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Emotions Defined:

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Psychological, behavioural and physiological episodes experienced toward an object, person or event that create a state of readiness

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Emotions are experiences. They represent changes in our _____ state, _____ state and _____.

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physiological, psychological, behaviour

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Emotions put us in a state of _____

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readiness

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_____ represent the cluster of _____, assessed feelings and behavioural _____ towards a person, object or event (called an attitude object):

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Attitudes, beliefs, intentions

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These are established perceptions about the attitude object

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Beliefs

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Feelings represent _____ or _____ evaluations of the attitude object

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positive, negative

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_____ _____ represent motivation to engage in a particular behaviour regarding the attitude object

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Behavioural intentions

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A state of anxiety that occurs when an individual’s beliefs, feelings and behaviours are inconsistent with one another

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Cognitive Dissonance

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Cognitive Dissonance is most common when behaviour is

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Known to others
Done voluntarily
Cannot be undone

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Conscious reasoning is known as

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Cognition

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Perceptions, attitudes, decisions and behaviour are influenced by _____ and _____.

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Cognition and emotion

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_____ processes occur before _____

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Emotional, cognitive

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Attitudes are _____ whereby emotions are _____

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judgements, experiences

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_____ are your established _____ about the ____ object

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Beliefs, perceptions, attitude

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_____ represent your ____ or ____ evaluations opt the attitude object

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Feelings, positive or negative

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_____ intentions represent your _____ to engage in a particular behaviour regarding the _____ object

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Behavioural, motivation, attitude

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The emotions–attitudes–behaviour model illustrates that attitudes are shaped by _____ emotional experiences Thus, successful companies actively create more ______ than _____ emotional episodes

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ongoing, positive, negative

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Emotions are also partly determined by a person’s _____, not just workplace experiences

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personality

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Some people, especially _____, experience _____ emotions as a _____ trait

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extroverts, positive, natural

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Positive and negative emotional _____ affect a person’s _____, turnover and long-term work _____.

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traits, attendance, attitudes

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Display rules are norms that require us to display

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specific emotions and to hide others

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The larger the gap between _____ and ____ emotion, the more the employees tends to experience _____, job burnout and _____ separation form self

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required, true, stress, psychological

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What is the name of conflict between required and true emotions

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Emotional Dissonance

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Emotional dissonance can be minimised through _____ acting rather than _____.

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Deep, surface

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Deep acting

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Changing true emotions to match to match that of required emotion

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Surface acting

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When a person tries to modify their behaviour to be constant with required emotions but they continue to hold different internal feelings.

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A set of abilities to perceive and express emotion, assimilate emotion in thought, understand and reason with emotion, and regulate emotion in oneself and others

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Emotional intelligence.

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Name the 4 dimensions of Emotional Intelligence

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Awareness of own emotions
Management of one’s own emotions
Awareness of other’s emotions
Management of other’s emotions

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The following points are key to ______ _______ _____
EI is associated with some personality traits, as well as with parental EI
EI now becomes a selection criteria
Can be learned, especially through coaching
EI increases with age and maturity

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Improving Emotional Intelligence

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A person’s evaluation of his or her job and work context

A collection of attitudes about specific facets of the job is known as

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Job satisfaction

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EVLN =

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Exit
Voice
Loyalty
Neglect

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Exit characteristics

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  • Leaving the situation

* Quitting, transferring

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• Changing the situation
• Problem solving, complaining
are characteristics of

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Voice

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Loyalty means to

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patiently wait for the situation to improve

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Neglect chracterisitcs

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  • Reducing work effort/quality

* Increasing absenteeism

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Job satisfaction increases customer satisfaction and profitability because job satisfaction affects

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mood, leading to positive behaviours toward customers

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Job satisfaction reduces _____ turnover, resulting in more _____ and familiar service

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employee, consistent

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a theory explaining how employees’ job satisfaction influences company profitability indirectly through service quality, customer loyalty and related factors

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Service profit chain model

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Affective organisational loyalty is the employee’s ______ attachment to, ______ with and ______ in a particular organisation.

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emotional, identification, involvement

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Continuance commitment

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A calculative bond with the organisation.

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Job satisfaction is also an _____ issue that influences the organisation’s _____ in the community

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ethical, reputation

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Organisational (affective) commitment can affect _____, _____, _____citizenship and job performance as well as customer satisfaction. However, can lead to conformity and less creativity

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retention, motivation, organisational

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Continuance commitment can be _____ and lead to _____ performance and _____ organisational citizenship behaviours

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dysfunctional, lower, less

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Building (Affective) Commitment comprises of 5 strategies

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Justice/ support
Shared values
Trust
Organisational Comprehension
Employee Involvement
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Justice/ support is supportive of employee wellbeing as it applies humanitarian values such as

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fairness, courtesy, forgiveness and moral integrity

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Where employees believe their values are congruent with the organisation’s dominant values

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Shared values

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This refers to the positive expectations that one has towards another person or group in situations involving risk

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Trust

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Organisational Comprehension refers to how well employees understand the organisation including

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knowledge of the firm’s past/present/future and also utilising fast and rapid communication

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  • Employees feel part of company

* Involvement demonstrates trust

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Employee Involvement

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Stress is an adaptive response to a situation that is perceived as

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challenging or threatening to the person’s wellbeing

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A physiological and psychological condition that prepares us to adapt to hostile or noxious environmental conditions

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Stress

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Eustress versus distress

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Physiologically
Behaviourally
Psychologically

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Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, headaches are

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Physiological consequences of distress

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Work performance, accidents, absenteeism, aggression, poor decisions are all _____ consequences of

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Behavioural, distress

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Psychological consequences of distress include

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Dissatisfaction, moodiness, depression, emotional fatigue, burnout

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_____ are the causes of stress any _____ condition that places a ____ or _____ demand on the person

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Stressors, environmental, physical, emotional

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Some common workplace stressors include:

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Harassment and incivility
Work overload
Low task control

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Repeated and hostile or unwanted conduct, verbal comments, actions or gestures that affect an employee’s dignity or psychological or physical integrity and that result in a harmful work environment for the employee

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Psychological Harassment

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A hostile work environment is

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An intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment

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Sexual Harassment is

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repeated and hostile or unwelcome conduct, verbal comments, actions or gestures that can have a detrimental effect on work environment or job performance

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Working more hours, more intensely than one can cope with and can be affected by globalisation, consumerism, ideal worker norm

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Work overload stressors

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Task control stressor

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Due to lack of control over how and when tasks are performed

Stress increases with responsibility

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Traits of Workaholism

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Highly involved in work
Inner pressure to work
Low enjoyment of work

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Managing Work-Related Stress

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* Remove the stressor
Minimise or remove stressors
*Withdraw from the stressor
Vacation, rest breaks
*Change stress perceptions
Positive self-concept, humour
*Control stress consequences
Healthy lifestyle, fitness, wellness
*Receive social support
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_____ and _____ influence attitudes and behaviour

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Emotion, cognition,

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Emotional _____ and emotional _____ have an important role in the workplace

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labour, intelligence

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Managers need to strategically so as to

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increase job satisfaction and organisational commitment

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_____ can be harmful to the employee and the organisation and needs to be managed by both

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Stress

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The process of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced personal accomplishment that results from prolonged exposure to stressors

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Job burnout

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Stressors

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Any environmental conditions that place physical or psychological demand on a person

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A model of the stress experience, consisting of three stages

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Alarm reaction
Resistance
Exhaustion

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The process of emotional exhaustion, cynicism and reduced personal accomplishment that results from prolonged exposure to stressors

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Job burnout

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Emotional exhaustion is characterised by

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Lack of energy
Tiredness
The feeling that one’s emotional resources are depleted.

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Cynicism (or depersonalisation) is characterised by

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An indifferent attitude towards work
Emotional detachment form clients
A cynical view of the organisation and a tendency to follow rules and regulations strictly rather than adapt to the needs of others

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Reduced personal accomplishment entails

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Feelings of diminished confidence in one’s ability to perform their job well

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Work overload

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Working more hours, and more intensely during those hours, than one can reasonably manage

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Low task control increases the risk of burnout as

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facing high workloads without the ability to pace the load to their own energy, attention span and other resources

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Individual differences in stress

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Exercise and healthy lifestyle
Coping strategies
Personality