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    The document discusses an organizational behavior (OB) model that has three levels of analysis: individual, group, and organizational system. It identifies several dependent variables of interest in OB, including productivity, absenteeism, turnover, deviant workplace behavior, organizational citizenship behavior, and job satisfaction. It also defines independent variables that can influence these dependent variables at each of the three levels: individual characteristics and behaviors, group-level dynamics, and organizational policies and structure.

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    The document discusses an organizational behavior (OB) model that has three levels of analysis: individual, group, and organizational system. It identifies several dependent variables of interest in OB, including productivity, absenteeism, turnover, deviant workplace behavior, organizational citizenship behavior, and job satisfaction. It also defines independent variables that can influence these dependent variables at each of the three levels: individual characteristics and behaviors, group-level dynamics, and organizational policies and structure.

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    The document discusses an organizational behavior (OB) model that has three levels of analysis: individual, group, and organizational system. It identifies several dependent variables of interest in OB, including productivity, absenteeism, turnover, deviant workplace behavior, organizational citizenship behavior, and job satisfaction. It also defines independent variables that can influence these dependent variables at each of the three levels: individual characteristics and behaviors, group-level dynamics, and organizational policies and structure.

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    The document discusses an organizational behavior (OB) model that has three levels of analysis: individual, group, and organizational system. It identifies several dependent variables of interest in OB, including productivity, absenteeism, turnover, deviant workplace behavior, organizational citizenship behavior, and job satisfaction. It also defines independent variables that can influence these dependent variables at each of the three levels: individual characteristics and behaviors, group-level dynamics, and organizational policies and structure.

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    1.

    Developing an OB Model
    A model is an abstraction of reality a simplified representation of some
    real-world phenomenon.
    Our OB model has three levels of analysis
    Each level is constructed on the prior level

    Types of Variable
    1. Independent Variable
    2. Dependent Variable

    Chapter #1 What is Organizational Behavior

    Page 1

    Interesting OB Dependent Variables


    Productivity
    Transforming inputs to outputs at lowest cost. Includes the concepts of
    effectiveness (achievement of goals) and efficiency (meeting goals at a low
    cost).
    Absenteeism
    Failure to report to work a huge cost to employers.
    Turnover
    Voluntary and involuntary permanent withdrawal from an organization.
    Deviant Workplace Behavior
    Voluntary behavior that violates significant organizational
    Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB)
    Discretionary behavior that is not part of an employees formal job
    requirements, but that nevertheless promotes the effective functioning of
    the organization.
    Job Satisfaction
    A general attitude (not a behavior) toward ones job; a positive feeling of
    one's job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics.

    Chapter #1 What is Organizational Behavior

    Page 2

    The Independent Variables


    The independent variable (X) can be at any of these three levels in this model:
    Individual
    Biographical characteristics, personality and emotions, values and attitudes,
    ability, perception, motivation, individual learning, and individual decision making
    Group
    Communication, group decision making, leadership and trust, group structure,
    conflict, power and politics, and work teams.
    Organization System
    Organizational culture, human resource policies and practices, and organizational
    structure and design

    Chapter #1 What is Organizational Behavior

    Page 3

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