Chapter 11 Case

Individual Differences, Values, Attitudes, and Diversity at Facebook

Apply the knowledge of Management presented in this chapter to the following case. Applying this knowledge should enable you to have a better understanding of Facebook's approach to individual differences, values, attitudes and diversity. Read the case below and answer the questions on the right. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and creator of Facebook, is now its CEO. He was born in 1984 to well-educated parents: His mom was a psychiatrist and dad a dentist. He went to an exclusive preparatory school and was captain of the fencing team. He liked the classics and writing. He also had passion and skill for working with computers at a very young age.

Based on what you read about Mark Zuckerberg, he would most likely score highly on which of the following personality dimensions?

Conscientiousness

Though the vast majority of Facebook employees reported high satisfaction, 44 percent had high stress. Based on what you've read, Which if the following is not true of stress?

low stress leads to high performance

Facebook encourages its culture by conducting hackathon's every few months. People build and share prototypes at these sessions with the best ideas selected for further development. These hackathon's most likely strengthen which of the following?

organizational commitment

Let's assume that a Facebook manager interviews a candidate that is informally dressed for the interview. Because the candidate is informally dressed, the manager assumes that the candidate will not take the interview seriously, and the manager does not pay attention to the applicant when he is speaking. The applicant notices this and decides not to fully answer questions asked. This represents

the self-fulfilling prophecy.