MGT 341 Ch 3 Assessment

________ can be developed because it involves a person's belief about his or her chances of successfully accomplishing a specific task.

Self-efficacy

Petra made a large mistake on a report she submitted to her boss, and it ended up costing the company a significant amount of money. When asked why this had occurred, she blamed one of her coworkers for giving her erroneous information for the report. Petra is expressing

an external locus of control.

Kerry has shown up late for her job twice this week. She expects her manager to be ________ but instead the manager directs the issue at the organization's new scheduling software that hasn't been sending out updates promptly.

angry

Len is the top swimmer on his school's team. Star athletes are likely to be high in ________ intelligence.

bodily-kinesthetic

Managers should attempt to raise subordinates' self-efficacy by all of the following except

creating routine jobs that are boring but easy to perform.

Which of the following is not one of the basic dimensions of the Big Five personality dimensions?

emotional intelligence

Which of the following is the least fixed of a person's individual differences?

emotions

Besides leading to increases in job performance, job satisfaction, and affective commitment, proactive personality is also linked to intentions to be a(an)

entrepreneur

People who are outgoing, talkative, sociable, and assertive are likely to score high on

extraversion

Karen, the team captain of her high school soccer team, is very sociable and assertive. She never is at a loss for words and feels comfortable interacting will all teammates and coaches. Karen is likely to score high on

extroversion

Tony has a high CSE. He is not likely to experience

higher levels of stress.

In ________, the relationship between self-esteem and life satisfaction is significantly stronger.

individualistic rather than collectivist cultures

Francois endures constant criticism at his job because of where he is from. His ability to endure the criticism is due to ________ intelligence.

intrapersonal

Keyshawn is a player on a professional football team. Because of this, his plays every week are scrutinized by fans and media, as well as his own coaches. Sometimes, their comments are very negative and even personal. Keyshawn will handle this better if he has a high level of ________ intelligence.

intrapersonal

Vivek and Warren are working on an assignment for their marketing class. Warren finishes his part of the assignment; Vivek doesn't. Vivek apologizes because he took an extra shift at work and didn't give the assignment the priority it needed. He promises Warren he will stay home tonight and finish his work. What personality characteristic does this show?

locus of control

Samantha, a member of a team you are assigned to for a management class, has often been late getting her work to the team, and when it arrives it is often of poor quality. Samantha is likely to rank ________ dimension.

low on the conscientiousness

Halfway through the semester, Samuel quit doing assignments for and going to his advanced accounting class. He attributes this to his poor performance on the first two tests, as well as his lack of talent for accounting; he feels he will do much better as a management major. Samuel is likely to be experiencing

low self-efficacy for accounting.

At ABC Inc., each employee is required to evaluate himself or herself as part of preparation to meet with his or her manager for the annual employee performance review. As part of this, Daneesha prepared a thoughtful and comprehensive list of her strengths and weaknesses. What competence does this display?

self-awareness

Together, social awareness and relationship management constitute

social competence.

Naturalist intelligence is

the potential to live in harmony with one's environment.