Question 1

Which of the following considers employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their capabilities?

Accepted Answer

A) Job satisfaction 
B) Ability 
C) Job performance 
D) Leadership style 
E) Stress 
A) Job satisfaction 
B) Ability 
C) Job performance 
D) Leadership style 
E) Stress

Question 2

Which organizational mechanism illustrated by the integrative model captures "the way things are" in an organization?

Accepted Answer

A) Organizational structure 
B) Organizational ability 
C) Organizational leadership 
D) Organizational performance 
E) Organizational culture 
A) Organizational structure 
B) Organizational ability 
C) Organizational leadership 
D) Organizational performance 
E) Organizational culture

Question 3

Who is considered to be the originator of the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

A) Jeffery Pfeffer 
B) Frederick Taylor 
C) Charles Darwin 
D) Sir Francis Bacon 
E) Adam Smith 
A) Jeffery Pfeffer 
B) Frederick Taylor 
C) Charles Darwin 
D) Sir Francis Bacon 
E) Adam Smith

Question 4

The integrative model of OB presents five individual mechanisms that directly affect the individual outcomes: motivation; learning and decision making; job performance; leadership styles and behaviors; and ethics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following capture(s)the specific actions that leaders take to influence others at work?

Accepted Answer

A) Leader styles and behaviors 
B) Leader cultural values 
C) Leader personality 
D) Leader influence and negotiation 
E) Leader power 
A) Leader styles and behaviors 
B) Leader cultural values 
C) Leader personality 
D) Leader influence and negotiation 
E) Leader power

Question 6

Which of these is one of the conditions necessary to establish causal inferences?

Accepted Answer

A) The study was conducted in an open environment. 
B) No alternative explanation exists for the correlation. 
C) The presumed effect precedes the presumed cause in time. 
D) The two variables are not correlated. 
E) The sample size is large enough. 
A) The study was conducted in an open environment. 
B) No alternative explanation exists for the correlation. 
C) The presumed effect precedes the presumed cause in time. 
D) The two variables are not correlated. 
E) The sample size is large enough.

Question 7

Which of the following methods suggests that people accept some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of samples,settings,and methods?

Accepted Answer

A) Method of intuition 
B) Method of authority 
C) Method of science 
D) Method of experience 
E) Method of behavior 
A) Method of intuition 
B) Method of authority 
C) Method of science 
D) Method of experience 
E) Method of behavior

Question 8

Explain the Rule of One-Eighth.

Accepted Answer

According to the rule of One-Eighth,only

Question 9

When a firm expands into a new product segment,it is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A) product recall 
B) product diversification 
C) monopolization 
D) cartelization 
E) product divestment 
A) product recall 
B) product diversification 
C) monopolization 
D) cartelization 
E) product divestment

Question 10

_____ is defined as a collection of assertions that specify how and why variables are related,as well as the conditions in which they should and should not be related.

Accepted Answer

A) Hypothesis 
B) Information 
C) Paradigm 
D) Data 
E) Theory 
A) Hypothesis 
B) Information 
C) Paradigm 
D) Data 
E) Theory

Question 11

Briefly explain correlation.

Accepted Answer

Correlation is a method used to identify

Question 12

It is often easy to "fix" companies that struggle with OB issues.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following explains the term causal inferences?

Accepted Answer

A) Proving that two variables are correlated. 
B) Making sure the sample size is adequate enough. 
C) Explaining why one variable is not correlated to another. 
D) Analyzing a situation and understanding what went wrong. 
E) Establishing that one variable really does cause another. 
A) Proving that two variables are correlated. 
B) Making sure the sample size is adequate enough. 
C) Explaining why one variable is not correlated to another. 
D) Analyzing a situation and understanding what went wrong. 
E) Establishing that one variable really does cause another.

Question 14

Job satisfaction does not have an effect on job performance and organizational commitment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The method of intuition suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because it seems obvious or self-evident.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following correlations indicate no statistical relationship between two variables?

Accepted Answer

A) 1 
B) -1 
C) 0 
D) 100 
E) -100 
A) 1 
B) -1 
C) 0 
D) 100 
E) -100

Question 17

Job satisfaction reflects employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their capacities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

According to the integrative model,job satisfaction is a(n)______.

Accepted Answer

A) individual outcome 
B) organizational mechanism 
C) group mechanism 
D) individual mechanism 
E) group outcome 
A) individual outcome 
B) organizational mechanism 
C) group mechanism 
D) individual mechanism 
E) group outcome

Question 19

Which organizational mechanism illustrated by the integrative model dictates how the units within the firm link to other units?

Accepted Answer

A) Organizational culture 
B) Organizational ability 
C) Organization size 
D) Organizational structure 
E) Organizational leadership 
A) Organizational culture 
B) Organizational ability 
C) Organization size 
D) Organizational structure 
E) Organizational leadership

Question 20

Big decisions are visible to competitors and observable by industry experts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following considers employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their capabilities?

Which organizational mechanism illustrated by the integrative model captures "the way things are" in an organization?

Who is considered to be the originator of the scientific method?

The integrative model of OB presents five individual mechanisms that directly affect the individual outcomes: motivation; learning and decision making; job performance; leadership styles and behaviors; and ethics.

Which of the following capture(s)the specific actions that leaders take to influence others at work?

Which of these is one of the conditions necessary to establish causal inferences?

Which of the following methods suggests that people accept some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of samples,settings,and methods?

Explain the Rule of One-Eighth.

When a firm expands into a new product segment,it is known as _____.

_____ is defined as a collection of assertions that specify how and why variables are related,as well as the conditions in which they should and should not be related.

Briefly explain correlation.

It is often easy to "fix" companies that struggle with OB issues.

Which of the following explains the term causal inferences?

Job satisfaction does not have an effect on job performance and organizational commitment.

The method of intuition suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because it seems obvious or self-evident.

Which of the following correlations indicate no statistical relationship between two variables?

Job satisfaction reflects employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their capacities.

According to the integrative model,job satisfaction is a(n)______.

Which organizational mechanism illustrated by the integrative model dictates how the units within the firm link to other units?

Big decisions are visible to competitors and observable by industry experts.

Job Performance

Organizational Commitment

Job Satisfaction

Stress

Motivation

Trust, Justice, and Ethics

Learning and Decision Making

Personality and Cultural Values

Ability

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Teams: Processes and Communication

Leadership: Power and Negotiation

Leadership: Styles and Behaviors

Organizational Structure

Organizational Culture

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Exam 1: What Is Organizational Behavior

Which of the following considers employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their capabilities?

Which organizational mechanism illustrated by the integrative model captures "the way things are" in an organization?

Who is considered to be the originator of the scientific method?

The integrative model of OB presents five individual mechanisms that directly affect the individual outcomes: motivation; learning and decision making; job performance; leadership styles and behaviors; and ethics.

Which of the following capture(s)the specific actions that leaders take to influence others at work?

Which of these is one of the conditions necessary to establish causal inferences?

Which of the following methods suggests that people accept some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of samples,settings,and methods?

Explain the Rule of One-Eighth.

When a firm expands into a new product segment,it is known as _____.

_____ is defined as a collection of assertions that specify how and why variables are related,as well as the conditions in which they should and should not be related.

Briefly explain correlation.

It is often easy to "fix" companies that struggle with OB issues.

Which of the following explains the term causal inferences?

Job satisfaction does not have an effect on job performance and organizational commitment.

The method of intuition suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because it seems obvious or self-evident.

Which of the following correlations indicate no statistical relationship between two variables?

Job satisfaction reflects employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their capacities.

According to the integrative model,job satisfaction is a(n)______.

Which organizational mechanism illustrated by the integrative model dictates how the units within the firm link to other units?

Big decisions are visible to competitors and observable by industry experts.

Job Performance

Organizational Commitment

Job Satisfaction

Stress

Motivation

Trust, Justice, and Ethics

Learning and Decision Making

Personality and Cultural Values

Ability

Teams: Characteristics and Diversity

Teams: Processes and Communication

Leadership: Power and Negotiation

Leadership: Styles and Behaviors

Organizational Structure

Organizational Culture

Filters