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Abstract

Employee turnover is a topic of considerable interest within most organizations. Despite years of research, the antecedents of turnover remain elusive. Traditionally, studies have focused on job satisfaction and organizational commitment as the primary precursors of voluntary (as distinguished from involuntary) turnover. Increasingly, however, researchers have suggested investigating possible personality variables that may help explain even more variance in turnover. The social psychological construct of self-monitoring was found to be such a variable. After the traditional predictors of satisfaction and commitment had been entered, self-monitoring accounted for previously unexplained variance in turnover intentions. Furthermore, the pattern of relationships among the variables of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions differed for high and low self-monitors but job satisfaction showed a stronger relationship among high self-monitors. Implications for the organization and suggestions for further research are discussed

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Journal of Organizational Behavior aims to report and review the growing research in the industrial/organizational psychology and organizational behavior fields throughout the world. The journal is focused on research and theory in all the topics associated with occupational/organizational behavior. These include motivation, work performance, equal opportunities at work, job design, career processes, occupational stress, quality of work life, job satisfaction, personnel selection, training, organizational change, research methodology in occupational/organizational behavior, employment, job analysis, behavioral aspects of industrial relations, managerial behavior, organizational structure and climate, leadership and power. Journal of Organizational Behavior is currently published 8 times a year.

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This is a comprehensive, scholarly, up-to-date survey of the field of social psychology for the new millennium - a single volume Handbook containing 23 chapters by leading researchers from around the world. It is a state of the art text with an eye to the future, in which rich integrative chapters are thorough analytic reviews. The chapters fall into 5 sections that reflect the scope of social psychology as a global scientific endeavour - history and nature of social psychology, individual processes, interpersonal processes, processes within groups, and intergroup processes and society. The book is edited by Michael Hogg and Joel Cooper, with Dominic Abrams, Elliot Aronson, and Shelley Taylor acting as advisory editors.

Attitudes: Foundations, Functions, and Consequences

Attitudes: Foundations, Functions, and Consequences

Attitudes: Foundations, functions, and consequences

Michael A.Olson

Introduction

Likes and dislikes form an integral part of daily life. For this very reason, attitudes have long been one of the major domains of inquiry in the field of social psychology. This chapter discusses classic and current conceptualizations of the attitude construct. Theory and research concerning the cognitive, affective, and/or behavioral bases of attitudes are reviewed, as well as ways in which attitudes can vary in their strength. We then turn to various functions that attitudes have been posited to serve, emphasizing their value as tools for quick and efficient object appraisal. Finally, we consider the multiple processes by which attitudes can influence judgments and behavior.

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What is the relationship between self monitoring attitudes and Behaviour?

self-monitoring affects the attitude-behav- ior relation. Snyder argued that, in compar- ison to high self-monitoring individuals, low self-monitors are more likely to act in ac- cordance with their attitudes because they are more aware of their attitudes and regard them as more relevant guides to action.

What is the relationship between attitudes and behavior quizlet?

What is the relationship between attitudes and behaviors? attitudes influence behavior. Most people believe that if they can influence people's attitudes, their behavior will follow.

When a person experiences a discrepancy between an attitude and a behavior the person experiences?

Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This produces a feeling of mental discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort and restore balance.

How does attitude affect behavior?

People's attitudes are often a good predictor of their behaviour. If someone has a positive attitude towards something, they're more likely to act in a positive way towards it. Likewise, if someone has a negative attitude, they're more likely to act in a negative way.