"Building an OB Contingency Model"

1. Pick ANY THREE Organizational Behavior Outcome Variables (Y variables) from below

• Productivity
• Absenteeism
• Turnover
• Deviant Workplace Behavior
• Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB)
• Job Satisfaction

2. For each of these outcome variables, pick ONE predictor variable (X) and ONE Contingency Variable (Z) that you think affects it
3. Explain briefly, why these X variables above (#2) may affect the Organizational Behavior Outcome Variable (Y). And how does the Z variable alter the relationship?

You can pick X and Z variables from the Individual, Group, or Organization levels below:

Individual (Biographical characteristics, personality and emotions, values and attitudes, ability, perception, motivation, individual learning, and individual decision making)

Group (Communication, group decision making, leadership and trust, group structure, conflict, power and politics, and work teams)

Organization System (Organizational culture, human resource policies and practices, and organizational structure and design)