affective

(adjective)

Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by emotions.

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Examples of affective in the following topics:

  • How Emotion and Mood Influence Behavior

    • Emotions and mood can affect temperament, personality, disposition, and motivation.
    • They can affect a person's physical well-being, judgement, and perception.
    • All moods can affect judgment, perception, and physical and emotional well-being.
    • Dopamine can affect a person's energy level and mood, while seratonin can affect critical-thinking skills.
    • Job satisfaction can affect a person's mood and emotional state.

  • How Job Satisfaction Influences Behavior

    • Job satisfaction can affect a person's level of commitment to the organization, absenteeism, and job turnover.
    • Job satisfaction can affect a person's level of commitment to the organization, absenteeism, and job turnover rate.
    • Job satisfaction also reduces stress, which can affect job performance, mental well-being, and physical health.
    • Stress can also affect decision-making—possibly leading to unethical or nonstrategic choices.
    • Managers are tasked with managing this positive culture and understanding how each employee is affected by cultural influences in the workplace.

  • Job Characteristics Theory

    • The Job Characteristics Theory is a framework for identifying how job characteristics affect job outcomes.
    • This alignment is important because the worker brings psychological states to bear upon the job that affect job outcomes when combined with the core characteristics.
    • The core characteristics affect three critical psychological states of the workers doing the job:
    • The five core job characteristics can be combined to form a motivating potential score for a job that can be used as an index of how likely a job is to affect an employee's attitudes and behaviors.

  • How Attitude Influences Behavior

    • Attitudes can positively or negatively affect a person's behavior, regardless of whether the individual is aware of the effects.
    • Attitudes can positively or negatively affect a person's behavior.
    • People with these types of attitudes towards work may likewise affect those around them and behave in a manner that reduces efficiency and effectiveness.
    • As a raise means more disposable income, employees will have a positive attitude about getting a raise, which may positively affect their behavior in some circumstances.

  • Styles of Interpersonal Conflict

    • We can distinguish between two type of conflict: substantive and affective.
    • Both substantive and affective conflicts can be separated into those that happen within an organization and those that happen between two or more different organizations.
    • Explain the distinction between substantive and affective conflicts and between intra- and inter-organizational conflict

  • Choosing Team Size and Team Members

    • Team size and composition affect team processes and outcomes.

  • How Values Influence Behavior

    • Values are one important element that affects individual character and behavior towards others.
    • A work environment should strive to encourage positive values and discourage negative influences that affect behavior.
    • This decision can be influenced by how deeply this value affects the person's character and by the surrounding environment.

  • The PESTEL and SCP Frameworks

    • Industries like tourism, farming, and insurance are especially affected by these factors.
    • Growing awareness of the potential impacts of climate change is affecting how companies operate and the products they offer, both creating new markets and diminishing or destroying existing ones.
    • These factors can affect how a company operates, its costs, and the demand for its products.

  • Defining Attitude

    • Attitudes may affect both the employee's work performance and the performances of co-workers .
    • Some attitudes represent a dangerous element in the workplace that can spread to those closest to the employee and affect everyone's performance.
    • A person's attitude can be influenced by his or her environment, just as a person's attitude affects his or her environment.

  • Defining Job Satisfaction

    • Job satisfaction is the level of contentment employees feel about their work, which can affect performance.
    • Job satisfaction falls into two levels: affective job satisfaction and cognitive job satisfaction.