Perception and biases of a newly joined Employees
Perception and biases of a newly joined Employees
What is Perception?
Perception is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. What one perceives can be substantially different from what another person perceives, and both can be very different than the actual objective reality. In fact, behaviour is based on one’s perception of what reality is, not reality itself.
“Though the most common assumption is that biases are bad for our decision making, nudge theory, also known as invisible helping hands, prove it the other way. A nudge is a tool to harness the potential of an existing bias without eliminating the bias”
Conformity or very popularly known as herd mentality, where the opinions of a group influence the individual beliefs can be observed in all of us. For example, when an Hr tries to put forward a new plan of action, they might have to face many challenges due to CONFIRMITY BIAS. However, if they use the same theory to their advantage and get the most influential person in the group, it becomes more natural to spread the word and get it approved.
Creating a perception of a person looking at their personality is what defines BEAUTY BIAS. This is an overall first impression that person makes. Beauty bias is something which cannot be erased completely. When we feel we have an affinity with someone we see and have known them in the past, or they remind you know or like and give them the advantage for that, it is called AFFINITY BIAS. We all like to be surrounded by similar minds who share the same views as ourselves, especially when it comes to fundamental aspects. This is called similarity bias. ATTRIBUTION BIAS can be described as the attitude that ‘success belongs to me; Failures are others ‘doing’, in short, playing the blame game.
Why is Perception important in the workplace?
Behaviour in the workplace is based on people’s perception of the workplace. There are many factors that influence how something is perceived. Factors pertaining to the perceiver can involve the persons attitudes, interests, experience and expectations. Contextual factors can involve time, work setting and social setting. Finally, factors related to the actual target can involve novelty, notion, motion, sounds, size, background and proximity.
BUT WHAT DOES PERCEPTION HAVE TO DO WITH EMPLOYEMENT?
. Fundamental attribution error
. Self-serving bias
. Selective perception
. Projection
. Stereotyping
. Halo effect
WHAT EFFECT DOES PERCEPTION HAVE ON EMPLOYEES AND THE WORKPLACE?
In terms of perception, research has shown that what employees perceive from their work situations influences their productivity most. Therefore, to influence productivity, it is necessary for employees to assess how workers perceive their jobs.
Likewise, absenteeism, turnover and job satisfaction have more to do with an employee ‘perception of the job. Those individuals who perceive their jobs as negative are likely to have increased absenteeism, more frequent turn over and less job satisfaction. The only way to increase these variables is to understand how an employee subjectively perceives the workplace. Perception influences decision making within an organization.
Biases also play a huge role in shaping our perception. When we believe that our culture is superior to all others, or create oversimplified views of another culture, this can bias our perception, and blind us from evaluating a situation objectively.
Fathima Shamsudheen
HR Manager
AirCrew Aviation Pvt Ltd
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