Assignment 1

After reading the below mini case-study, answer the following two questions (10 Marks; 5 Marks each).

Rebecca is a graduate student helping to organize a study on individual job satisfaction. The study focuses on
the top five causes of satisfaction or dissatisfaction on the job. Her department is surveying 200 individuals in
100 different types of organizations. The study seeks to understand the behavior of employees in the work place
and learn how to motivate them.
1. OB is an applied behavioral science built on contributions from a number of behavioral disciplines.
Define Organizational Behavior and show which discipline did Rebecca use in her study.
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2. Briefly discuss the rest of Disciplines that Contribute to the OB Field.

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