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J Job characteristics model (JCM), a model that proposes that any job can be described in terms of five core job dimensions: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback Job enrichment, the vertical expansion of jobs, which increases the degree to which the worker controls the planning, execution, and evaluation of the work […]

G Gain sharing, a formula-based group incentive plan Goal-setting theory, a theory that says that specific and difficult goals, with feedback, lead to higher performance Grapevine, an organization’s informal communication network Groups, two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives Groupshift, a change in decision risk between a

D Deep acting, trying to modify one’s true inner feelings based on display rules Defensive behaviors, reactive and proactive behaviors to avoid action, blame, or change Demands, responsibilities, pressures, obligations, and even uncertainties that individuals face in the workplace Departmentalization, basis by which jobs are grouped together Dependency, B’s relationship to A when A possesses

A Accommodating, the willingness of one party in a conflict to place the opponent’s interests above his or her own Adjourning stage, the final stage in group development for temporary groups, characterized by concern with wrapping up activities rather than task performance Affect, a broad range of feelings that people experience Affect intensity, individual differences

There are three kinds of economics: curve-shifting, pop-art, and media. Formal theorizing favored by academic economists usually involves shifting curves on diagrams, so it is called curve-shifting economics. Its technical character makes it suitable mainly for those seeking degrees in economics. Pop-art economics is found in economic best-sellers. Although fun, it is too often harebrained.