Glossary
- ability
An individual’s capacity to perform the various tasks in a job.
- accommodating
The willingness of one party in a conflict to place the opponent’s interests above his or her own.
- action research
A change process based on the systematic collection of data and the selection of a change action based on what the analyzed data indicate.
- affect
A broad range of feelings that people experience.
- affect intensity
Individual differences in the strength with which individuals experience their emotions.
- affective component
The emotional or feeling segment of an attitude.
- affective events theory (AET)
A model that suggests that workplace events cause emotional reactions on the part of employees, which then influence workplace attitudes and behaviors. ...
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