MNGT 395 Exam 1 True/False
A manager should use Schwartz's model to understand employees and assign them tasks that are consistent with their values.
TRUE
Job satisfaction has a negative association with OCB and a positive relationship with CWB.
FALSE
The interactional perspective states that behavior is a function of individual, group, and organizational factors.
FALSE
A manager who displays independence of thought, action, and feelings is demonstrating Schwartz's value of conservation
FALSE
Managers can have great impact on fixed individual differences.
FALSE
Organizational commitment exists to the degree that the person is satisfied with his or her job.
FALSE
Research has shown that despite the assumption many managers make, proactivity is unrelated to work performance.
FALSE
Self-esteem is a broad personality trait composed of self-efficacy, locus of control, and emotional stability.
FALSE
The four skills most desired by employers are critical thinking, technical expertise, problem solving and financial management.
FALSE
A problem is a gap between an actual and a desired situation.
TRUE
Attitudes have three components: affective, cognitive, and behavioral.
TRUE
Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort a person experiences when simultaneously holding two or more conflicting cognitions.
TRUE
Increasing the autonomy of a person's job is one effective way to increase that person's self-efficacy.
TRUE
Job satisfaction is not a unitary concept; a person may be satisfied with one aspect of his or her job and dissatisfied with one or more other aspects.
TRUE
Most people have the technical skills to succeed at higher-level jobs. However, as you rise through the hierarchy, your job generally will require a more developed set of soft skills.
TRUE
One cause of the increase in intelligence observed in developed countries is better nutrition.
TRUE
Situations and people are both dynamic—they change.
TRUE
People program themselves for success or failure by enacting their self-efficacy expectations.
TRUE
People with an external locus of control generally earn lower salaries than those with an internal locus of control.
TRUE
The "organizing framework" for understanding and applying OB is based on the systems approach.
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.
TRUE
Results published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities show business leaders generally find new employees to be deficiently prepared for their success in business.
TRUE
The potential to learn and use spoken and written languages is known as linguistic intelligence.
TRUE