Quiz 5 OGB

Explain the effect of core self-evaluation on job performance.

Core self-evaluations are particularly important because they represent a personality trait which will remain consistent over time. Core self-evaluations has the ability to predict positive work outcomes, specifically, job satisfaction and job performance.

People with positive core self-evaluations feel that they are powerless over their environment. 1) True 2) False

False

The degree to which norms, cues, or standards dictate appropriate behavior is known as consistency. 1) True 2) False

False

When we rank an individual's values in order of their ________, we obtain the person's value system. 1) context 2) fluidity 3) flexibility 4) intensity 5) content

Intensity

Which of the following personality traits indicates the degree to which a person is unemotional and pragmatic and believes that ends can justify means? 1) extraversion 2) agreeableness 3) self-concordance 4) narcissism 5) Machiavellianism

Machiavellianism

________ refers to the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement. 1) Asceticism 2) Stoicism 3) Narcissism 4) Cynicism 5) Machiavellianism

Narcissism

What are the differences between person-job fit and person-organization fit? Which is the better predictor of success?

Personal Job fit means how well your interests and abilities line up with the responsibilities and activities of a particular position in a company. Person-organization fit relates to your level of comfort with an organizational culture. It essentially means people are attracted to and are selected bu organizations that match their values and they leave organizations that are not compatible with their personalities. Although both are considered the most important dimensions for workplace outcomes, person-organization fit may be a better predictor. The reason is when the person-organization guidelines are followed, it will produce employees who fit better with the organization's culture which should result in higher employee satisfaction and reduced turnover.

Which of the following is true about personality assessments used in organizations? 1) Personality assessments have been increasingly used in diverse organizational settings. 2) Personality assessments have been decreasingly used in diverse organizational settings. 3) Personality assessments have become increasingly expensive and thus, have slightly lost favor. 4) Personality assessments are used by approximately 25 percent of all large U.S. companies. 5) Personality assessments are used by approximately 10 percent of all large U.S. companies.

Personality assessments have been increasingly used in diverse organizational settings.

Which of the following is true regarding the baby boomer generation? 1) They give high importance to achievement and loyalty. 2) They lead lives shaped mainly by globalization. 3) They rate highest in friendship and pleasure on the RVS. 4) They give the highest importance to flexibility and life options. 5) They are more questioning and entrepreneurial than other generations.

They give high importance to achievement and loyalty.

Which of the following is a drawback of self-report surveys? 1) They comprise a large number of complex statistical data. 2) They involve a large number of people in the evaluation process. 3) They can hold only a limited number of questions. 4) They may have biased results if the surveyor's judgment is biased. 5) They may result in the respondent rating themselves better to create a good impression.

They may result in the respondent rating themselves better to create a good impression.

According to the Big Five model, the agreeableness dimension refers to an individual's propensity to defer to others. 1) True 2) False

True

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to the judging type prefer control and like their world to be ordered and structured. 1) True 2) False

True

Values contain a judgmental element in which they carry an individual's ideas as to what is right, good, or desirable. 1) True 2) False

True

When rating themselves, people in individualistic cultures trend toward self-enhancement, while people in collectivist cultures trend toward self-diminishment. 1) True 2) False

True

Which dimension of the Big Five model refers to an individual's propensity to defer to others? 1) agreeableness 2) extraversion 3) openness to experience 4) emotional stability 5) conscientiousness

agreeableness

People with an ESTJ personality type are characterized as ________ according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification. 1) emotional 2) irrational 3) disoriented 4) decisive 5) perplexed

decisive

Among the Big Five model traits, ________ is most strongly related to life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and reduced intentions to quit and burn out. 1) extraversion 2) conscientiousness 3) emotional stability 4) openness to experience 5) agreeableness

emotional stability

What does the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classification of "E or I" stand for? 1) extraverted/introverted 2) empathetic/innovative 3) emotional/impulsive 4) enthusiastic/ingenious 5) emotive/illustrative

extraverted/introverted

According to Milton Rokeach, ________ values refer to preferable modes of behavior. 1) critical 2) instrumental 3) essential 4) flexible 5) terminal

instrumental

Which of the following is an instrumental value according to Milton Rokeach? 1) meaning in life 2) economic success 3) world peace 4) social recognition 5) personal discipline

personal discipline

Which of the following is a terminal value according to Milton Rokeach? 1) social recognition 2) self-reliance 3) personal discipline 4) goal-orientation 5) self-improvement

social recognition