BUS 331 Ch 2

True

A manager should use Schwartz's model to understand employees and assign them tasks that are consistent with their values.

True

Job involvement represents the extent to which an individual is personally involved with his or her work role, and is positively but moderately related to job satisfaction

Behavior, intentions

Personal attitudes affect _______ via ______.

True

Research has found that some aspects of an individual's disposition are significantly associated with some aspects of job satisfaction, such as having autonomy or receipt of rewards

High respect, commitment and acceptance

Roger, a manager, knows that one of his employees values conformity and tradition. Roger should assign the employee to a job that includes:

CWB

When Harry is sent to another location of the company on an errand, he often stops on his way to have a cup of coffee and check his Facebook page. This is an example of:

Pay

Which of the following contributes least to employee engagement in North America?

behavioral

You are unlikely to say anything to someone smoking in the nonsmoking section of a restaurant if you have no intention of confronting the smoker. Your intention reflects the __________ component of your attitude toward people smoking in restaurants.

True

The psychological discomfort a person experiences when simultaneously holding two or more conflicting cognitions is known as cognitive dissonance.

True

Attitudes have three components: affective, cognitive, and behavioral.