Organizational BehaviorChapter 3Perceiving ourselves and others in organizations Self-concept: an individual’s self-beliefs and self-evaluations.Defined at three levels:IndividualRelationalCollectiveSpecifically, we view ourselves in terms of our personal traits (individual), connections to friends and coworkers (relational)and memberships in entities (collective).Self-concept complexity, consistency and clarityAn individual’s self-concept can be described by three characteristicsComplexityThe number of distinct and important roles or identities that people perceive about themselvesSelf-expansion: increase complexityAlso the separation of those identitiesAlthough everyone has multiple selves, only some of those identities dominate their attention at one time.ConsistencyHigh consistency exist when the individual’s identities require similar personality traits, values, and other tributes.Depends on how closely the person’s identities require personal attributes that are similar to his or her actual attributes.ClarityThe degree to which a person’s self-concept is clear, confidently defined and stable.When we are confident about who we are, can describe our important identities to others, and provide the same description of ourselves across time.Clarity increases with age and is clearer when a person’s multiple selves have higher consistency.Effects of self-concept characteristics on well-being and behavior People tend to have better psychological well-being when they have fairly...