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Intellectual Abilities
▪ The abilities needed to perform mental activities. ▪ General Mental Ability (GMA) is a measure of overall
intelligence. ▪ Wonderlic Personnel Test: a quick measure of
Strength Factors
Dynamic strength Trunk strength Static strength Explosive strength
Flexibility Factors
Extent flexibility Dynamic flexibility
Other Factors
Body coordination
Balance Stamina
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Biographical Characteristics
Objective and easily obtained personal characteristics. Age
to:
Contrast the two types of ability.
Define intellectual ability and demonstrate its relevance to OB.
Identify the key biographical characteristics and describe how they are relevant to OB.
intellectual abilities, biographical characteristics,
and learning.
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Job Performance + Job Satisfaction
Individual Differences
Job Performance Job Satisfaction
Define learning and outline the principles of the three major theories of learning.
Define shaping, and show how it can be used in OB.
Show how culture affects our understanding of
Any relationship between … ?
▪ Age - Turnover ▪ Age – Absence ▪ Age – Productivity / Job Performance ▪ Age – Job Satisfaction
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Changing behaviour
Ability
An individual’s capacity to perform the various tasks in a job.
Two sets of factors:
Intelligence dimensions are positively related.
What are the reasons for these differences?
Intellectual Abilities Physical Abilities
What can be done to eliminate the differences/ enhance performance / satisfaction?
Chapter
Foundations of Individual Behavior
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Chapter Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able
intelligence for recruitment screening.
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Dimensions of Intellectual Ability
Memory
Number Aptitude
Verbal Comprehension
Older workers bring experience, judgment, a strong work ethic, and commitment to quality.
Perceived to be lacking flexibility and resistant to changes
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Ability
2. Physical Abilities
▪ The capacity to do tasks demanding stamina, dexterity, strength, and similar characteristics.
Nine Basic Physical Abilities
Gender
Few differences between men and women that affect job performance.
Men or Women
▪ More Aggressive ▪ Higher Expectation of Success ▪ Willing to conform to authority ▪ Higher Job Productivity ▪ More flexible work schedule ▪ Higher absence rates ▪ Higher turnover rates
No correlation between intelligence and job satisfaction.
Intellectual
Spatial
Ability
Visualization
Perceptual Speed
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning