Exam 2: Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: the Manager As a Person

Max enjoys being the center of attraction during his office parties. He has excellent social skills and easily makes friends with new employees. He can rightly be said to ________.

________ is the degree to which individuals feel good about themselves and their capabilities.

________ is the tendency to be original, have broad interests, be daring, and take risks.

The need for affiliation is the extent to which a manager has a strong interest in performing challenging tasks well and to meet personal standards of excellence.

Levels of job satisfaction tend to increase as one moves up the hierarchy in an organization.

What is socialization? How does it help an organization?

With regard to the managerial function of controlling in an organization that has a conservative culture, managers ________.

A(n) ________ value is a personal conviction about lifelong goals or objectives.

Organizational socialization is the process by which newcomers learn an organization's values and norms and acquire the work behaviors necessary to perform jobs effectively.

Differentiate between terminal and instrumental values. How do they contribute to the organizational culture?

As a manager, Nancy is known in the company as a risk-taker and an innovator. Nancy is ________.

Managers who have ________________ perform some of their figurehead and spokesperson roles and persuade others both inside and outside the organization of the organization's merits.

Which of the following is true of the managerial function of organizing in an organization that has a conservative culture?

Managers who are ________ appear to lack direction and self-discipline.

Brian has been employed at Precision Services for nearly 10 years. He is an effective manager but does not like to take risks. Brian is more comfortable following guidelines and maintaining the status quo. Brian is ________.

________ signify what an organization and its employees are trying to accomplish.

The rites of ________ determine how individuals enter, advance within, and leave the organization.

________ is the tendency to be careful, scrupulous, and persevering.

Whenever Daniel performs well in a test, he thinks that his teacher was being lenient or that he was lucky. Daniel is said to have ________.

The tendency to get along well with others is known as ________.