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PERCEPTION AND INDIVIDUAL DECISION
MAKING.
An employee does an unsatisfactory job on
an assigned project. Explain the attribution
process that this person's manager will use
to form judgments about this employee's
job performance.
Abstract
Individuals behave in a given manner
based not on the way their external
environment actually is but, rather, on what
they see or believe it to be. An organization
may spend millions of dollars to create a
pleasant work environment for its
employees. However, in spite of these
expenditures, if an employee believes that
his or her job that assigned to them is
lousy and feel unsatisfactory, that employee
will behave accordingly.
It is the employee's perception of a
situation that becomes the basis for his or
her behavior. The employee who perceives
his/her supervisor as a hurdle reducer who
helps him/her do a better job and the
employee who sees the same supervisor as
"big brother, closely monitoring for every
motion. The difference has nothing to do
with the reality of the supervisor's actions;
the difference in employee behavior is due
to different perceptions.
Person perception: Making judgments
about employees' performance
Attribution theory
Attribution theory suggests that when we
observe an individual's behavior, we
attempt to determine whether it was
internally or externally caused. That
determination depends largely on three
factors: distinctiveness, consensus, and
consistency. Our perceptions of people
differ from our perceptions of inanimate
objects.
We make inferences about the actions of
people that we do not make about
inanimate objects. People have beliefs,
motives, or intentions. Attribution theory
suggests that when we observe an
individual's behavior, we attempt to
determine whether it was internally or
externally caused. That determination
depends largely on three factors:
1. Distinctiveness
2. Consensus
3. Consistency
Internally caused behaviors are those that...