by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Groupthink?Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon occurring within a cohesive group of individuals wherein the independent and/or critical opinions of individual group members are disregarded in an effort to maintain conformity and unity within the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Gamification?Gamification is where you incorporate a game system into an already existing website or an online community for the purpose of inspiring participation, consumer loyalty, and user engagement. Why Does Gamification Motivate?People are naturally...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is the Acceptance Theory of Authority?The acceptance theory of authority states that a manager’s authority over his/her subordinates depends on the willingness of the subordinates to accept his/her right to give orders and comply with them. While the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Generation X (Gen X)?Generation X refers to the generation born before the millennial generation (often called generation Y) and after the baby boomers. Americans who fall between the age group of mid-1960s and early 1980s are called Gen X. How makes up...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Uncertainty Avoidance?Uncertainty avoidance is a cross-cultural phenomenon that describes how different cultures or societies react to and tolerate uncertainties. More specifically, it refers to how communities cope with unpredictability and uncertainty that...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Attribution Theory?Attribution theory, proposed by Fritz Heider (1958), is a social psychology theory that deals with how individuals relate and make sense of the social world. More specifically, it is concerned with how people translate events around them and...
