ROLE EFFICACY

BEHAVIOUR REQUIREMENTS OF AN ORGANIZATION

People must be attracted not only to join the organization

but also to remain in it.

People must perform the TASK for which they are hired,

and must do so in a dependable manner and

People must go beyond this dependable role performance

and engage in some form of creative, spontaneous and innovative behaviour at work

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
Work Structure Status Structure Authority Structure

INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
INTEREST

Refers to the direction of ones attention ATTITUDES Toward Self, Toward job, Towards aspect of work NEEDS Secures, social, achievement DEPRIVATION DOMINATION ACHIEVEMENT SATISFACTION

ROLE
A Role is a set of BEHAVIOURS enacted by a person as a result of his occupying a certain positions in the organization.

Organization

Goals

Individual

Needs

R O L E

ROLE is the convergence Religion Between the INDIVIDUAL and the ORGANIZATION

What is given in an ORGANIZATION CHART is the POSITION when an individual occupies a Position, it becomes a ROLE

Expectations
(Define and Determine the role)
A Position does not become a role unless a person occupies the position which is then defined in terms of expectations from others and the individual himself.

ROLE PERFORMANCE
ROLE OCCUPANT Role Taking (Reactive approach,

Role Making (Proactive approach, Creativity)

ROLE EFFECTIVENESS
Since ROLE is the interacting and linking mechanism between the individual and the organization, ROLE EFFECTIVENES is the

product of an effective interaction between these two.

Role Efficacy ROLE EFFECTIVENESS Style and Strategy or coping the Role Stress
1.

Centrality

2. Integration 5. Inter-Role Linkage

3. Proactive 6. Helping Relationship 9. Personal Growth

4. Creative

7. Superordination 8. Influence 10. Confrontation

HIGH ROLE EFFICACY

Experience less Role Stress, Anxiety and Work related Tension.

Rely on own STRENGTHS to cope with Problems.

Use More purposeful BEHAVIOUR Are ACTIVE Interact with People and Environment Persist in solving problems mostly by themselves / Sometimes by taking help of others Show Growth Orientation, Attitudinal commitment, Positive and Approach Behaviour Feel SATISFIED with life, with JOB and ROLES in the organization

ASPECTS OF ROLE EFFICACY

1. ROLE MAKING:

a. Self Role Integration

b. Proactivity c. Creativity d. Confrontation

2. ROLE CENTERING: a. Centrality b. Influence c. Personal Growth

3. ROLE LINKING: a. Inter role linkage b. Helping relationship c. superordination

ROLE SPACE CONFLICT AND STRESS

Role Conflict Avoidance or Dysfunctional Strategies Self/Role Rejection Role Shrinkage Role Elimination & Rationalization Role Fixation Confrontation or Functional Strategies Role Integration Role Linkage, Creativity Role Negotiation Role Transition

Self-Role Distance Intra-Role Conflict Inter-Role Conflict Role Growth Stress

ROLE SET CONFLICT AND COPING STRATEGIES

Role Conflict Avoidance or Dysfunctional Strategies
Role Prescription and Role Taking Prioritisation Role Boundness (Efficient isolation) Fight for rights and Rules

Confrontation or Functional Strategies

Role Clarification and Role making Role Slimming Role Negotiation

Role Ambiguity

Role Overload Role Role

Distance
Role Erosion

Role Enrichment

Janmana Jayathe Shudrah

Karmana Jayate Dwijah Vedabhyasen Viprtuam Bahma Janati Brahmanah

-Valmiki Ramayana