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

Rites of passage such as shared announcements of organizational successes,office parties,and company cookouts,build and reinforce common bonds among organizational members.

The collection of feelings and beliefs that managers have about their organization as a whole is known as organizational:

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:

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

According to psychologist David McClelland,the extent to which an individual has a strong desire to perform challenging tasks well and to meet personal standards for excellence is known as the individual's need for:

A low level of agreeableness is an asset in managerial jobs that actually requires that managers be antagonistic.

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

Which of the following refers to a feeling or state of mind?

Discuss extraversion.How does it affect managers' thoughts,feelings,and behaviors?

People who are less inclined toward social interactions and to have a less positive outlook are known to be:

Emotional intelligence can help managers perform interpersonal roles like that of a:

The attraction-selection-attrition framework suggests that employees who are dissimilar in personality from that of the founders are more likely to leave the organization over time.

Whenever Cate does not perform well in a test,she blames it on the lack of preparedness on her part.Cate is said to have:

Which of the following reflects the distinctive ways in which organizational members perform their jobs and relate to others inside and outside the organization?

Helping layoff victims in their job search efforts is one of the ways in which managers can humanely manage a layoff.

Which of the following describes what managers are trying to achieve through work and how they think they should behave?

Define personality traits.What are the Big Five personality traits?

A(n)________________ is a collection of feelings and beliefs.

Downsizing tends to increase employee satisfaction because employees' increased workloads make them feel more responsible and empowered.

Differences in the levels of organizational commitment among managers in different countries are likely because these managers have different kinds of opportunities and rewards.