B. Goals of organizational behavior. The goals of OB are to explain and predict behavior. Attitudes are defined as evaluative statements concerning objects, people, or events. There are three components of attitudes. Cognitive component defines the beliefs, opinions, knowledge, or information held by a person.
Affective component is the emotional or feeling segment of an attitude.
Behavioral component is an intention to behave in a certain way toward someone or something. B. Job-related attitudes include the following. Job satisfaction is a person's general attitude toward his or her job. Job involvement is the degree to which an employee identifies with his or her job, actively participates in it, and considers his or her job performance important to his or her self-worth. Organizational commitment is an employee's orientation toward the organization in terms of his or her loyalty to, identification with, and involvement in the organization.