Ob exam 1 study set part quiz questions

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

________ is the extent to which a job enables an individual to experience freedom, independence, and discretion.

Autonomy

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

B: CWB

Universalism

Danny is convinced that the new recycling program implemented at his company is worth the extra effort of sorting his waste. He believes in this so strongly that he reminds everyone in the department that they should all get on board and gives an extensive presentation at the monthly meeting. Danny values

_______ 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

If a person views a situation as having high consensus, high distinctiveness, and low consistency, he or she is likely to make an attribution of

External causes

Spatial intelligence is likely to be most valuable to a

Fighter pilot

The organizational dimensions of diversity include all of the following except

Income

Which of the following is not an element of emotional intelligence?

Intrapersonal intelligence

Self-determination theory focuses on the needs that drive ________ motivation.

Intrinsic

___________ occurs when an individual is "turned on to one's work because of the positive internal feelings that are generated by doing well."

Intrinsic motivation

Ill conceived goals

Lorenzo, a new lawyer at Hughes, Hernandez, and Long, is under pressure to maximize his billable hours. If he doesn't bill enough hours, he will receive negative performance reviews and is likely to lose his job. Lorenzo starts rounding up the minutes on each of his phone calls and meetings to the next 10-minute level. This is an example of

Psychological commitment

Marie 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. Marie's beliefs represent a(n)

________ are the generation that currently makes up the largest number of individuals in America.

Millennials

A person will experience _______ when his or her outcome to input ratio is less than that of a relevant comparison person.

Negative inequity

Different motivators are needed for employees working at small firms. These include all of the following except: a "one style fits all approach", flexible work hours, rewards for good performance, involve employees in decision making, recognition of good performance?

One style fits all approach

________ refers to how long we focus on an activity.

Persistence

Behavior: intentions

Personal attitudes affect ________ via ________.

Manuel 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

With only five years left until his planned retirement, Edward was quite upset when he was removed from a project team comprised mostly of Millennials. It is quite possible that the Millennials were reacting to a __________ of older workers.A: Negative BiasB: StereotypeC: Self-serving biasD: Sematic memoryE: Fundamental attribution bias

Stereotype

Individual

The person-situation distinction allows you to consider unique individual factors as well as situation factors that might be the source of the problem. If an employee leaves because his or her job has become boring and less meaningful, this reflects a(n) ________ factor.

Schwartz's model suggests that

Values may conflict with each other.

Expectancy theory states that people are motivated to behave in ways that produce desired combinations of ________ outcomes.

expected

Gina says, "I can type 70 words per minute with no errors." She is expressinga high self-efficacy.high self-esteemhigh self-expectations.her core self-evaluation.an external locus of control.

A high self efficacy

Situational

Devon enjoys the job that he's been at since graduating from college three years ago. He has a friend who just took a similar position at another firm and the company has an opening that would fit Devon's experience. The company is offering a 20 percent wage increase, as well a leadership role after a three-month training program. When considering this offer, Devon is thinking about ________ factors.

A person who ___________ is relatively unconstrained by situational forces and effects environmental change.is an introverthas a proactive personalityis emotionally stableis emotionally intelligenthas an internal locus of control

Has a proactive personality

Core self-evaluations represent a broad personality trait comprised of all of the following except

Interpersonal intelligence

Stage 1 of social perception is

Selective Attention/ comprehension

Locus of control

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

The need for belonging is part of the need for

love

Indirect blindness

occurs when we hold others less accountable for unethical behavior when it's carried out through third parties

If your goal is to do well at school and you graduate on time and with honors, you are likely to experience common positive emotions, such as joy, gratitude, pride, satisfaction, contentment, and relief. The emotions are positive because they are congruent (or consistent) with your goal.

positive emotions

People with __________ often see the causes of events in their lives as due to luck or other environmental factors.high emotional stabilityan internal locus of controlan external locus of controlhigh introversionhigh extraversion

An external locus of control

Which of the following is not a content theory of motivation?

Equity theory

Team work

Interpersonal skills involve all of the following except: active listening, positive attitudes, effective communications, respectful interactions, teamwork?

The potential to understand and regulate yourself is ________ intelligence.

Interpsonal

Onboarding.

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

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

Intelligence

Harold Kelley hypothesized that people make causal attributions by observing

consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency.

Examples of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) include all of the following exceptA:constructive statements about the company.B:training and onboarding programs.C:suggestions for improvementD:not expressing interest in the work of others.E:respecting housekeeping rules.

not expressing interest in the work of others

Rosario and Pamela work together. They are also friends outside of work. Rosario and Pamela 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 interactions

Interactional

The _________ perspective states that behavior is a function of interdependent person and situation factors.

Which of the following is not an example of a hygiene factor in Herzberg's motivator-hygiene model?

Advancement

Behavioral

You are unlikely to say anything to someone smoking on your smoke-free campus if you have no intention of confronting the smoker. Your intention reflects the __________ component of your attitude toward people smoking on campus.

Organizational commitment

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