Exam 4: Individual Differences II: Self-Concept, learning Styles, and Types of Fit

Good person-group fit means that an individual fits with the workgroup's _________.

What type of fit is most related to previous work experience?

Self-concept is influenced by which of the following?

Hiring decisions should be based solely on skills.

An individual motivated by commissions and merit pay is likely to be a good fit with a job based on teamwork and group rewards.

Employee expectations are always conscious.

Which job is most enterprising?

Discovery learners prefer subjective assessments,interactional activities,informational methods,and active-reflective activities.

Person-organization fit influences which of the following?

______________ provide both positive and potentially negative information to job candidates.

Giving applicants the opportunity to self-select out of the hiring process if they do not perceive themselves to be good fits with the position or organization increases the likelihood that the applicants ultimately hired will be good fits and will be better employees as a result.

___________ are superior in generating alternative hypotheses and ideas,and tend to be imaginative and people- or feeling-oriented.

Both complementary and supplementary fit are important.

What term refers to our feelings of self-worth and our liking or disliking of ourselves?

Convergers tend to organize concrete situations from different perspectives and structure their relationships into a meaningful whole.

Who developed a learning style orientation measure to address some of the limitations of the Kolb inventory?

According to Kolb,what are the four basic learning styles?

People with a/an ________ locus of control view themselves as in control of what happens to them.

People high in performance goal orientation (PGO)are _________ likely to choose challenging tasks,as compared to those high in learning goal orientation (LGO).

Define and discuss performance goal orientation (PGO)and learning goal orientation (LGO).What does it mean to be high/low on each of these traits? How do they play out in the workplace?