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Study of Organizational Behavior

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Study of Organizational Behavior

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Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOROrganizational BehaviorName of the Student:Name of the University:Author’s Note:
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1ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORIntroductionOrganizational behavior is the study of the way organizational members interact witheach other. It is the study of human behavior in the organizational settings (To, Martin and Billy2015). The study will discuss about the circumstances, when attitude determines the behavior ofthe employees at their work. On the other hand, the study will also determine the usefulness ofattitude for a person. Furthermore, the study will discuss several factors, which determine eitherjob satisfaction or organizational commitment. Apart from that, the study will demonstrate theextent to which managers should care about the commitment level of the employees. DiscussionAttitude defines the way one person thinks or feels about someone or something. Workattitude defines the set of evaluation about one’s job, which constitutes one’s belief about,feeling towards and attachment his/her job. Work attitude can positively or negatively affectsand determines the behavior of people in their workplace. According to Valentine and Godkin(2016), a person having positive attitude on their work and their co-workers can influencepositively around them. On the other hand, the person having negative attitude on their jobs andco-workers can have negative influence on the people around them. Furthermore, the impact ofattitude on employee’s behavior can be much more apparent by looking at the average behaviorof that employee rather than his isolated behavior. As per Heponiemi et al. (2014), cognitive dissonance defines the feelings ofinconsistency in the belief, feelings and behavior of an employee. Such feelings or attituderegarding the work motivates the employees in rectifying the work situation by modifying theirbehavior, which causes dissonance. On the other hand, Gursoy, Chi and Karadag (2013) opined
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2ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORthat self fulfilling prophecy is the process, where employees try to convert their attitude inreality. In such situation, attitude determines the behavior of the employees in real situation.Attitude often determines the behavior of the employees, when they make their attitude potent. Itactually defines mindless reaction, which is adaptable in all situations. It frees the mind of theemployees towards showing specific behavior in some specific situation at work. Attitude is an extremely important factor, which facilitates a person to get through thehighs and lows in his/her life. Olafsen et al. (2015) pointed out that Living life requirespredominantly positive attitude because of its nature of high and low cycle. Attitude shapes thebehavior of the employees in the workplace, which actually affect the organizational culture. Inthis way, having positive attitude facilitates a person to make warm and collaborativerelationship with their co-workers. On the other hand, Van der Walt and de Klerk (2014) opinedthat right attitude towards the work encourage them to be more productive. Attitude developspersonal experience of the employees and interaction with others towards dealing with complexsituation of the organization. Furthermore, Kim (2014) opined that positive attitude createspositive environment within organization, which acts as motivators for other employees towardsperforming their best for improving overall organization productivity. Right attitude enhancesthe power of visualization of the employees. Moreover, positive attitude towards any work leadthe employees towards seeing the big perspectives behind the particular work. Therefore,positive attitude enhances the forecasting power of the employees for future productivity. Positive attitude among the employees also encourages creativity among the employees.In this way, they can better involve in the success of the organizations. Moreover, Ko and Hur(2014) stated that right attitude among the employees enables the employees towards developingnew ideas and coming up with creative solution for solving complex organizational problems.
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