MGMT 3123 Exam 1
Which of the following represents the strongest correlation between two variables?
-0.56
Which of the following types of reliability calls for more than one test administration?
Alternate-form
What form of diversity management is an organization adopting when it assumes that all diverse people will learn to fit in or become like the dominant group?
Assimilation
When Harry has a perceived conflict with a co-worker, he will send them e-mails that are taunting or insulting. This is an example of
CWB
Which of the following is the most effective method of controlling your negative emotions?
Change your interpretation of what you see and here
Which of the following personality variables is most strongly related to job performance?
Conscientiousness
"Men have a more difficult time empathizing with others." This statement is: True or False?
False
Which of the following would explain Elana's perception that the unemployed are lazy and do not really want to work full time?
Fundamental attribution error
The use of a polygraph to measure lying is:
High reliability, low validity
Which of the following employment selection decisions best characterizes affirmative action?
Selection of equal candidates
Which of the following refers to your belief in your ability to succeed?
Self-efficacy
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 or False?
True
Values tend to vary across generations because they are influenced by events in childhood and youth. For example, some parents lived through the Depression, and this experience led them to take fewer risks in terms of their investments. True or false?
True
With self-serving bias, employees attribute their success to internal factors and their failures to external factors. True or False?
True
Personal attitudes affect _______ via ______.
behavior; intentions
Norah and Katy work together. They are also friends outside of work. Norah and Katy are constantly texting each other. Their supervisor comments that, while this might be fine outside of work, it's inappropriate to constantly text each other in the office. This is an example of
context of interaction
Which of the following types of validity is concerned with predicting scores on some outcome?
criterion
Which of the following is the most accurate method of making sense of the world around us? Common sense
critical thinking
_______ are the statistical measurements of populations and their qualities (such as age, race, gender, or income) over time.
demographics
The _____ model suggests that managers should monitor employees' perceptions of fairness
equity
Assume that the CEO of a explains declining company performance on bad media coverage and government regulations which are expensive and burdensome. You might conclude that this CEO has a ___________________ of control.
external
Which of the following personality variables is marked by being gregarious, outgoing, and comfortable in social situations?
extraversion
Samantha assumes that someone experiencing poverty simply refuses to work hard enough to make a living. Which of the following does this describe?
fundamental attribution error
All other things equal, which of the following individual differences is the best predictor of job performance?
general mental ability
Roger, a manager, knows that one of his employees values conformity and tradition. Roger should assign the employee to a job that includes
high respect, commitment, and acceptance.
Which of the following refers to the most often occurring score in a distribution?
mode
Which of the following personality traits is marked by instability, insecurity, and depression?
neuroticism
______ programs help employees to integrate, assimilate, and transition to new jobs.
onboarding
________ is the extent to which an individual identifies with an organization and commits to its goals.
organizational commitment
Which of the following contributes least to employee engagement in North America?
pay
Which of the following is the strongest predictor (or determinant) of self-efficacy?
prior experience
Donna works as a project manager for a major consumer products firm. She works with beliefs, perceptions, and informal obligations about what she is entitled to receive in return for what she provides to the organization. Janice's beliefs represent a(n)
psychological contract
Jay works for ABC Corporation. He feels quite comfortable expressing his opinions about a wide variety of issues facing the company without fear of reprisal. This reflects ABC's:
psychological safety
Assume that Andre has a special ability to sense and solve problems using insight, rules, and logic. Which of the following types of ability would you use to describe Andre's talent?
reasoning ability
Sierra receives a compliment on her class presentation and attributes her success to his diligent preparation. Antwan received a poor grade and blames it on his adding the class late and missing a few early classes. These are examples of:
self serving bias
Which of the following describes dispersion or variability in a set of scores?
standard deviation
Joyce finds that the members of the project team to which she has been promoted are all middle-aged men. Joyce wonders if she, a young new graduate from a local university, will be taken seriously. Joyce is likely to be reacting to a
stereotype
Test-retest reliability can provide a measure of________ consistency for test scores.
temporal
Which of the following is defined as a way to organize our thoughts around a phenomenon of interest to explain "why" that phenomenon occurs?
theory
From a test and measurement perspective, the extent to which a researcher is actually measuring what she/he intends to measure is referred to as:
validity