MGMT 3123 Chapters 1-4 Quizzes

false

"Men have a more difficult time empathizing with others" This statement is:

general mental ability

All other things equal, what individual differences is the best predictor of job performance?

reasoning ability

Assume that Andre has a special ability to sense and solve problems using insight, rules, and logic, Wha type of ability would you use to describe Andre's talent?

external

Assume that the CEO of an explains declining company performance on bad media coverage and government regulations which are expensive and burdensome. You might include that this CEO has a ________________ of control.

psychological contract

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)

validity

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:

psychological safety

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:

stereotype

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:

context of interaction

Norah and Kelly work together. They are also friends outside of work. 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:

behavior; intentions

Personal attitudes affect ___________ via _____________.

true

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.

high respect, commitment, and acceptance

Roger, a manager, knows that one of his employees values conformity and tradition. Roger should assign the employee to a job that includes.

fundamental attribution error

Samantha assumes that someone experiencing poverty simply refuses to work hard enough to make a living. Which of the following does this describe?

self-serving bias

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:

temoral

Test-restest reliability can provide a measure of ______________ consistency for test scores

equity

The ___________ model suggests that managers should monitor employees' perceptions of fairness.

high reliability and low validity

The use of a polygraph to measure lying is:

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.

pay

What contributes least to employee engagement in North America?

standard deviation

What describes dispersion or variability in a set of scores?

selection of equal candidates

What employment selection decisions best characterizes affirmative action?

assimilation

What form of diversity management is an organization adopting when it assumes that all diverse people will learn to fit in or become like a dominant group?

theory

What is defined as a way to organize our thoughts around a phenomenon of interest to explain "why" that phenomenon occurs?

critical thinking

What is the most accurate method of making sense of the world around us?

change you interpretation

What is the most effective method of controlling your negative emotions?

prior experience

What is the strongest predictor (or determinant) of self-efficacy?

neuroticism

What personality trait is marked by instability, insecurity, and depression?

extraversion

What personality variable is marked by being gregarious, outgoing, and comfortable in social situation?

conscientiousness

What personality variable is most strongly related to job performance?

mode

What refers to the most often occurring score in a distribution?

self-efficacy

What refers to your belief in your ability to suceed?

-0.56

What represents the strongest correlation between two variables?

alternate-form

What type of reliability calls for more than one test administration?

criterion

What type of validity is concerned with predicting scores on some outcome?

fundamental attribution error

What would explain Elana's perception that the unemployed are lazy and do not really want to work full time.

CWB

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:

true

With self-serving bias, employees attribute their success to internal factors and their failures to external factors.

onboarding

____________ programs help employees to integrate, assimilate, and transition to new jobs.

demographics

_____________ are the statistical measurements of populations and their qualities (such as age, race, gender, or income) over time.

organizational commitment

_____________ is the extent to which an individual identifies with an organization and commits to its goals.