Attitude

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Attitude is an evaluative statement or judgment, either favorable or unfavorable, concerning objects, people, or events.


Definitions

According to Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge (17th edition),

Attitude. An evaluative statement or judgment concerning objects, people, or events.

According to Management by Robbins and Coulter (14th edition),

Attitude. An evaluative statement, either favorable or unfavorable, concerning objects, people, or events.

According to Marketing Management by Keller and Kotler (15th edition),

Attitude. A person's enduring favorable or unfavorable evaluation, emotional feeling, and action tendencies toward some object or idea.

Components

  • Cognitive attitude. That part of an attitude that's made up of the beliefs, opinions, knowledge, or information held by a person. In other words, the cognitive component is the opinion or belief segment of an attitude.
  • Affective attitude. The emotional or feeling segment of an attitude.
  • Behavioral attitude. The segment of an attitude that refers to an intention to behave in a certain way toward someone or something.

Cultural attitude

Main wikipage: Cultural attitude

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