Exam 17: Applying social psychology to the workplace

The identification of critical elements to do a job is accomplished through ____.

The process organisations use to identify potential employees for a job is ____.

The most respected jobs of 2013 based on ratings of the honesty and ethical standards of occupations include ____.

Simphiwe dislikes her job and feels little obligation to her employer to stick with her position.However, the pay and benefits are excellent, so she has decided to stick with the job because it would be impossible to replace that income and benefits in the present job market.Simphiwe has high ____ commitment.

Zuraya is doing an interview with a series of prospective employees.She asks each candidate the same questions in the same order and rates their answers on a predetermined rating scale.Zuraya is conducting a(n) ____ interview.

Mia has pictures of half-naked men all over her cubicle, and she is constantly making lewd jokes about sex and men as sex objects.Mia is engaged in ____.

The process organisations use to identify qualified individuals for a job is ____.

Research indicates that ____ of US professionals indicated that a positive online reputation influences their decision to hire job candidates.

Which kind of mentoring will produce the best outcome?

Khumo tells her daughters that whoever does the most work will earn the most pocket money that week.At the end of the week, her younger daughter has done far more work than her older daughter.Consequently, the younger daughter gets twice the payment as her older sister.'That's not fair! I was saving up for some earrings,' complains the older sister.Which sort of 'fairness' is the older sister upset about?

Which company was rated the best company to work for (based on employee input) by Fortune in 2014, and why?

According to ____ theory, employees compare their inputs (the work they do) to their outcomes (salary and other compensation).

The critical incident technique (CIT) uses critical incidents or behaviours that discriminate between ____ behaviour for someone performing the job.

One of the defining characteristics of industrial/organisational psychology is its _____.

Which personality characteristic is NOT associated with successful leaders?

Research on work modes and office design suggests that ____ employees may want an open meeting space with in-office amenities like beverages.

Self-managing teams tend to ____.