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Coincidence: Could our observation of a phenomenon be due simply to chance? In this section, we discussed scientific concepts such as statistical significance, practical relevance, and p-value. We made the key point that statistically significant research outcomes are sometimes insignificant from a practical perspective [and vice versa].
Methodological bias: Could our observation be due to personal preference, prejudice, or errors in judgment? In this section, we discussed well-known methodological biases such as selection bias, social desirability bias, and halo effect.
Confounders: A third variable that distorts [or confounds] a relationship between two other variables is called a confounder. A well-known example is the correlation between the amount of ice cream sold and the number of children who drown during swimming. By applying rigorous research methods, we can prevent confounders from distorting our observations.
The placebo effect: This effect is present not only in medical treatments but also in any intervention that aims to influence human behavior, including management interventions.
Moderators and mediators: A moderator is a variable that affects the direction and/or strength of the relationship between a predictor and an outcome. A mediator is a variable that specifies how or why a particular effect or relationship occurs. Thus, if you remove the effect of the mediator, the relationship between the predictor and the outcome will no longer exist.
- Responding to Economic Pressure
- Responding to globalization
- Managing workforce diversity
- Improving customer service
- Improving people skills
- Simulating innovation and change
- Coping with temporariness
- Working with networked organizations
- Helping employees balance work-life
- Creating a positive work environment
- Improving ethical behavior
Globalization: Organizations are no longer constrained by national borders. Working with people for different cultures and understand how their culture and background have shaped them and how to adapt your management style to fit any differences.
Adapting to differing cultural and regulatory norms:
Managers need to know the cultural norms of the workforce in each country where they do business. Managers abroad need to be aware of the unique financial and legal regulations. Understanding the laws can lead to success or failure.
Workforce Demographics: What factors lead employees to make various choices and how their experiences affect their perceptions of their workplaces.
Workforce Diversity:
The concept that organizations are becoming more heterogeneous in terms of gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other characteristics.
Social Media:
Social Media in the business world is here to stay. Social media is a difficult issue for today's managers, presenting both a challenge and an opportunity for OB.
Employee Well Being
at Work:
Another challenge is that organizations are asking employees to put in longer hours. Workers report maintaining always on access for their managers through email and texting. Employee well-being is challenged by heavy outside commitments.
Positive Organizational Behavior [POS]:
An area of OB research that concerns how organizations develop human strengths, foster vitality and resilience, and unlock potential.
Researchers try to study whats good about OB research and
management practices.
Key subjects in positive OB research are: Engagement, hope, optimism, and resilience in the face of strain.
Organizational culture influences employee behavior so strongly that organizations have employed "culture officers" to shape and preserve the company's personality.
Ethical Behavior [Ethical dilemmas and Ethical Choices]:
Situations in which individuals are required to define right and wrong conduct. Today's manager must create an ethically healthy
climate for employees in which they can do their work productively with minimal ambiguity about right and wrong behaviors.