Management Chapter 5 - Stress HW

Which of the following is the most widely used supportive practice among small, medium, and large companies?

Flextime

Which of the following describes the relationship between challenge stressors and job performance?

Weak Positive

Which of the following conditions describes a physiological strain?

Weaking of Immune System

Non Work Hindrance

Work-family conflict, Negative life events, financial uncertainty

Non Work Challenges

Family Time Demands, Personal Development, Positive Life Events

Role conflict, role ambiguity, and role overload are all examples of work challenge stressors.

False

Which of the following is an example of a cognitive method of emotion focused coping?

Ignoring

Which one of the following is an example of a non work related, challenge stressor?

Positive Life Events

Benign Job Demand

Meaningfulness is a concept in psychological empowerment that reflects a sense of choice in the initiation and continuation of work tasks.

Transactional Theory of Stress

Meaningfulness is a concept in psychological empowerment that reflects a sense of choice in the initiation and continuation of work tasks.

Primary Appraisal

Meaningfulness is a concept in psychological empowerment that reflects a sense of choice in the initiation and continuation of work tasks.Be

Which of the following is an example of a daily hassle?

Office Equipment Malfunctions

What is an example of a behavioral strain resulting from prolonged stress?

Overeating

Work Hindrance

Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity, Role Overload, Daily Hassle

Which of the following is true of stress?

Stress depends on both the nature of the demand and the person who confronts it.

Which of the following best explains why Type A behavior patterns are often seen in leaders and senior managers?

They have traits valued by the organization

Work Challenge

Time Pressure, Work Complexity, Work Responsibility

Benign job demands are job demands that tend not to be appraised as stressful.

True

Emotion focused-coping is used by employees when they feel they have no control over the stressful environment.

True

Employees who experience higher levels of challenge stressors also tend to have higher levels of job performance and organizational commitment.

True

People of the Type A Behavior Pattern add to the creation of a stressful environment.

True

A sabbatical

involves taking time off from work to engage in an alternative activity.