Exam 2: Individual Behaviour, Personality and Values

Explain the term 'value congruence'.How important is the similarity between a person's value hierarchies and the value hierarchy of the organisation?

Cultures with high collectivism must also have low individualism.

Employees from cultures with a high power distance are more likely to:

All of these are 'Big Five' personality dimensions EXCEPT:

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a personality test that measures the 'Big Five' personality dimensions.

There is almost complete agreement among psychologists that personality is mostly formed by a person's childhood socialisation.

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

One concern with using personality tests as a basis for selection in organisations is that 'more' of a trait may not give the best performance.

Which of the following identifies the four factors that directly influence individual behaviour and performance?

________ characterises people with high levels of anxiety,hostility,depression and self-consciousness.

Which of the following is considered a counter-productive work behaviour:

Extroversion characterises people who are outgoing,talkative sociable and:

Organisational citizenship is less likely to occur among employees with a high conscientiousness personality.

Define espoused-enacted value congruence and why it is a necessary condition for leadership.

Which of the following would be considered a work-related behaviour?

Learned capabilities refer to the skills and knowledge that you have actually acquired.

When assessing the ethics of a decision,you should:

Companies can improve employee performance through situational factors by:

All of these factors directly influence an employee's voluntary behaviour and performance EXCEPT:

Which 'Big Five' personality dimension is most valuable for predicting job performance?