Stereotypes and Organizational Performance

This assignment analyzes the influence of stereotypes on individuals and organizations. It delves into how stereotypes impact personal and professional lives, as well as organizational effectiveness and performance. The study highlights both positive and negative effects, concluding that stereotypes are prevalent in workplaces and suggesting strategies to mitigate their detrimental impact.

Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Organizational behaviour
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Introduction
The study is focusing on how the theories of organizational behavior could be applied in
organizational setting. It should be describing the importance of different organizational behavior
theories which needs to be applied in order to understand that how individuals could behave and
act properly within the organizational setting. Stereotype is basically an individual or individuals
present in a team or group which has a totally different perception and behavior in comparison
with the other individuals working in any organizational setting (Barak 2016). The stereotypes
could be positive, negative or neutral as well.
The study should also be portraying the organizational behavior problems and the outcomes of
the situations taken place within any settings. It should be reflecting on the different managerial
interventions with the context of social, ethical and cultural issues highlighted in this study. It
should also be focusing on the merits and demerits of the area under study. It is also depicting
that how the current developments in the organizational behavior has been influencing the
actions taken by the individuals working within the organizational settings as well. It is also
based on the discovery of the relevant themes as well the different issues found from the topic
area.
Analysis of the Essay
Organizational behavior is basically the study of the perceptions and the behavior of the
individuals or the groups by which the organizational effectiveness could be measured. This is
generally a wide concept which is related with how the individuals at workplace could be able to
interact with each other in order to promote the effectiveness and sustainability of the
organizations (Streets and Major 2014). Organizational behavior is also defined as the study
indicates that how the structure, communication, culture and other aspects of the individuals is
influencing the effectiveness of any settings (Brescoll et al. 2012). This is basically the study of
how and what the individuals do at their workplaces and how their perception and behavior is
actually affecting the organizational performance as well. It should be including the study of how
people communicate with each other which is linked with the culture of the individuals. It also

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tells that how the top management is dealing with the different organizational behavior related
issues which are useful in depicting the solutions for the top management to deal with the
individuals working in the different settings.
The positive as well the negative stereotypes could be both harmful for the organizational
settings as they are hampering the organizational effectiveness, culture as well the overall
performances. The positive stereotypes are the individuals who are positive towards the culture,
ethnicity and the other aspects of the human life. The problem is that the positive stereotypes are
not considered as good in the society as well in the organizational settings (Brescoll et al. 2012).
The clarification and the evidence will be highlighted in the study. On the other hand the
negative stereotypes are the individuals who cause harm to the different aspects of the
organizational settings. They have only the negative thoughts which have been influencing their
behavior and attitudes in a different way for the other individuals or the individuals present in a
team or group in the setting (Malos 2015).
According to Barak (2016) it is better to rely on stereotypes rather than entering in
relationship with any other individuals of different culture before knowing that what their
perceptions are. This has some of the advantages which are related with the individuals
personally as well as professionally. According to this essay statement, personally when you are
down and out and could not be able to make decisions of your own, then at that time someone is
needed to make that individuals to be able to make the decision in an effective manner (Voyles
Finkelstein and King 2014). The discussion with the stereotype sometimes helps the individuals
to tackle new situation in personal and in professional life as they can be able to make quick and
effective decisions (Dhanani and Wolcott 2014). The relationship with the stereotype rather than
individual belong from neither culture helps in categorizing the people, and make it easier for me
to understand the behavior of the stereotype much easier as compared with the individual having
a different culture altogether. The relationship with the stereotypes of the individuals or the
groups of individuals will help in enhancing the self esteem of the normal individuals and this
will be influencing motivation for that specific individual within the setting (Inzlicht and
Schmader 2012). In the context of gender stereotype, it is seen that the males and females at
workplace have the different advantages which is useful for the promotion of organizational
effectiveness (Voyles Finkelstein and King 2014). The males could be able to become great

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leaders as compared to the females as the males are sensible speakers and they knew how to
argue or provide logical reasoning behind their logic (Flanagan 2015). So this is useful in
promoting the performance of the organizations. On the other hand females are much more
empathetic than the males so this helps in building stronger relationships for the individuals with
the females rather than the males. So this is useful in developing relationship with stereotypes
rather than entering relationship with the people belonging from a different culture (Casad and
Merritt 2014). It is also seen that the females have good interpersonal and communications skills
which might help them to become a public speaker and have the ideal approach and interact quite
effectively with the individuals as well with the clients of any organizational setting. The
effective communication and the interpersonal skills have been useful in bringing in new and
effective ideas for the organizational performance to be improved. The females are also much
more caring on their works or the activities they perform (Casad and Merritt 2014). They can be
able to work much more as a team rather than the males whenever they face any issue and this
will help in bringing support and collaboration. This makes the organizational effectiveness to be
improved.
The demerits of entering in relationship with a stereotype rather than entering in relationship
with an individual coming from different culture is that the quick judgment of decisions might
prove to be harmful for the individual as well for the organizational performance. It is also seen
that the individual entering in relationship with the stereotype might not get the priority which
they think will get it (Brescoll et al. 2012). The society should be making the individual get
derived of their rights they have it and this will develop frustration and anxiety for the normal
individual. This will also have a negative effect on the performance as if the individual is
frustrated, then the individual could not be able to perform at their best. It is also seen that the
individual coming in relationship with the stereotype might harm the individuals present in the
team as the ideas of the stereotype might get mixed with the ideas of the co members which have
the chances of decline in the organizational effectiveness (Inzlicht and Schmader 2012). It is also
seen that there is harm in the team work to be taken place when the individual come in
relationship with a stereotype as the ideas and the perceptions of the stereotype gets matched
with that individual (Malos 2015). This develops conflict among the team members with that
individual and the individual could not be able tom work for a long time in a team.

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The relationship with the stereotype for an individual also creates social issues. It is
important that in any social situations or workplace like in communities, or in schools, the
stereotyping creates negative thoughts and perceptions not only for the individual but also for the
stereotype with whom the individual have a relationship (Flanagan 2015). For example, if female
boss is given the opportunity to manage a team consisting of all the male members, then any of
the male present in the team might become a stereotype (Heilman 2012). The males feel that the
female as their boss should not deserve the position. On the other side the female also feels that
women are less capable of managing a team and feels that the female is incompetent. This will
be creating negativity for the female as well for the male stereotype. This will affect the
performance of the employees which in turn declines the quality and the performance level of the
individuals in any organizational setting.
It is seen sometimes that the individuals entering in relationship with the stereotypes rather
than an individual coming from different culture, behave as the stereotype. The individuals in
relation with the stereotype does not have the trust and loyalty with the team members and this
might reduce the progress of the team members along with that individual who performs very
well for the organizational setting (Lewis Jr and Sekaquaptewa 2016). When an individual enters
in relationship with the stereotype then it causes harm to the community where the individual
lives in. There has been an influence on the behavior of both the individuals and the stereotype
takes place. They are getting abused and as well as mistreated inside the communities they live
in and the negative influence is on the other people living in the society takes place (Heilman
2012).

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Conclusion
From the study it is evident that the individuals entering in relationship with a stereotype
rather than with the individual having a different culture has both positive and negative effects
on the personal and professional life of that individual. The stereotyping effect has positive and
negative impact on the organizational effectiveness and performance of any organizational
setting as well. It is concluded that stereotypes are commonly associated with each and every
organizational settings. Hence, there is the need of developing strategies in reducing the
stereotyping effect on the organizational performance.

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