MGT 315

A person who is conscientious will be

dependable, organized, persevering, thorough, and achievement-oriented.

When making the decision to hire a new employee, which selection method will most likely not give you any prediction of future success?

reference check

Which of the following argues that scientific findings should form the foundation for management education

Evidence based management

Which of the following statements is true of situational interviews?

Future-oriented interviews are less valid than experience-based interviews.

_____ refers to the policies, practices, and systems that influence employees' behavior, attitudes, and performance.

HR Management

Which of the following is an example of an experience-based situational interview?

Hiroshi was asked to describe an event where his creativity led to effective problem solving.

A study shows that the high turnover rate at a company is only caused by the domineering attitude of a middle manager. What criteria of causal inference does this example show?

No alternative explanation exists

_____ is the degree to which a measure is free from random error.

Reliability

Which of the following acts sets strict rules for businesses, especially for accounting practices that require more open and consistent disclosure of financial data and CEOs' assurance that the data is completely accurate?

Sarbanes - Oxley Act

Which of the following statements is true about the composition of the U.S. labor force in the next decade?

The median age of the labor force will increase to the highest number ever

Which of the following is true about the results approach to performance management?

The results approach minimizes subjectivity, relying on objective, quantifiable indicators of performance.

The extent to which performance on a measure is related to performance on the job is called

Validity

Which of the following HRM practices involves helping employees understand how their jobs contribute to the finished product?

Work design

The Container Store, a retailer based out of Texas, wants to increase the motivation of its employees. Which of the following examples would most likely achieve this?

a performance-based incentive system for its employees in which workers' pay will be based on their productivity

_____ is a wide variety of specific selection programs that employ multiple selection methods to rate either applicants or job incumbents on their managerial potential.

assessment center

Which performance management technique initially involves the identification of a large number of critical incidents, followed by the classification of these incidents into performance dimensions, and finally ranking these incidents into levels of performance?

behaviorally anchored rating scale

_____ assess main facets such as verbal comprehension, quantitative ability, and reasoning ability.

cognitive ability tests

Star Inc., an engineering firm, has come up with a new technical test to assess the knowledge of interviewees. To assess the validity of the test, it requests that its present employees take the test and match it with their performance in the organization. Which of the following types of validation has Star Inc. used to test the validity of its new technical test?

concurrent validation

Rollerbeam Inc., a provider of engineering services, is looking to hire several maintenance engineers. Rollerbeam's HR department checks with the company's engineering department to confirm that the scenarios mentioned in the test are plausible real-world scenarios that maintenance engineers might face. Which of the following types of validation is Rollerbeam's HR team performing?

content validation

A competent employee receives lower-than-deserved ratings because of a few outstanding colleagues who set very high performance standards. This is an example of a _____ rater error.

contrast

If there is a substantial correlation between test scores and job-performance scores, _____ validity has been established.

criterion-related

Kyla is a talkative, social employee who makes sure that all feel welcome and part of the team while at work. She most likely has a high level of _____ when she takes a personality test.

extroversion

When a company provides evidence from previous criterion-related validity studies conducted in other situations to show that a specific test is a valid predictor for a specific job performance, it is trying to prove the test's

generalizability

Which of the following attribute approaches to performance management is most commonly used?

graphic rating skills

Personality inventories tend to have

high reliability, low to moderate criterion validity, and low generalizability.

The utility of any test generally _____ as the selection ratio gets lower.

increases

A performance measure is said to be contaminated when

it evaluates irrelevant aspects of performance.

Whittaker Publishing Corp. is a publishing company that wants to hire more technical experts to handle the software requirements in the publishing process. However, the test given to the programmers assesses not only their technical knowledge but also their communication skills, language abilities, and understanding of client services. The test conducted by Whittaker Publishing Corp. is

low on validity

When gathering information on performance, HR relies on ________ more frequently than any other group, because they will have the most accurate information.

managers

______ is a field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations.

organizational behavior

Elle Inc. is a firm that holds frequent reviews and feedback sessions for its employees. It demands that the same person review the employees of a team to ensure that the performance evaluation is consistent; tests-retests are conducted periodically to make sure the evaluation is consistent. These two steps taken by Elle Inc. focus on the _____ of performance management.

reliability

Which of the following statements is true regarding reliability and validity?

reliability of a measure is essential for it to have any validity

With technology constantly changing and employers attempting to keep talented employees away from their competition, which legal issue may be on the rise in the United States?

security of intellectual property will receive more attention

_____ is the ability to keep disruptive emotions in check.

self-regulation

The extent to which a performance measure gives guidance to employees about what is expected of them is called

specificity

_____ is the extent to which the performance management system elicits job performance that is consistent with an organization's strategy, goals, and culture.

strategic congruence

The degree to which the information provided by selection methods enhance the bottom-line effectiveness of the organization is known as the selection method's

utility

A(n) _____ test attempts to simulate the job in a prehiring context to observe how the applicant performs in the simulated job.

work-sample