Organizational Behavior Chapter 1 Questions
Which of the following is the best example of the use of intimidation? Anya's boss, Kira, sets difficult targets and hints that Anya may lose her job if she doesn't meet them. Jill's manager, Steve, rarely considers her business ideas, but he consistently praises the contributions of Jill's colleague, Emily. Natasha's colleagues often make jokes using cultural or ethnic stereotypes. Although Kathleen had spent a longer time in the organization, her colleague Gary was promoted to a management position. Jane's colleagues recently forgot to invite her to a team lunch, a fact that caused her great distress.
Anya's boss, Kira, sets difficult targets and hints that Anya may lose her job if she doesn't meet them.
There is a strong correlation between intelligence and job satisfaction. T or F.
False
Two colleagues who bond over similarities of growing up in a French-speaking locality can be said to have deep-level similarities rather than surface-level similarities. T or F.
False
Unfair discrimination involves noticing and being aware of individual characteristics among people in a group. T or F.
False
____________ refers to an overall factor of intelligence as suggested by the positive correlations among specific intellectual ability dimensions. General mental ability Malleable intelligence Extelligence The Flynn effect Virtual memory
General mental ability
Gina Sanchez, an architect in California, is renovating an old school building and turning it into a retail and entertainment space. She must decide how the existing layout can be redesigned and modified to best suit the new uses. Which of the following dimensions of intelligence will most help Gina reimagine the existing building? haptic perception spatial visualization memory inductive reasoning deductive reasoning
Spatial Visualization
A positive diversity climate in an organization refers to an environment of inclusiveness and an acceptance of diversity. T or F.
True
Impaired hearing, rheumatoid arthritis, and insomnia are all examples of hidden disabilities. T or F.
True
Improving recruiting practices and making selection systems more transparent are ways of preventing target groups from being marginalized. T or F.
True
In general, older employees have lower rates of avoidable absence than do younger employees. However, they have equal rates of unavoidable absences, such as sickness absences. T or F.
True
Regardless of the composition of a team, team members' differences can be leveraged to achieve superior performance. In doing so, emphasizing higher-level similarities among members and cross-cutting their roles are an effective combination of diversity management strategies. T or F.
True
The structures and measures of intellectual abilities generalize across cultures. T or F.
True
Which of the following best represents deep-level similarity? colleagues who both come from the same neighborhood in Alabama employees who are college graduates with a degree in business management employees who speak Spanish and share similar religious beliefs employees who seek challenges in assignments and like to work collaboratively employees in their mid-thirties with 10 years' work experience in the publishing industry
employees who seek challenges in assignments and like to work collaboratively
Green Planet, an environmental organization, recently opened an office in Indonesia. The organization is currently looking for employees to staff a deforestation project in the country. They need to recruit individuals who understand the intricacies of Jakarta's culture and the mindset of the locals and are fluent in the local language. Which of the following are they most likely to consider while they recruit for these positions? race age beliefs gender length of service
race
