Exam 17: Psychology Applied to Work

The starting point for matching employees to jobs is a(n) ________.

Teachers, managers, nurses, and other professionals who do work that cannot be numerically counted are most likely to be evaluated using a(n) ________ appraisal system.

Training simulators and computer based simulators are most crucial to ________ training.

Behaviors that involve either soliciting sexual favors in exchange for favorable treatment or creating a hostile work environment are known as ________.

A method of conducting a job analysis that involves identifying the procedures and processes that workers use in the performance of the job and how the worker performs the job's tasks is a ________.

Each of the following is a reason that team-based approaches have been gaining in popularity in recent years except ________.

Training that helps people understand how people from other cultures think and act, and how to adjust their own attitudes and actions so all employees can work effectively in a multi-cultural work environment is ________ training.

Research suggests that people who work in teams are ________ satisfied with their work and ________ productive.

A performance appraisal method that specifies specific behaviors that would be associated with high performance, average performance, and substandard performance for the job being evaluated, arranges these behaviors into a rating scale, and matches the employee to the appropriate scaled behaviors that best correspond is the ________.

A method of job analysis that focuses on understanding the human characteristics required to perform a job successfully is known as a ________.

In general, the most effective combination of predictors for job performance includes each of the following except a(n) ________.

Job satisfaction is ________ predictive of productivity.

The theory that work behavior that is followed by positive outcomes will be maintained and repeated is ________ theory.

The training method in which the employee being trained learns the new job tasks while actually performing the job is ________ training.

Each of the following is a leadership characteristic that seems to be effective across different types of organizational settings except ________.

Research has shown tests of cognitive ability to be ________ and tests of personality characteristics to be ________ predictors of job performance.

Each of the following is true of employment tests except they ________.

A training method in which workers are trained to perform each of the different jobs in a supervisory unit is ________.