Essentials of Organizational Behavior (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780133920819
Author: Stephen P. Robbins; Timothy A. Judge
Publisher: PEARSON
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To describe: The way key biographical characteristics are relevant to OB.
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Describe the way key biographical characteristics are relevant to OB:
Biographical characteristics are one of the major factors in which the employees differ. Biographical characteristics include ethnicity, disability, race, gender, and age. This kind of information related to the employees can be attained from the human resource files. It is worth determining the way the information is related to the outcomes of their work, as a difference in the surface-level characteristics is the basis for discrimination.
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