Exam 8: Job and Organizational Attitudes, Affect, and Behaviours

Job attitudes are positive emotional feelings about your job.

Lorne is the manager of a governmental educational services provider.He wants to ensure that his employees are treated well and he ensures that the organization's decisions affecting employees are fair, accurate, and representative of employees' needs.What is this type of treatment formally known as?

Harrison Corp.is a food manufacturing organization, with plants located across Canada.Upper management wants to ensure "fair procedures" across all of its plants to make certain employees are treated well.According to Leventhal (1980), what are the six rules used to create fair procedures for employees?

What was concluded in the debate over "a happy worker is a productive worker"?

Bella doesn't really like her work, but she stays with her organization because she doesn't have any suitable alternatives.What is the theory that best represents her feelings toward the company?

The three-component model of organizational commitment addresses affective, continuance, and affective attachments to the organization.

Job involvement is concerned with the extent to which employees feel attached to their organization.

The JDI is one of the most widely used job satisfaction measures, and assesses specific aspects of satisfaction, such as satisfaction with one's pay.What is this type of measure known as?

The JDI is one of the most widely used job satisfaction measures and is known as a facet job satisfaction measure.