M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow

Exercise 25

You are manager of a district that has just hired several recent university and college graduates. Most of these people are starting their first full-time job, although most or all have held part-time and summer positions in the past. They have general knowledge of their particular skill area (accounting, engineering, marketing, etc.) but know relatively little about specific business practices and developments. Explain how you would nurture the self- concepts in these new hires to strengthen their performance and maintain their psychological well-being. Also explain how you might reconcile the tendency for selfenhancement while preventing them from forming a negative self-evaluation.