Psychological and Socio-Cultural Theories of Risk Definition of Risk The term "risk" is often defined differently depending on the particular paradigm. For example, risk is economics is typically defined in terms of differences in possible monetary Continue Reading...
(Work and Organizational Psychology) What the above quotation points out is that the complexity and dynamic nature of the modern interconnected and networked world has resulted in an increasingly complex organizational structure. This has necessita Continue Reading...
However, when using labels, counselors have to be careful to not pigeonhole or otherwise be biased. Labels are helpful in offering some clear-cut solutions for specific problems, but labels can and should change over time as the client progresses wi Continue Reading...
Individuals scoring high on this scale are preoccupied about their health, tend to exaggerate symptoms, and are considered to be demanding and immature. Scoring high on this scale is associated with complaints of chronic pain, fatigue and weakness. Continue Reading...
Organizational Climate Compare and Contrast organizational (command) climate with organizational culture. Organizational climate is the recurring patterns of behavior, attitudes and feelings that characterize life in an organization or company. It Continue Reading...
It is also interesting to note that the correlation between depression and childhood sexual abuse was found to be higher among females in many studies. However, the issue of the relationship between depression and sexual abuse may not be as clear-c Continue Reading...
This is mostly experienced in case where the trauma caused psychological disorders, phobias, and depression, and this may go as far as inhibiting the maturation process of the child and even interacting with the emerging personality. According to Ne Continue Reading...
In conclusion, both juvenile sex offenders and victims of sexual abuse need to undergo treatment and counselling. The importance of treating victims of sex abuse is to ensure that the "cycle of abuse" ceases and that they can recover from their ord Continue Reading...
For example, things like a culture of silence, pressure to "maintain those numbers, a weak board, radical "innovation" and excessive goodness in certain areas to atone for evil and greed in others are all classic signs that a corporation is giving i Continue Reading...
Behavior Modification and Skill Enhancement for High-Risk Students in Community Colleges Community colleges traditionally maintain an open-door policy, often enrolling students who are poorly prepared to enter higher education. Once these students Continue Reading...
Psychological Testing. Teachers must test. It is one method of evaluating progress and determining individual student needs. More than two hundred and fifty million standardized tests are administered each year to forty four million students who att Continue Reading...
Psychological contracts are a good way of thinking when it comes to the exchange or relationship between an organization and employees. Psychological contracts refer to the perception an employee has when it comes to his or her exchange relationship Continue Reading...
Psychological Research Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Descriptive statistics is an style of analysis that is used when wanting to describe the entire population under study. But the population studied must be small enough to include every c Continue Reading...
The relatively small degree of economic displacement during this recession has prompted the rise of the Tea Party and (to those who are not a member of this movement) incomprehensible fury against the federal government. (By noting that the economic Continue Reading...
Social Influences on Behaviour Social Influences on Behavior Free-Riding Groupthink People differ in their views and actions when they are responsible for them and when not. Particularly speaking in the context of society and group, people tend t Continue Reading...
Alcoholism researchers developed this model. The model presumes that a consumer is in one phase of change at any given time. This model entails Maintenance, action, maintenance, preparation or pre-contemplation (Patrick 189). The concept is that con Continue Reading...
Social Work Theories Human behavior is very difficult to predict on a consistent basis. The amount of stimuli that the human mind intakes causes an infinite amount of possibilities that the person can choose from. Luckily for professional social wor Continue Reading...
Headless chickens describes an organization which is alive, and able to operate and continue to exist, but that has no sense of what it is, or where it's going. By calling itself a headless chicken, the group on the case study of a higher professiona Continue Reading...
One of the crucial elements towards the realization of organizational success and profitability is creating a suitable working environment for all employees to thrive as they carry out their respective responsibilities. In essence, employees' con Continue Reading...
Communication in Organizations Define organizational culture and provide analysis of organizational culture relating to role, power, people and task culture as discussed by Charles B. Handy (1994) "Understanding Organizations" Organizational cultur Continue Reading...
The Changing Employer-Employee Relationship and Implications on HRM Organizations now operate in a rapidly changing world. Changes in consumer behavior, increased competitive pressure, technological advancements, as well as regulatory shifts in the Continue Reading...
Leadership Styles As the behavior of the leader, so is the behavior of the follower." This colloquial proverb can be seen in families. Angry parents tend to raise angry children. Similarly patient, and understanding parents who also know how to set Continue Reading...
Application Today In today's organizational world, there are other pressures besides those mentioned by Argyris in the previous two pages of this paper. But the pressures are to some extent created and continued due to the necessary subordination Continue Reading...
Ethical leadership also entails role modeling through noticeable actions. Trustworthiness is seen as a result of ethical behavior rather than an attribute of ethical leaders themselves. Authentic leaders maintain that people have to act in concert w Continue Reading...
Psychology and Ethics Test Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation Common errors made in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of psychological tests depends upon adherence to reliable practices and guides. The concepts of reliability Continue Reading...
Organizational Leadership and Inter-Professional Team Development This paper aims at analyzing business practices, reimbursement impact, regulatory needs and patient centered care in health care units. In the modern society, patient-centered care Continue Reading...
According to Bales, 1999, the concept behind SYMLOG is that "every act of behavior takes place in a larger context, that it is a part of an interactive field of influences." Further, "the approach assumes that one needs to understand the larger cont Continue Reading...
Abused children develop antisocial behavior that persists through three continuous generations. Such behavior grows out of angry, aggressive parenting and an overall negative home environment, perpetuated by sibling collusion, economic and biological Continue Reading...
Organization Theory and DesignAbstractThis paper explains the various theories of organization and design by looking at historical theories, modern theories, symbolic theories and postmodern theories. It then compares and evaluates six major concepts Continue Reading...
The Symbolic Frame A novel approach to organizational behavior, Bolman & Deal’s (2013) model includes the structural, the human resources, the political, and the symbolic frames. The symbolic frame refers to the organization’s use of sign Continue Reading...
Equity theory recognizes that individuals are concerned not only with the absolute amount of rewards they receive for their efforts, but also with the relationship of this amount to what their peers receive (Ramlall, 2004). Adams (1963, 1965) posit Continue Reading...
Organizational Success, Performance Management and Motivation and the Relationship between Performance Management and Reward A landmark in the successes of an organization is to fulfill the incessant changing needs of organization and workers; grav Continue Reading...
psychological process that leads to terrorism. The author achieves this through using a metaphor that narrows down a staircase that leads to the act of terrorism at the top of a building. This staircase usually leads to higher and higher floors, one Continue Reading...
Socialization Activity Socialization is an important component to the success and effectiveness of an organizational setting. Workplace socialization or social interaction is associated with numerous benefits for both the individuals and the organiza Continue Reading...
Clinical Psychology and Gender Dysphoria Advancement of Clinical Psychology with Gender Dysphoria Clinical psychology is recognized as a psychology branch that deals with the assessment and treatment of abnormal behavior, mental illness, and psychi Continue Reading...
Despite their supposed differences, all of the foregoing organizational management techniques and approaches share some common themes involving getting a better handle of what is actually being done in companies and how better to manage these things Continue Reading...
Therefore, when studies are conducted on these offenders, then the relationship between psychiatric co-morbidity and DUI relapses would become clearer. Individuals would also be sent to certain areas to study the various psychological treatment meth Continue Reading...
