Exam 3: Perception, Attribution, and Diversity

A recent study found that employees with late start times receive lower job performance ratings than employees with early start times.What is this called?

The perception that a person might be judged on the basis of stereotype and that their behaviour or performance will confirm the stereotype is known as a

What factors threaten the validity of the employment interview? What can be done to improve the validity of the employment interview?

If an organization wants to improve perceptions of organizational support, they should make sure that employee compensation is above the industry average.

According to social identity theory, our sense of self is composed of a

What is perceptual defence? Give an example.

Among the top 500 companies in the world, what percent of the CEOs are women?

Older workers perform as well or better than younger workers across numerous dimensions of job performance.

The Devious Employment Agency uses a trick to get companies to hire its candidates.If it only has a marginal candidate, it sends over two real duds before sending over this marginal person.Which perceptual reaction is the Devious manager relying on to get the marginal candidate hired?

What is considered to be a critical factor when judging the best workplaces in Canada?

Which of the following factors contribute to perceived organizational support?

Ellen is an employment interviewer.One day she interviews three job applicants and rates the third applicant very negatively.If the contrast effect is responsible for this negative rating, we can be sure that the first two applicants were

Gender stereotypes tend to favour women when they are being considered for "women's" jobs.

"Roberto acts differently from everyone else at work." In attribution theory terms, the speaker has invoked a(n)________ cue.

"I don't really like you very much, and this causes me to overlook a number of your good qualities." This is an example of

According to Bruner's model of perception, we are most open to cues about a target

Which one of the following is NOT associated with building trust according to the trust model?

Workplace stereotypes are not harmful in any way.

The tendency for actors to attribute their behaviour to situational factors can be overcome by

Subjective performance measures are called "subjective" because