Exam 7: Groups and Teams in Organizations

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After teaching an introduction to I/O psychology for many years, Chelsea notices that the students put less effort into team projects than into their own individual projects.What is this situation known as?

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Jack is the owner and CEO of Irvine Agri Inc., a small agricultural-based business.His business is made up of several work teams.In providing training to the team leaders, which of the following is most important for Jack's team leaders to learn?

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Question 22

Team cohesion and performance are positively related, especially when the performance focuses on behaviours and efficiency.

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Question 23

Which of the following is characteristic of team diversity?

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Question 24

What are two of the three factors affect whether diversity is beneficial to a team?

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Question 25

Task interdependence is the extent to which your performance on team-based tasks is reliant on the performance of other members.

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Question 26

Richard Hackman (1998) argued that bypassing organizational structures so that teams will have more freedom is one of the mistakes that leaders make when creating and leading teams.

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Question 27

Jim works in a music-recording studio.He is part of a team that records albums.Members of the team are trained in each others' jobs so that any member can fulfil any of the roles within the team.Which of the following characteristics does Jim's team have?

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After teaching an introduction to I/O psychology for many years, Chelsea notices that the students put less effort into team projects than into their own individual projects.What is this situation known as?

Jack is the owner and CEO of Irvine Agri Inc., a small agricultural-based business.His business is made up of several work teams.In providing training to the team leaders, which of the following is most important for Jack's team leaders to learn?

Team cohesion and performance are positively related, especially when the performance focuses on behaviours and efficiency.

Which of the following is characteristic of team diversity?

What are two of the three factors affect whether diversity is beneficial to a team?

Task interdependence is the extent to which your performance on team-based tasks is reliant on the performance of other members.

Richard Hackman (1998) argued that bypassing organizational structures so that teams will have more freedom is one of the mistakes that leaders make when creating and leading teams.

Jim works in a music-recording studio.He is part of a team that records albums.Members of the team are trained in each others' jobs so that any member can fulfil any of the roles within the team.Which of the following characteristics does Jim's team have?

Introduction to Industrialorganizational Psychology

Scientific Methods

Job Analysis and Competency Models

Recruitment, Selection, and Decision Making

Performance Management

Training

Job and Organizational Attitudes, Affect, and Behaviours

Motivation

Leadership

Counterproductive Work Behaviour

Occupational Health Psychology

Unionization

Positive Organizational Psychology

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