Perception An Interpretation

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Meaning...
“A process by which individuals organise and interpret

their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to

their environment”. - Stephen P. Robbins
“Perception is an important mediating cognitive process

through which persons make interpretations of the

stimulus or situation they are faced with”. - Fred
Luthans

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 Factors Influencing Perception

Factor in the Perception Factor in the target

perceiver
•Novelty
•Attitude •Motion
•Motives •Sounds
•Interests Factor in the situation •Size
•Experience •Background
•Expectations •Time •Similarity
•Work setting
•Social setting

Perception: Stimuli –Attention –Recognition –Translation -Behaviour

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Attribution Theory (Kelley-1971)
Attribution tries to explain the ways in which we judge
people differently, depending on the meaning we
attribute to a given behavior.
Cause determined as: a) Internal b) External
Factors for determination
1) Distinctiveness
2) Consensus
3) Consistency

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 Fundamental Attribution Error
Self-serving Bias: The tendency for individuals to attribute
their own successes to internal factors and put the blame for
failures on external factors.
Selective Perception: The tendency to selectively interpret
what one sees on the basis of one’s interests, background
experience, and attitudes.
Halo Effect: The tendency to draw a general impression
about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic.
Contrast Effects: Evaluation of a person’s characteristics
that is affected by comparisons with other people recently
encountered who rank higher or lower on the same
characteristics.
Stereotyping: Judging someone on the basis of one’s
perception of the group to which that person belongs.
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Managerial Implications
Performance Expectations
Performance Evaluation

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