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4.5.3—Attitudes to work

Syllabus
9990–2028–2029
Objective
4.5.3
Level
A2

—Attitudes to work

4.5.3 Attitudes to work.

  • workplace sabotage including methods and reasons for sabotage (exemplified by the following key study).
  • Key study reasons for sabotage in the workplace: Giacalone and Rosenfeld (1987).
  • Blau and Boal's absenteeism and organisational commitment model including types of absence, categories of commitment.
  • Relevant issues and debates and methodology for this topic include: application to everyday life, individual and situational explanations, reductionism versus holism, idiographic versus nomothetic, generalisations. knowledge and skills to explore the challenges plays a key role in every student's education.'.

This matters because —attitudes to work determines what can be inferred or chosen; begin with the stated conditions and keep the conclusion tied to the evidence.

Example: apply —attitudes to work to one small, clearly defined case, show the key step or comparison, and explain the result in words.

Boundary: —Attitudes to work is not a universal recommendation. Check the syllabus scope, assumptions, units and the limits of the evidence before generalising.

ConceptA-Level CAIE Psychology A2