What behaviours are usually associated with high and low levels of each of the big five personality traits? How would Mohan score (low or high) on each? Provide evidence from the case to support your answer (5 marks) Answer: A clear and concise description of behaviours associated with each of the big five is provided and an assessment of how Mohan would score on each is correct

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1. What behaviours are usually associated with high and low levels of each of the big five personality traits?

How would Mohan score (low or high) on each? Provide evidence from the case to support your answer (5 marks)

Answer: A clear and concise description of behaviours associated with each of the big five is provided and an assessment of how Mohan would score on each is correct. Examples from the case are provided for each aspect of Mohan’s personality.

 

Have you:

1. Listed behaviours associated with high and low levels for each of the “big five” personality trains?
2. Stated whether Mohan would score LOW of HIGH on each?
3. Provided evidence about Mohan’s personality from the case study?

 

Bonus marks - Used a peer reviewed source, cited correctly, using APA 7^th

 

2. Using the AUT library databases, find one interesting, peer reviewed journal article, written since 2000 linking extroversion (extraversion) to any aspect of organisational behaviour (e.g. job performance, hiring and selection, leadership, management, wellbeing).

Outline the key findings of the article.

Reference the article using APA 7th and submit a “snip” or screen shot of the front page of the pdf (the page with the title and abstract) (5 marks)

 

Answer: The front page (with title and abstract) of the article is provided as a “snip” or screen shot.

The article is published since 2000, peer-reviewed, and related to both extroversion and OB. The key findings are correctly described. The article is correctly cited with a full APA reference.

 

Have you:

1. Included the “snip” or screen shot of the front page of the pdf (including title, abstract and journal details)?
2. Ensured the article links extroversion with some aspect of OB?
3. Described the key finding(s)?
4. Included a full, correct APA reference?

 

 

2. Relationships

1. Analyse what is happening within Sophie’s and Mike’s workplace friendship. Your analysis should draw on the content of the journal articles set as readings.

Link research into the tensions that can arise in workplace friendships to Sophie and Mike relationship (Bridge & Baxter, 1992; Pillemer & Rothbard, 2018)

Cite references correctly using APA formatting (6 marks)

Answer: At least three links are made correctly between the case and the tensions outlined by Bridge and Baxter (1992) and the content of Pillemer and Rothbard (2018)

For an A: Three correct links/applications using both articles

Correctly cited using APA

 

Have you:

1. Made three clear links between Mike and Sophie’s relationship and the tensions/propositions in the readings?
2. Used examples/quotes from the case to back up your answer?
3. Cited the articles correctly (both in text and as a reference), using APA 7^th?

 

2. Outline some possible consequences of workplace relationships for individuals and/or organisations using the findings of Methot et al. (2016).

Link your answer to what happens in the case.

Cite references correctly using APA formatting (4 marks)

 

Answer: Methot et al. (2016) is correctly referred to. At least two consequences of friendships, for individuals and/or organisations, are correctly outlined. Correctly applied to events in the case.

Correctly cited using APA

 

Have you:

1. Identified two consequences of friendships, for individuals and/or organisations outline in Methot et al. (2016)?
2. Correctly linked your answer to the events in the case?
3. Cited the article correctly (both in text and as a reference), using APA 7^th?

 

3. Stress

1. Use the Job-Demand-Control-Support (JDCS) model of stress (Karasek &Theorell, 1990) to analyse Sophie’s job, explaining why she is so stressed (6 marks)

 

Answer: The JDCS model is correctly outlined and Sophie’s experience of work is correctly analysed using the JDCS model of stress (6 marks).

 

Have you:

1. Described the JDCS model of stress, describing a job that would be high in “iso-strain”?
2. Identified aspects of Sophie’s job that relate to Demands, Control, and Support.

Stated whether Sophie’s job is high or low in iso-strain (with evidence from the case)?

 

Bonus marks - Used a peer reviewed source, cited correctly, using APA 7^th

 

 

2. Not everyone in this job would be as stressed as Sophie. What aspects of Sophie’s experience are not captured by the JDCS model?  (4 marks)

Hint: what factors (other than the work itself) will impact on whether someone experiences negative stress?

 

Answer: Aspects of Sophie’s experience not captured by the JDCS model are correctly identified and incorporated into the analysis.

 

Have you:

1. Identified factors OTHER THAN the job itself which would contribute to a worker being stressed?
2. Evaluated Sally’s experience in terms of these other factors/contributors to stress/resilience?

 

Bonus marks - Used a peer reviewed source, cited correctly, using APA 7^th

 

4. Motivation theory

1. Compare Sophie’s and Mohan’s experience of work using Herzberg’s (1966, 1987) two factor model. What does your analysis suggest in terms of their likely satisfaction and dissatisfaction? (6 marks)

 

Answer: Herzberg’s two factor theory is briefly and correctly described, and the experiences of both Mohan and Sophie are analysed correctly using the theory (i.e., Herzberg’s two factor theory is used to explain their likely satisfaction and dissatisfaction).  Correct terms from the theory are used (6 marks)

 

Have you:

1. Briefly described Herzberg’s Theory?
2. Described Sophie’s response to the situation?
3. Described/compared Mohan’s response to the situation?
4. Incorporated several elements of Herzberg’s theory?

 

Bonus marks - Used a peer reviewed source, cited correctly, using APA 7^th

 

2. Provide two recommendations to the organisation which would improve Sophie’s satisfaction / motivation (use both Herzberg’s principles of job enrichment and the Job Characteristics Model to answer this) (4 marks)

 

Answer: Correctly provides two recommendations to the organisation which would improve Sophie’s satisfaction / motivation and considers Herzberg’s principles of job enrichment and the Job Characteristics Model (4 marks)

 

Have you:

1. Identified aspects of Sophies Job that are problematic?
2. Provided clear, detailed, and legal recommendations for changing the way her work is organised / the way she is managed that would resolve each of the issues?

 

Bonus marks - Used a peer reviewed source, cited correctly, using APA 7^th

 

 

References

Ensure all your references are in APA 7^th format and listed alphabetically (e.g., below)

Morrison, R. L. (2009). Are women tending and befriending in the workplace? Gender differences in the relationship between workplace friendships and organisational outcomes. Sex Roles, 60(1), 1-13. https:// doi.org/10.1007/s11199-008-9513-4

Morrison, R. L., & Macky, K. (2017). The demands and resources arising from shared workspaces. Applied Ergonomics, 60(April), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2016.11.007

Owler, K., & Morrison, R. L. (2020). “I always have fun at work”: How ‘remarkable workers’ employ agency and control in order to enjoy themselves. Journal of Management & Organization, 26(2), 135-151. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2019.90