MAN 3120 Quiz Chapter 14

Which of the following statements about organizational socialization is false?

Answer: Research shows that realistic job previews do not help reduce turnover.

In which stage of the organizational socialization process would realistic job preview normally be provided?

Anticipatory socialization

Maria, a local high school student, has an interest in marine life. She applies for a mentee position and is matched up with a mentor who treats her interest in marine life as important. The scientist also helps Maria understand the relationship between statistics, an area where she is struggling in school, and her interest in marine life. Jenny begins to understand the statistics used by the scientist while conducting marine research. Which stage of the mentoring process is Maria experiencing?

Cultivation

Programs to help employees integrate, assimilate, and transition to new jobs by making them familiar with corporate policies, procedures, culture, and politics are called realistic job previews.

False

Janice has transferred to the contract management group at the HMO that employs her. She has been through two months of training and is now working closely with Nancy to better understand the values and expectations of the group. Janice is in the _____ phase of mentoring

Initiation

Northwest Bank wants to maintain a positive presence and a vision for the future—to stay around for the long term and to do good for communities. First, the bank works with employees, the people who deliver the promise day in and day out. Then, employees expand the process to include customers. Customers applying for a loan should write a statement about how they plan to stay around for the long term and do good for their communities. This is an example of

collective commitment

Adhocracy cultures

empower employees to take risks.

A strategy represents a long-term goal that describes what an organization wants to become.

false

Socially responsibility is a company's ability to make a profit without sacrificing the resources of its people, the community, and the planet.

false

Which of the following mechanisms for changing organizational culture addresses only the level of basic underlying assumptions of culture?

organizational activities, processes, or outcomes