to the experimental treatment.

Convergent validity - CORRECT ANSWER: When two variables that should be related, are.

Core self evaluations - CORRECT ANSWER: A broad personality concept that consists of more specific traits that reflect the evaluations people hold about themselves and their self worth.

Corporate social responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER: An organization taking

responsibility for the impact of its decisions and actions on its stakeholders.

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