Exam 13: Understanding Individual Behaviour

If a person who is always late for work is late once again and blames it on a train, coworkers would probably attribute that person's lateness to______ .

If a manager thinks that all attractive employees are also productive employees, the manager is committing an error based on a halo effect.

A person who believes that "the ends justify the means" would describe a person who has a high level of what personality trait?

Emotional intelligence has been shown to be .

A human resource director believes that married employees are more stable than single persons are. This is an example of the halo similarity.

An individual who is high in _______ is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means.

Individuals try to reconcile differing attitudes and align their attitudes and behavior so they appear rational and consistent.

Which of the following is true about organizationally committed and satisfied employees?

Research into the relationship between satisfaction and turnover shows that satisfied employees have lower levels of turnover while dissatisfied employees have higher levels of turnover.

Writing would be a good job match for a(n) ______personality type, according to Holland's social scale.

In the statement, "The highway is very busy at 5 P.M. and is scary to drive on, so I'll wait until 7 P.M. to go home," the phrase, "The highway is very busy," represents which component of an attitude?

According to Holland's social scale, becoming a lawyer would be a good job match for someone who is______ .

______is accomplished by penalizing undesirable behavior to eliminate it.

list and discuss the five personality traits that have proven to be the most powerful in explaining individual behavior in organizations.

What is not one way that workplace misbehavior shows up in organizations?

When people judge someone on the basis of the perception of a group they are a part of, they are using the shortcut called _______.

Just Your Type Employees (Scenario) Ramzi has recently been promoted to manager of a group of 13 scientists. All of his employees are well educated and have been with the company for a minimum of three years. In an attempt to learn more about the employees and to better assign them to jobs that they will enjoy, he has administered the Myers- Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). -Hilal tends to dislike doing the same thing repeatedly and jumps to conclusions. He is impatient with routine details. Hilal's data- gathering preference is ______.

In the Big Five Model, emotional security was positively related to job performance.

If an employee exhibits an undesirable behavior, a manager can use ______.

The regular use of________ can alert managers to potential problems and employees' intentions early enough to do something about them.