Organizational Behavior : Values

Source of Values, Effect of values on Attitude and Behavior, Attitude and Value on Work Performance

1. VALUES Dr. Kiran Kakade Assistant Professor (HR) ,TIMSR Mumbai

2. “If you want to understand a person’s behavior, you must understand his or her values”

3. Values Values are convictions or evaluative standards that help us define what is right or wrong / good or bad Eg - Some people value money, some people say morals are important.

4. Values are general beliefs tinged with moral flavor containing an individual’s judgmental ideas about what is good or bad. Where did value comes ? Parents, Friends, Teachers Right values-> Right decision

5. What are values ? What you believe is right good or desirable Ex: Honesty, Integrity, Family, Friends, Money, Business Values dictate how we look at the world i.e Dilemma->Values decide how we react Ex: Work Vs Family Value are stable and enduring That means we don’t typically change our values day by day, it requires earthquake to change it ….

6. Frame work of Values Rokeach’s Values Milton Rokeach – A pioneer in studying human values, conducted a research survey on human values. He identified two basic types of values: Terminal Value End-State of existence (Confirmable life, Happiness, self respect) Instrumental Value Desired ways of behaving (being cheerful or helpful)

7. Terminal Value The goals an individual would like to achieve during his/her life time : World Peace, Equality, Inner Peace, Self-Respect.

8. Instrumental Values Instrumental Values reflect the way to achieving goals. In other words, these represent preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one’s terminal values. Honesty, Forgiving nature, Politeness, Courage, Intelligence.

9. Geert Hofstede’s Framework of Accessing Culture

10. Organizational Values Different generations have significantly different values largely given the environments that they grew up in. Culture can influence the values of individuals. An increasingly globalized world requires leaders of the future to understand and embrace different cultural values Values in work place Two type of clashes Generation Culture

11. Generation Differences

12. Culture French Canadians = Collectivists ,Interpersonal English Canadians =Higher risk tolerance, More concerned with task competence Asians Canadians =Power Distance, Collectivists

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