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    Individual differences directly affect behavior in the workplace. People perceive and respond to directives differently depending on their attitudes and personalities. These differences help explain why some embrace change while others fear it, and why supervision levels affect productivity differently. The Attraction-Selection-Attrition cycle shows that people are attracted to different careers and organizations based on their abilities, interests, and personalities. Organizations select employees based on needed skills and attributes. Attrition occurs when individuals no longer fit or the organization determines a lack of success. Each phase is influenced by individual differences. Effective management requires recognizing behavioral differences and considering them when possible. Individual differences like personality, perception, abilities, skills, and attitudes form the basis for understanding varied work behaviors

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    Individual differences directly affect behavior in the workplace. People perceive and respond to directives differently depending on their attitudes and personalities. These differences help explain why some embrace change while others fear it, and why supervision levels affect productivity differently. The Attraction-Selection-Attrition cycle shows that people are attracted to different careers and organizations based on their abilities, interests, and personalities. Organizations select employees based on needed skills and attributes. Attrition occurs when individuals no longer fit or the organization determines a lack of success. Each phase is influenced by individual differences. Effective management requires recognizing behavioral differences and considering them when possible. Individual differences like personality, perception, abilities, skills, and attitudes form the basis for understanding varied work behaviors

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    Why Individual Differences Matter in the Workplace

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    Individual differences directly affect behavior in the workplace. People perceive and respond to directives differently depending on their attitudes and personalities. These differences help explain why some embrace change while others fear it, and why supervision levels affect productivity differently. The Attraction-Selection-Attrition cycle shows that people are attracted to different careers and organizations based on their abilities, interests, and personalities. Organizations select employees based on needed skills and attributes. Attrition occurs when individuals no longer fit or the organization determines a lack of success. Each phase is influenced by individual differences. Effective management requires recognizing behavioral differences and considering them when possible. Individual differences like personality, perception, abilities, skills, and attitudes form the basis for understanding varied work behaviors

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    Individual Differences

    Why Individual Differences Are


    Important:
    Individual differences have a direct
    effect on behavior
    People who perceive things differently
    behave differently
    People with different attitudes respond
    differently to directives
    People with different personalities
    interact differently with bosses,
    coworkers, subordinates, and customers

    Why Individual Differences Are


    Important:
    Individual differences help explain:
    Why some people embrace change and
    others are fearful of it
    Why some employees will be productive
    only if they are closely supervised, while
    others will be productive if they are not
    Why some workers learn new tasks
    more effectively than others

    Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA)
    Cycle
    Different people are attracted to
    different careers and organizations
    as a function of their own:
    abilities
    interests
    personalities

    Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA)
    Cycle
    Organizations select employees on
    the basis of the needs the
    organization has
    skills and abilities
    individual attributes such as values and
    personality

    Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA)
    Cycle
    Attrition occurs when:
    individuals discover they do not like
    being part of the organization and elect
    to resign, or
    the organization determines an
    individual is not succeeding and elects
    to terminate

    Each
    Each phase
    phase of
    of the
    the ASA
    ASA cycle
    cycle is
    is
    significantly
    significantly influenced
    influenced by
    by the
    the
    individual
    individual differences
    differences of
    of each
    each person
    person

    Effective managerial practice


    requires that individual behavior
    differences be recognized, and
    when feasible, taken into
    consideration while carrying out
    the job of managing organizational
    behavior.

    Individual Differences in the


    Workplace
    Individual Differences
    Personality
    Personality

    Perception
    Perception

    Ability
    Abilityand
    andSkills
    Skills

    Work Behavior
    Productivity
    Creativity
    Performance

    Attitudes
    Attitudes

    The Basis for Understanding Work


    Behavior:
    To understand individual differences,
    a manager must:
    1. observe and recognize the
    differences
    and
    2. study relationships between variables
    that influence behavior

    Individual Differences
    Influencing Work Behavior:

    Hereditary and
    Diversity
    Factors

    Ability and
    Skills

    Personality

    Perception

    Attitudes

    Diversity Factors
    Primary Dimensions (stable)
    Age
    Ethnicity
    Gender
    Physical attributes
    Race
    Sexual / affectional
    orientation

    Secondary Dimensions
    (changeable)
    Educational background
    Marital status
    Religious beliefs
    Health
    Work experience

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