Exam 10: Organizational Behavior: Power, politics, conflict, and Stress

Which conflict management style that is appropriate when the issue requires the optimal solution and compromise would result in suboptimizing?

To succeed in management,one generally needs to be all of the following except ___________.

You must be a manager to have power.

_____ is a neutral third party who helps resolve conflict.

Networking increases which type of power?

Employees come to managers to find out what to do and how to do it.What type of power is this?

What does the "BCF" in a BCF Statement stand for?

Collaborative Conflict Style is not appropriate for use in which situation?

Unfortunately you have recently had a disagreement with a coworker.What steps will you take to address this conflict before it becomes an issue?

Conscientiousness is a good predictor of ____________ so companies recruit employees with good attitudes.

________ is the process of believing others perceive things as you do because they are similar to you

Increasing expert power involves a willingness to take on the more complex,hard-to-evaluate tasks.

Day-to-day manager-employee interactions are based on which type of power?

__ is also known as the Compromising Conflict Style.

Of the types of power,which one is the most related to personal power?

Power and politics are closely related.

What is the stress tug-of-war?

Which one of the following is not a perception bias?

Colton is over six feet tall and has tattoos all over his arms.Colton's manager,Malicka,served eight years in the Navy and feels Colton will be very self-disciplined.Colton's colleague Donald worked for ten months as a prison guard and does not want to work with Colton.Malicka and Donald are being influenced by which bias?

Stress is _______________________.