The “Pygmalion Effect” is basically how a person can successfully fulfill an expectation that they may have for themselves or that someone else has for them. It also concentrates on the fact that people mostly give away their expectations through body language, so that someone else has a hint of someone else's expectations.
“You can summarize the Pygmalion effect, often known as the power of expectations, by considering:
· Every supervisor has expectations of the people who report to him.
· Supervisors communicate these expectations consciously or unconsciously.
· People pick up on, or consciously or unconsciously read, these expectations from their supervisor.
· People perform in ways that are consistent with the expectations they have picked up on from the supervisor.
(Google)The Pygmalion effect was described by J. Sterling Livingston in the September/October, 1988Harvard Business Review. "The way managers treat their subordinates is subtly influenced by what they expect of them," Livingston said in his article, Pygmalion in Management.”
The “Pygmalion Effect” can also be applied to the workforce. It can be important for leaders or managers, because the performance of a group or a team or employees depends on how they are lead. It directly related to the performance of the person in charge. According to Goethe "treat a man as he is he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be." This is a principle that anyone in a leadership position can follow to develop a proactive and successful team.
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Sara baena castro:
ResponderEliminarMerce, Your example of how pygamlion effect works in a company is very intersting, i really liked when you said that pygamlion effect in summarized words is " the power of expectations", the video you posted its very intersting ,of how pygmalion effect can be appied in school, in this one the talk about how students with high expectations have higher performance, im totally agree. your blog is organized,pretty and very intersting for all readers.
I liked very much the video about how we can see Pigmalion effect in a school. I think real cases and experiments are very usefull to understand a concept. The way how the intellectual performance of the children changed when their techers had higher expectations in them, is impressive.
ResponderEliminarThe person who is explaining the whole experiment talks about four different ways in which the children perceive in an indirect way what teachers expect of them. As the teachers have a perception of the children as inteligent they have higher expectations in them and according to this they behave towards them in a special way that results in a higher performance of those children.
As Sara Baena did it in her comment, summing up the pygmalion effect as "the power of expections" has to be highlighted becuase i think is pretty accurate. i also liked your video on the PE on elementary schools, because we need to take into account that it also applies for other environments, especially schools were the "targets of PE" are more vulnerable and less "poluted in their minds" because they have no prejudices or ill-conceived ideas abour others; so its really interesting.
ResponderEliminarI totally agree with what the others have said so far. This explanation of the pygmalion effect is pretty simple and accurate, and as you said, anyone in a leadership position has to be able to apply this correctly, in order to achieve greater results.
ResponderEliminar• Merce the video explained excellent the Pygmalion effect, it is very interesting how it works in elementary school classes. It is very impressing how the teachers considering their students smart people, they perceived this attitude and their works result well done.
ResponderEliminar¨Power of expectations¨ is the best definition you could do. video perfect to explian the pygmalionn effect even for the first time is pretty clear. love your blog is very organized.
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