OB exam 1

We build stereotypes through a four-step process. Which of the following is not part of the process?

Appraisial

Which of the following if not a best practice for becoming more productive

Check social media every two hours

What are the different needs that activate motivation direction intensity and persistence. This theory reflects what theory?

Content

Luis has just learned that Brian, who has less experience and who does less work, receives a higher salary. Since learning this, Luis has been very unhappy and has started to look for another job. What model of job satisfaction best explains Luis's reactions?

Equity

____ is not a content theory of motivation

Expectancy Theory

TF: Common sense focuses on the past and because of this, it is strong in responding to the unexpected

False

Of the approaches to job design ____ is the most recently evolved and attempts to merge earlier perspectives.

I-deals

__________ is/are when we hold other accountable for unethical behavior that is carried out through third parties

Indirect blindness

Of the following _____ is the most closely related with employees perceptions of procedural justice

Job performance

Dr. Riley, a professor in the economics department finds that if he keeps his door open people stop in to say hello. This is distracting so now he keeps the door open only a little in office hours and asks for a knock. This is an example of increasin

Mindfulness

____ is defined as employees perceptions of formal and informal organizational policies practices and procedures

Organizational Climate

In the framework of POB ____ is a key to positivity from situation factors.

Organizational culture and climate

Flouring represents the extent to which our lives contain PERMA

Positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, achievement

Which of the following is NOT an example of hygiene factor?

Recognition

___ are both elements of hedonism

Self enhancement and openness to change

Joyce finds that the members of the project teams to which she has been assigned in her management class are all athletes on the college's football and basketball teams. She immediately considers dropping the class because she thinks her experience with that team will be negative. Joyce is reacting to a

Stereotype

TF: Alexandria is motivated by the feeling that she is done the best she can do this represents intrinsic motivation

True

In order to improve intelligence through brain training, experts recommend the training to have these 3 characteristics

adaptive, variety, generalizability

The law of effect states that

behavior with favorable consequences tends to be repeated.

Len is the top swimmer. Athletes are likely to be high in

bodily-kinesthetic

Erin is getting some funny looks in the office because she is practicing

breathing meditation

___________is the personality with the strongest positive relationship with job performance

conscientiousness.

You have an apartment within walking distance of your office. Your company moves the office to the next town. You take another position, This is an example of

dissolving

__________ is the harnessing of organization members selves to their work roles

employee engagement

Karen the team captain of her high school soccer team is very sociable and assertive. She is never at a loss for words and feels comfortable interacting with teammates and coaches. She scores high on

extroversion

TF: Effective managers give employees timely and task specific feedback about what they are doing right but do not give feedback about what they are doing wrong.

false

TF: Justine, a manager, has decided that Harrison is performing poorly because he is lazy. This is an example of negative bias.

false

TF: Southwest airlines mechanics created widespread slowdowns is flights to pressure their company into negotiations with their union. This was illegal

false

TF: Stress can have positive effects on certain OB-related outcomes

false

TF : To achieve a climate encouraging positive OB, an organization must foster a specific set organizational values, organizational practices, and transformational leadership.

false true if virtuous leadership

Values tend to vary across ________ because they are influenced by events in childhood and youth

generations

Which of the following is not a factor in contributing to employee engagement?

high levels of stress

The tendency to consistently evaluate other people or objects in an extremely positive fashion is what common perceptual error related to performance evaluations

leniency

Donald is on the production line for medical services inc. He has been there for 5 years and has won employee of the month more than anyone. Juan, his coworker who hasn't gotten employee of the month once in 3 yrs got a promotion. Donals perceived

negative inequity

Barry set himself a goal of bowling at least one game above 250 before the end of the season. This is a ___goal.

performance

Volumes of research and employee surveys report that the majority of organizations do a poor job of managing

performance

The two basic types of goals are

performance and learning

Benny seems to want to control others. He exhibits a need for

personal power

Core self evaluations represent a broad personality trait that is comprised of all of the following except

proactivity

Jeff is late to work one morning so he drives over the speed limit through a school zone. He gets pulled over by a police officer and gets a ticket. This is an instance of

punishment

Laurie walks into morning status meeting She didn't eat so she will most likely focus on

snacks and drinks

Jon is dealing with several employees who are chronically late. He unilaterally decides to dock everyone's daily pay 5 percent if they are more than 10 minutes late. Javier will have better results using

the contingency approach

TF : Larry, a marketing major, believes that Rosa is probably better at math because she is a finance major. This is an example of a stereotype.

true

TF : Personal attitudes affect behavior via intentions

true

TF: The organization framework for understanding and applying OB is based on the systems approach

true

TF: The outer layer of the diversity wheel is that of organizational dimensions

true

TF: When Vivian the owner of a furniture store makes causal attributions about the behavior of her employees she is observing the dimensions of consensus distinctiveness and consistency.

true

TF: danny has the ability to learn and speak other languages this shows linguistic intelligence

true

Hope consists of

willpower and waypower