Exam 17: Applying Social Psychology to the Workplace

Which kind of mentoring will produce the best outcome?

When should an employee be given a copy of the performance appraisal form that will be used in performance reviews?

The process by which members become absorbed into the culture of the organization is ____.

Janae 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. Janae is conducting a(n) ____ interview.

If you need to know about the tasks, knowledge, skills, work activities, wages, and employment outlook for a number of different jobs, what online resource would be most helpful?

"Can-do" is to ____ as "will-do" is to ____.

If you discriminate against an individual in a protected class in a hiring decision, you must be sure that the reason for your discrimination is based upon a(n) ____.

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

Organizational culture is ____ than organizational climate.

Kat tells her daughters that whomever does the most work will earn the biggest allowance 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?

Women who work longer hours tend to eat ____ snacks than men who work the same number of hours.

The process used by managers to determine their needs with regard to human resources, including retaining talented as well as removing poor performers, is called ____.

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 ____.

Phil comes to work late, routinely misses meetings, and always uses the office copier for personal business. Phil is engaged in ____.

Sally 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. Sally has high ____ commitment.

Which of the following personality characteristics is NOT associated with successful leaders?

The degree to which group members like each other, feel pride in being part of the group, and are committed to their group goals is known as ____.

You are taking a test for a job application as a brick layer. The test requires you to answer questions about science fiction literature. This test lacks ____.

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

Which company was rated the best company to work for (based on employee input) by Fortune in 2012, and why?