Exam 2: Individual Behavior, Personality, and Values

Beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong are called:

Ethics experts say that the most effective way to ensure that employees engage in ethical behavior is to introduce ethical codes of conduct.

Which of the following countries generally has high achievement orientation values?

Cultures with high collectivism must also have low individualism.

Competencies include:

Research has found that absenteeism is rarely, if ever, caused by situational factors.

A visiting professor in international business recently spoke to students in an organizational behavior class about cultural differences between American and Japanese employees.The visitor noted that Americans and Japanese have similar values - Americans have high individualism and low collectivism and Japanese have medium-high individualism and low collectivism.The visitor concluded by saying that by identifying someone's nationality, such as American, you can easily determine the person's level of collectivism and individualism.Identify and discuss two problems with the visiting professor's statements.

Which of the following refers to the fact that motivation is goal-directed, not random?

One problem with the utilitarian principle of ethical decision making is that:

Aptitudes are natural talents that help individuals to learn specific tasks more quickly and perform them better than other people.

Aptitudes, skills, and competencies all fall under which of the following concepts?

Jung's psychological types are measured in:

The sales office of a large industrial products wholesale company has an increasing problem that salespeople are arriving late at the office each morning.Some sales reps go directly to visit clients rather than showing up at the office as required by company policy.Others arrive several minutes after their appointed start time.The vice-president of sales doesn't want to introduce time clocks, but this may be necessary if the lateness problem isn't corrected.Using the MARS model of individual behavior, diagnose the possible reasons why salespeople may be engaging in this 'lateness' behavior.

The forces within a person affect the employee's motivation.

Which of these countries generally has the strongest collectivist value orientation?

The distributive justice principle of ethical decision making people who are similar in relevant ways should receive dissimilar benefits and burdens based on their individual rights.

Which of the following represents values that determine whether actions are right or wrong and outcomes are good or bad?

People perform better in most employment situations when they have a strong external locus of control.

______ is the amount of effort allocated to the goal.

Which of these statements about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is TRUE?