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

Individuals with a high ______________ believe they can improve their skills and abilities.

_____________ tend to deal with people easily and specialize in action-oriented jobs,such as marketing and sales.

Define and discuss realistic job previews.What are they? What are the benefits? Use examples.

Psychological contract violations have negative implications for which of the following?

What term refers to the fit between an individual's values,beliefs,attitudes,and personality and the values,norms,and culture of the organization?

People with a high performance goal orientation want to demonstrate their ability by doing which of the following?

_________ are superior in technical tasks and problems and inferior in interpersonal learning settings.

Having high PGO (performance goal orientation)is always dysfunctional.

Culture alignment increases employees' comfort levels.

A focus on hiring people without giving them a thorough understanding of what they are getting themselves into can backfire.

High learning goal orientation has been positively related to which of the following?

In order to maximize person-organization fit,what company offers new customer service agents $2,000 to leave after the initial training period if the employee feels that he or she is a poor fit?

Structured learning is related to preferences for _________ assessments.

What type of fit is most related to teamwork skills?

Some organizations value publicity.Which personality traits fit best in these organization?

Define relational contracts and transactional contracts.

Define and discuss person-vocation fit using the model proposed by John Holland.Use examples.

List at least five common organizational culture characteristics and identify corresponding personality traits.

Which dimension of John Holland's vocational model includes characteristics like detail-oriented,organizing,and clerical?

Observational learning is positively related to preference for informational methods and active-reflective methods.