SE, Equity, Org. Culture, Culture

Question 0

Theory that “life is a marketplace”

Answer 0

John Thibout and Harold Kelly

Question 1

What is the social exchange formula and what does it mean?

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Profit=Rewards-Costs

Outcome is based on the good minus the bad

Question 2

Describe comparison level

Answer 2

What we expect from a relationship
Gauge satisfaction
Stable outlook

Question 3

Describe comparison level of alternatives

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How we evaluate a relationship
(Real or perceived)
Not accurate
Fluctuation outlook

Question 4

What does social exchange say about individuals

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Individuals are rational actors who constantly measure rewards and costs

Question 5

_____ doesn’t mean one ___ or ___

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Profit doesn’t mean one stays or goes

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How is social exchange theory applicable

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In relationships and organizational settings

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Who founded social exchange theory

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George Casper Homans in 1954

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Is an offshoot of social exchange theory

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Equity theory

Question 9

____ in our relationships is preferable to ____

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Equity in our relationships is preferable to inequity

Question 10

____ is ____ even in our favor

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Inequity is uncomfortable even in our favors

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What is perceived inequity related to

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Personal and relational problems

Question 12

What is the formula to equity theory and what does it mean

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IaOa=IbOb

Meaning person a is equal to person b

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Why does equity mean

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Impartial, fair

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What does inequity mean

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Unfair

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In equity theory, relationships are either___, _____, or ____

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Under benefited
Over benefited
Equally benefited

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What are some crits of equity as social exchange theory

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Little value produced in coms process

Difficult to define

Invalid because of no research

Inappropriate to measure coms in Econ terms

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What are some praises for equity and social exchange theory

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Parsimonious-easy to understand

Somewhat heuristic-equity spawned

Question 18

How to equity and social exchange theory differ

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In social exchange theory individuals maintain relationships because benefits out weight costs and vice versa. Equity states that not just one person should benefit while the other suffers. I.e both benefit and cost is balanced

Question 19

What believes that “people are beings suspended in webs of significance”

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Organizational culture theory

Question 20

Who looked into org. Culture first

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Anthropologist Clifford Geertz

Question 21

Explain the spiderweb metaphor or org. culture and its significance

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People must distangle the web to find significance. Web being culture

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Who picked up on org. culture and wrote “Cultural Approach to Organizations”

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Michael Pakowsky and Nick O Donnell

Question 23

Org culture believe that____ shapes ___

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Communications shapes culture

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Org culture believes that ____ is comprised of ____

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Culture is comprised of systems

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What is crucial to org culture

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Use of symbols

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What is the goal or org culture

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The goal is not to predict or change culture but to describe is accurately

Question 27

What is ethnographic study

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Study of culture. Based on research and user in day to day life

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What are cultural performances

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Ways in which we perform in day to day life, such as at work

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What are types of cultural performance

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Ritual Passion Social

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What are some crits of org culture

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Limited generalization from org to org | View of org life as too unique

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What is some praise of org culture

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Logical consistency | Emphasis on conpexity

Question 32

What is a key concept of org culture

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Verbal manifestations Nicknames, jokes, stories, etc. "My workplace is like a...zoo, war zone, etc

Question 33

How does Marx influence cultural studies

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Trough superstructure which focuses on the reproduction and normalization of society

Question 34

According to cultural studies, culture is composed of what two facets

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Ideology-ideas, beliefs, communication Actual practices-rituals, holidays, etc

Question 35

How do scholars study culture

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As a "total life cycle"

Question 36

What did Stuart Hall of Bringham University do?

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He questioned the roles of elite and their power to create images and shape perception

Question 37

Define cultural studies "theater of struggle"

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Battle for ideological control

Question 38

Culture is ___ and in ____ process of ___

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Culture is fluid and in continuous process of change

Question 39

Culture must be ____ understood within_____ _____.

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Culture must be understood within historical circumstances

Question 40

Culture consists of ____ ____

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Culture consists of competing ideologies

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How are dominant ideologies enforced

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Through social institutions

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Ideological influence is NOT____

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Deterministic

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Means powerless

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Alienation

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Influence power, dominance of one group over another; participation of oppressed group

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Hegemony

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What is the goal of cultural studies

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To change systems by empowering oppressed by: - pointing out contradictions in society - providing interpretations to help people understand - identifying kinds of change

Question 46

What are some critiques of cultural studies

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Insufficient attention to gender Use of methodology questioned

Question 47

What is some praise of cultural studies

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Heuristic Raised muted voices