Behavior Essays

In industrial organizations there was a growing need to reduce absenteeism and increase performance with the marginal worker in order to have a more productive day.In this paper a marginal worker is defined as an individual who has failed to demonstrate consistent work attendance and or/has failed to meet organizationally defined standards of adequate performance […]

It is the goal of many researchers interested in health behavior to understand both the determinants of health behaviors and the process of health behavior changes. One key route has been the development and empirical testing of Health Behavior Theory (HBT). Research in this area has implicates including (1) a better understanding of health behavior, […]

Social Learning Theory is an inclusive approach that connects learning with behavior within a social context. By understanding the psychology behind learning, it can provide insight into seemingly incurable learning deficiencies and psychological disorders. The theory suggests that behavior is influenced by continuous interaction between cognitive, behavioral, and environmental factors, which can explain various behavioral […]

How does society influence behavior?   Every person is born into a socio-cultural setting. He has his own family, community, culture, and groups that help build his identity. These social settings affect the manner a child learns to think and behave, by means of instruction, rewards and punishment, and example. Another factor that helps shape […]

The original development of impression management theory can be attributed to sociologist Erving Goffman. In 1959, Goffman proposed that even seemingly innocuous actions can be intentional in depicting a favorable image of oneself. He believed that people are essentially performers whose primary objective is constructing identity (Giacalone & Rosenfeld, 1989). Impression management theory relies on […]

Behavioral finance focuses on the irrational behavior of investors and its impact on investment decisions and market prices. The objective is to understand how emotions and cognitive errors influence the decision-making process of investors. In today’s global financial market, relying on approaches that assume perfect predictions, flexible prices, and complete knowledge of other players’ decisions […]

Consumer Behaviour One of the most challenging concept in marketing deals with understanding why consumers behave in a certain way or do what they do (or don’t do). Two major psychological concepts are often used to explain and understand the consumer’s behaviour. The first is the so called in psychology the cognitive psychology in which […]

  Because most of us work in organisations, learning organisational behaviour is able to help us understand, predict and influence the behavious of others in organisational setting, and trends in organisational behaviour.One Australia hair-care company develop a range of hair products with refillable packaging in order to maximise brand loyalty and minimise the cost to […]

The Marketing Strategy Employed by Levi’s Works Cited Missing In order for a new brand to establish itself in its market and for its products to sell successfully, thus achieving company goals and shareholder profitability, a number of key principles concerning consumer behaviour have to be fully grasped and addressed. As well as producing a […]

In this paper, I will explore the formation of personal values, including my own set of values, ground rules, and ethics. The primary objective is to analyze the growth of these values, rules, and ethics in detail. I will delve into identifying my specific values and their origins while also addressing the criteria and factors […]

ABSTRACT Pill bugs live in an outside environment where they are able to get the necessary amount of energy from organic matter. This environment is where water and organic matter is plentiful. In there natural habitat, pill bugs are found in dark, damp places. Living in moist places is important for pill bugs so they […]

Problem: Recent ethical scandals have brought ethical behavior in organizations to the forefront of public consciousness. The general public, the government, and businesses alike began to question the importance of ethics. Today, after learning from the past and understanding the role that ethics plays in running a business, the question is no longer whether ethics […]

Dreikurs in his theory discusses four goals of student’s misbehavior, which include: (1) attention seeking, (2) power seeking, (3) revenge seeking and (42ws) displaying inadequacy. Dreikurs in describing the reasons why these goals occur are due to the fact that students have a mistaken belief which will give them the recognition/attention that they want. I […]

Management is a vague term which throughout the years many scientists have attempted to define. Is it the objectives of management or the roles one undertakes as a manager that best describes the work of managers? This is a question posed since 1971, when Henry Mintzberg established his contemporary theory on Management roles, which evidently […]

Organization Behavior and its Key Concepts To understand organizational behavior you must understand its key concepts and terminology. Organizational behavior “is a multidisciplinary field devoted to understanding individual and group behavior, interpersonal processes and organizational dynamics.” An organization’s behavior is significant in determining its success as a business and with its employees. Working conditions, production […]

Managing People in Global Economy (Chapter 1) kinicki & kreitner, 2008, defines management as “the process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objectives in an efficient and ethical manner. ” Management comprises: Planning, organizing, resourcing, leading/directing/motivating, and controlling. 1. Planning is decision making concerning what needs to happen in the future and […]

Childish Behavior In the play “A Doll House” Henrik Ibsen shows how being a wife and mother does not necessarily mean that one has grown up. During this play you see that Nora, a wife and mother, still holds on to her childish behaviors by acting just as a young girl would. In “A Doll […]

Expectancy Violation Theory Introduction “Expectancy violations exert significance on people’s interaction patterns, on their impressions of one another, and on the outcomes of their interactions” (Burgoon 1993:40). In other words, Judee Burgoon, founder of the expectancy violation theory, concluded from various experiments that people evaluate communication with others in a negative or positive regard, based […]

Monica Ashley’s Case Analysis Monica Ashley’s case is a very conclusive example of how the correct use of power and influence in management is as important as, and sometimes even more important than, having all the right answers and being able to back them up with data. Monica Ashley is a brilliant employee, and a […]

Executive Summary Consumer behaviours have changed over the years; this is shown by consumers today purchasing a more healthy variety of products, as information today is known about products that was not known many years ago. Factors such as these, change the way we perceive and value products, as we now are more knowledgeable as […]

Social Psychology “From the outside looking in, You can’t understand it. From the inside looking out, You can’t explain it. ” (Schaefer, 2004: xxviii) “ Life without Ed: How one woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How you can too,” shows the courage of a young woman who finally leaves behind her biggest […]

1. Abstract The area of research is on the factors that cause and propagate the current social group dynamic trends that are prevalent within the United States International University Nairobi campus ( hereby referred to as USIU). It would be prudent to first define what this paper terms as social group dynamics. This term will […]