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Organization of Buss
Part 3
Term | Definition |
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Motivation | Psychological forces that determine the direction of a person’s behavior in an organization, a person’s level of effort, and a person’s level of persistence |
Operant Conditioning Theory | The theory that people learn to perform behaviors that lead to desired consequences and learn not to perform behaviors that lead to undesired consequences |
Punishment | Administering an undesired or negative consequence when dysfunctional behavior occurs |
Social Learning Theory | A theory that takes into account how earning and motivation are influenced by people’s thoughts and beliefs and their observations of other people’s behavior |
Charismatic Leader | An enthusiastic, self-confident leader who is able to clearly communicate his or her vision of how good things could be |
Coercive Power | The ability of a manager to punish others |
Expert Power | Power that is based on the special knowledge, skills, and expertise that a leader possesses |
Leader | An individual who is able to exert influence over other people to help achieve group or organizational goals. |
Leadership | The process by which an individual exerts influence over other people and inspires, motivates, and directs their activities to help achieve group or organizational goals |
Legitimate Power | The authority that a manager has by virtue of his or her position in an organization’s hierarchy |
Path-goal Theory | Leaders can motivate subordinates by identifying their desired outcomes, rewarding them for high performance and the attainment of work goals with these desired out-comes, and clarifying for them the paths leading to the attainment of work goals. |
Task-oriented Leader | Leaders whose primary concern is to ensure that subordinates perform at a high level |
Transactional Leadership | Leadership that motivates subordinates by rewarding them for high performance and reprimanding them for low performance |