Introduction Work AttitudesIn order to understand people in an organization, lea

Introduction
Work AttitudesIn order to understand people in an organization, leaders must first understand the employee’s attitudes that contribute to or are away from job satisfaction. When individual opinions, beliefs, and feelings about the environment impact job satisfaction, leaders must engage so employees can enhance organizational commitment through trust. Attitudes towards other individuals in the work center impact how happy someone is and how much they trust their leaders. Attitudes confirm an employee’s need to stay in the job or quit. Leaving a job depends on many factors, such as the availability of alternatives in the market, your employability in a different company, and sacrifices you must make while changing jobs. Finally, someone’s attitude may give hints on how an individual may behave that are strongly influenced by situational constraints.
Behaviors at WorkOB has many fields critical to leaders, but they first need to understand why employees behave the way they do. There are four key work behaviors: job performance, organizational citizenship behaviors, absenteeism, and turnover. With an understanding of these behaviors, leaders will be able to provide more clarity about analyzing the behaviors of others in the workplace.
Individual MotivationMotivation inspires employees to achieve their goals, provide amazing service to their customers, and market products effectively. Motivation is the desire to achieve a goal or a certain performance level, leading to goal-directed behavior. When we refer to someone as being motivated, we mean that the person is trying hard to accomplish a certain task. This is critical for leaders to understand and manage the work behavior of their peers, subordinates, and even supervisors. Simply put, motivation leads to employee performance.
Reading Assignment
As you read through the resources and watch the videos, consider the following:
Is it easy to change someone’s attitude in the work center/organization? What causes positive work attitudes?
Do you think individual behaviors determine job performance? How do you minimize stress to improve employee behaviors?
Why should leaders be concerned about motivation in the workplace?
ReadRead the following from your textbook, Organizational behavior.
Chapter 4Chapter 4.1: People Come First: The Case of SAS
Chapter 4.2: Work Attitudes
Chapter 4.3: Work Behaviors
Chapter 4.4: The Role of Ethics and National Culture
Chapter 4.5: Rebounding from Defeat: The Case of Jeffrey Katzenberg
Chapter 4.6: Conclusion
Chapter 5Chapter 5.1: A Motivating Place to Work: The Case of Zappos
Chapter 5.2 Need-Based Theories of Motivation
Chapter 5.3: Process-Based Theories
Chapter 5.4: The Role of Ethics and National Culture
Chapter 5.5: Motivation in Action: The Case of Trader Joe’s
Chapter 5.6: Conclusion
Group Activity Reading ResourcesThese resources will help you complete your group assignment.
How the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator works
What are the big 5 personality traits?
Organizational behavior
ReferencesCherry, K. (2022, July 28). How the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator works. Verywellmind. https://www.verywellmind.com/the-myers-briggs-type-indicator-2795583 ;
Cherry, K. (2022, October 19). What are the big 5 personality traits? (2022). Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/the-big-five-personality-dimensions-2795422
Organizational behavior. (2017). University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/organizational-behavior. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.
Discussion Assignment
In the discussion forum, you are expected to participate often and engage in deep levels of discourse. You are required to post an initial response to the question/issue presented in the Forum by Sunday evening and then respond to at least 3 of your classmates’ initial posts. You should also respond to anyone who has responded to you.
Many hygiene factors protect against employee and job dissatisfaction, and the motivators promote employee and job satisfaction. Describe a time when your hygiene factors influenced your motivators (either positive or negative). This could have been at a place of employment or a personal situation (goal or task). Include the following points in your submission:
Describe the environment and applicable hygiene factors.
Explain why your motivators were impacted.
Did the hygiene factors and motivators impact employee satisfaction? Explain why.
Your Discussion should be a minimum of 200 words in length and not more than 500 words. Please include a word count. Following the APA standard, use references and in-text citations for the textbook and any other sources used.
Written Assignment
Tracking work attitudes is critical in an organization because it is directly related to significant outcomes such as performance, helping others, absenteeism, and turnover.
A worldwide fast-food company has had a major issue with employee turnover. Many of the managers have noticed employees being unhappy and disengaged. The Chief of Human Resources (CHR) has asked you, the newest Data Analytics Professional, to find ways to monitor and track work attitudes in the company with four significant outcomes (performance, helping others, absenteeism, and turnover). What other outcomes would you track to help identify the unhappy and disengaged employees to enhance the project for the CHR?
Prepare a two- to three-page (double-spaced) descriptive essay that shows ways to track and monitor employee work attitudes.
Cite references to material that you use in preparing the essay using the American Psychological Association (APA) style.
For assistance with APA format, refer to the LRC: Academic Writing.
To access LIRN refer to the LRC: Online Library
You will be peer-assessed on the following criteria:
The essay includes an Introduction
Provides a clear description of how you will track and monitor employee work attitudes using details and examples.
Describe how performance, helping others, absenteeism, and turnover impact organizational culture.
Cites a minimum of two sources (APA format) and includes a reference page.
The essay meets the number of page requirements.
The essay is well-written and free of grammatical and spelling errors.