Goal setting: a possible theoretical framework for examining the effect of priming goals on organizational behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 85-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary P Latham
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Theoretical Framework

scholarly journals Leaders’ Emotional Labor Strategies and Wellbeing: Does Perceived Organizational Justice Mediates the Relationship?

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-98
Author(s):  
Qasim Ali Nisar ◽  
Noraini Othman ◽  
Bidayatul Akmal Mustafa Kamil
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Effective Leadership ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Human Behaviors ◽  
Mediating Factor ◽  
The Relationship

As emotions play a crucial role in organizations, many researchers have turned their attention to examining emotions in organizational behavior studies to gain a more in-depth understanding of human behaviors within organizations. Leaders’ emotions are deemed important as key elements of effective leadership. Leaders attempt to manage their emotions when interacting with their followers, and these emotions ultimately influence their wellbeing and attitudes. Perceived organizational justice is also proposed as an important factor that might intervene this relationship. Hence, this paper proposed a theoretical framework for studying the relationship between leaders’ emotional labor strategies and wellbeing, in which perceived organizational justice is the mediating factor.

Strategic Use of Mindset and Efficacy Theory

2017 ◽  
pp. 1698-1708
Author(s):  
Linda Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Albert Bandura ◽  
Strategic Design ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Positive Goal ◽  
Human Endeavor

Achievement theory and goal orientation have wide-ranging implications for every human endeavor because they speak to the motivation and responses to challenges that every person encounters. From the classroom professor to the operations manager, there is a need to understand the interaction of people's mindsets regarding achievement, and how those may influence the goals they set. Additionally, the interaction of the mindset, goal, and challenges that occur, creates responses as varied as quitting to responding with redoubled effort. After understanding this mechanism of motivation, leaders will need concrete practices that orient students/employees/volunteers towards mindsets and goals that enhance effort and perseverance while minimizing the practices that result in individuals giving up. This chapter will draw from the theories of Carol Dweck and Albert Bandura to provide a theoretical framework for the strategic design and implementation of practices to enhance positive goal setting and responses when the going gets tough.

The interaction matrix: from individual goal-setting to the four modes of coexistence

Kybernetes ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Nechansky
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Interaction Matrix ◽  
Behavioral Sciences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
System A ◽  
Social Units ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how individual acts of goal-setting of two persons or systems A and B determine, which modes of coexistence become possible in an interaction of the two. Design/methodology/approach – Some person or system A can approach another person or system B with an inclination to realize one of four goal-setting processes: first, A sets goals for B; second, A sets no own goals; third, A pursues own goals alone; and fourth, A and B develop mutual goals. And an interaction of A and B can lead to just four modes of coexistence: first, conflict – A and B fight; second, hierarchy – A submits to B; third, independence in niches – A and B do not interact; and fourth, cooperation – A and B work together. Findings – Placing the inclinations of A and B to realize one of the four goal-setting processes in a 4×4 matrix leads to the interaction matrix. It shows that individual goal-setting processes predetermine and limit the available modes of coexistence, i.e. cause certain patterns of interactions. Practical implications – The interaction matrix can be applied to all interactions between persons, groups and social units generally. Originality/value – The paper introduces a theoretical framework covering all options of goal-orientated behavior. It explains the interrelation between individual goal-setting of persons and systems and the resulting behavioral options in interactions. It is applicable to all behavioral sciences.

The four modes of coexistence in psychology and group dynamics

Kybernetes ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Nechansky
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Behavioral Sciences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how behavioral descriptions in psychology and group dynamics can be related to four goal-setting processes and to four mode of existence. Design/methodology/approach – Some person A can approach a person B with an inclination to realize one of four goal-setting processes: (1) A sets goals for B; (2) A sets no own goals; (3) A pursues own goals alone; (4) A and B develop mutual goals. Depending on their choice of inclinations an interaction of A and B can lead to four modes of coexistence: (1) Conflict – A and B fight; (2) Hierarchy – A submits to B; (3) Independence in niches – A and B do not interact; (4) Cooperation – A and B work together. The paper investigates how these theoretical options – four inclinations for different goal-set processes and four modes of coexistence – show in behavioral descriptions in psychology and group dynamics. Findings – Psychic states studied in psychology (e.g. by Freud, Berne, Horney) can be related to one of the four inclinations. Interaction patterns studied in group dynamics (e.g. by Steiner, Schindler, Bion) describe aspects of the four modes of coexistence. Practical implications – Behavioral descriptions of various schools of psychology and group dynamics can be classified according to theoretically derivable basic options of goal-orientated behavior. Originality/value – The paper shows the application of a theoretical framework covering all options of goal-orientated behavior available in the behavioral sciences.

Social Influence Opportunity Recognition, Evaluation, and Capitalization: Increased Theoretical Specification Through Political Skill’s Dimensional Dynamics

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1926-1952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charn P. McAllister ◽  
B. Parker Ellen ◽  
Gerald R. Ferris
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Opportunity Recognition ◽  
Social Effectiveness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The Individual

Social influence is one of the oldest and most researched constructs in organizational behavior. Most research has examined the “what” and “who” of social influence behavior, but it was not until recently that scholars began examining the “how,” or the operation, of social influence techniques and behaviors. Social effectiveness constructs, such as political skill, have been the primary focus of this research effort. However, despite these constructs illuminating social influence processes, little is known about the actual operation of the social effectiveness constructs themselves. Thus, to develop a more complete understanding of social influence effectiveness, this article develops a theoretical framework by synthesizing several literatures and explaining how the individual dimensions of political skill affect the social influence process. Specifically, the authors (a) review and integrate research and theory in social influence and political skill; (b) develop an opportunity recognition, evaluation, and capitalization model to provide a theoretical framework for the dimensional dynamics of political skill; and (c) provide suggestions for how this framework informs future political skill research.

scholarly journals Organizational Aesthetic Capability and Firm Product and Process Innovativeness

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Derya Dogan ◽  
Halit Keskin ◽  
Ali E. Akgun
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Modes Of Operation ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Organizational Aesthetics ◽  
Willingness To Change ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Product And Process

<p>Taking into consideration the popularity of organizational aesthetics in organizational behavior literature, and adapting dynamic capabilities perspective, we suggest that organizational aesthetic capability is an important competence that enables organizations to cope with the environmental uncertainty. Nonetheless, organizational aesthetic capability is rarely addressed in the technology and innovation management literature. Specifically, we know little about what organizational aesthetic capability is, its ingredients and benefits, and how it works in innovation context. Addressing this particular gap in the literature, this study contributes in two ways. First, we conceptualize organizational aesthetic capability and its sub-dimensions that are alert imagination, to act and defer, awareness of dissonance, analyzing past actions, prefiguring future trajectories, preserve existing modes of operation, willingness to change direction, recognizing symbols in use, and awareness of language. Second, the theoretical framework we proposed highlights the effects of organizational aesthetic capability on product and process innovativeness.</p>

Forty years of political skill and will in organizations: a review, meta-theoretical framework and directions for future research

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liam P. Maher ◽  
Aqsa Ejaz ◽  
Chi Lan Nguyen ◽  
Gerald R. Ferris
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Future Work

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the scholarship on political skill and political will so that the authors might inspire future work that assesses these constructs individually and in tandem.Design/methodology/approachThe “political skill” and “political will” concepts were introduced about 40 years ago, but they only have been measured and produced empirical results much more recently. Since that time, substantial research results have demonstrated the important roles political skill and political will play in organizational behavior. This paper provides a comprehensive review of this research, draws conclusions from this work and provides a meta-theoretical framework of political skill and political will to guide future work in this area.FindingsScholarship in this area has developed quite rapidly for political skill, but less so for political will. The authors hope that recent developments in a political will can set the stage for scholars to create a theoretical and empirical balance between these two related constructs.Originality/valueThe authors corral the vast and widespread literature on political skill and will and distill the information for scholars and practitioners alike.

Can Your Students Save the World? Utilizing Pandemic®, a Cooperative Board Game, to Teach Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-283
Author(s):  
Chantal van Esch ◽  
Todd Wiggen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Experiential Teaching ◽  
Management Leadership ◽  
The World

This article focuses on using the cooperative board game Pandemic® to teach management. In Pandemic, players must work together to cure four diseases and save the world. In this article, we suggest how it can be used in the classroom to teach decision making and also give guidance on how the game can help students learn how to reflect and put into practice the leadership, teamwork, goal setting, and ethical theories presented during management, leadership, and organizational behavior courses. Pandemic is a useful experiential teaching tool that engages students in complex decisions.

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