Final Exam Review Groups

Flashcards for final exam review.

Defining Groups

More than one individual with a shared interest or common trait that gives a sense of 'us'.

Cohesiveness

The ability of group members to interact and influence one another for more than a moment.

Anticipatory Stage of Socialization

Learning the roles of the job and finding environmental fit.

Accommodation Stage of Socialization

Roles and norms of the group are practiced.

Role Management Stage of Socialization

Mastery of the tasks of their role.

What factors increase group cohesiveness?

Job complexity and autonomy, smaller group size, and collectivist societies.

What is cooperation positively related to?

Individual job satisfaction, team satisfaction, job commitment, and team commitment.

Social Loafing

When an individual's contribution to the group cannot be distinguished, they may free-ride.

How do you prevent social loafing?

Make tasks challenging, appealing, and involving.

Inter-individual conflict

Conflict at the person-to-person level.

Intra-group conflict

Conflict within the group

Inter-group conflict

Conflict between groups.

Democratic decision making

Everyone within the group has a say or vote on the final decision.

Autocratic decision making

The leader of the group makes the decision and has the final say.

Consensus Decision Making

Everyone must come to an agreement for the choice to be the final decision.

Factors That Contribute to Group Polarization

Social Comparison and Social Categorization

Groupthink

Maintaining group cohesiveness is more important than considering the facts or making the right choices.

Antecedents of Groupthink

Highly cohesive group, directive leader, group under stress, and poor decision-making procedures.

Preventing Groupthink

Avoid isolation, reduce conformity pressures, and establish a strong norm for critical review.

Great Man Theory

Personal qualities make certain individuals naturally talented at leading others.

Beneficial Leadership Traits

Intelligence, extroversion, and achievement-orientedness.

Ohio State Leadership Dimensions

Initiating structure and consideration.

Path-Goal Theory

The leader is a facilitator and gets involved in the goal.

Behavior of the Leader in Path-Goal Theory

Directive, achievement-oriented, supportive, and participative.

Charisma

Leads followers to be loyal and inspired, communicate shared goals, convey confidence, and be sensitive to others.

Transformational Leadership

Leaders that transform values, beliefs, and attitudes and provide a shared vision for the future.

Components of Transformational Leadership

Idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individual consideration.

Influence

Social interaction related to persuading others within the workforce.

Categories of Influence

Assertiveness, ingratiation, rationality, sanctions, exchanges, upward appeals, blocking, and coalitions.

Coercive Power

Power via force, punishment, or threat thereof.

Legitimate Power

Power granted from the position itself.

Reward Power

The power to give reinforcement for behavior.

Expert Power

Comes from skills.

Referent Power

Being well-liked.

Internal political behaviors

Do the behaviors impact the business within the company itself.

External political behaviors

Do they impact outside people.

Lateral political behaviors

politics between equivalent parties

Vertical political behaviors

politics involving superiors and subordinates

Legitimate political behavior

stuff that’s considered acceptable within the norms of the business.

Illegitimate political behavior

is what is outside of typical (favoring certain people)