Leadership Perspective Process
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The Perceptive Process
Robbins provides this definition of perception: "a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment". Since perception is an individual activity , there will likely be differences in people's perceptions in the most homogeneous groups. For example, in a work environment, factors that contribute to perceptual differences include the characteristics of the perceiver, the setting, and the perceived.
Differences in the persons doing the perceiving are a result of their individual values, experience, needs or motives, personality, values, and attitudes. For example, a person with a strong achievement need may tend to perceive situations in light of that need. If the person is in the UMUC MBA program, she will view doing well in class as a means to achieve that need.
The perceptual setting - physical, social, and organizational context - can also have an impact on the perceptual process. Behaviors that may be successful in one setting, such as confrontation, may be perceived by workers as intolerable in a new setting.
Characteristics of the perceived person, event, or object are also important in e perception. Size, motion, contrast, intensity, repetition, and novelty will influence perception...