Organizational Behavior Chapter 10

Ability

The relatively stable capabilities people have to perform a particular range of different but related activities.

A function of both genes and the environment. Amount attributable to each source depends somewhat on the nature of it.

Emotional Ability

A set of abilities related to the understanding and use of emotions that affect social functioning.

Influences the degree to which people tend to be effective in social situations, regardless of their level of cognitive abilities

Self Awareness (Emotional ability)

the ability to understand the types of emotions being experienced, the willingness to acknowledge them, and the capability to express them naturally

Other Awareness (Emotional ability)

the ability of an individual to recognize and understand the emotions that other people are feeling.

Emotion Regulation (Emotional ability)

The ability to quickly recover from emotional experiences.Refers to both negative and positive emotions.

Use of emotion (Emotional ability)

The degree to which people can harness emotions and employ them to improve their chances of being successful in whatever they are seeking to do.

Holland's RIASEC Model

assesses personality by analyzing whether you like working with data, ideas, things, or people.

Cognitive Ability

Capabilities related to the acquisition and application of knowledge in problem solving.

It is relevant to most jobs and occupations. Different types of contribute to employee effectiveness.

Verbal, quantitative, reasoning, spatial, perceptual, general cognitive ability

"G factor"

Similar to overall IQ

The perfect combination of spatial, verbal, quantitative, reasoning, and perceptual ability.

Verbal (Cognitive Ability)

Oral and written comprehension and expression

Oral and written comprehension (Verbal Cognitive Ability)

Understanding written and spoken words and sentences

Oral and written Expression (Verbal Cognitive Ability)

Communicating ideas by speaking or writing so that others can understand

Quantitative (Cognitive Ability)

Number facility and mathematical reasoning

Number facility (Quantitative Cognitive Ability)

Performing basic math operations quickly and correctly

Mathematical Reasoning (Quantitative Cognitive Ability)

Selecting the right method or formula to solve a problem

Reasoning (Cognitive Ability)

Problem sensitivity, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, and originality

Problem sensitivity (Reasoning Cognitive Ability)

Understanding when there is a problem or when something may go wrong

Deductive reasoning (Reasoning Cognitive Ability)

Applying general rules to specific problems

Inductive reasoning (Reasoning Cognitive Ability)

Combining specific information to form general conclusions

Originality (Reasoning Cognitive Ability)

Developing new ideas

Spatial (Cognitive Ability)

Spatial orientation and visualization

Spatial orientation (Spatial Cognitive Ability)

Knowing where one is relative to objects in the environment

Visualization (Spatial Cognitive Ability)

Imagining how something will look after it has been rearranged

Perceptual (Cognitive ability)

Speed and flexibility of closure and perceptual speed

Speed and flexibility of closure (Perceptual Cognitive ability)

Making sense of information and finding patterns

Perceptual speed (Perceptual Cognitive ability)

Comparing information or objects with remembered information or objects

Wonderlic Cognitive ability test

One of the most widely used measures of cognitive ability

May be best used in tandem with other assessments (emotional intelligence) to avoid unnecessarily discriminating against productive talent.

Strongly effects/ improves

Relationship between cognitive ability and performance

No effect/ weak effect

Relationship between cognitive ability and commitment