Exam 2: Personality, Attitudes, and Work Behaviors

Managers need to consider the individual and the situation when making:

Believing that women are more cooperative than men,or men are more assertive than women,are examples of:

Identify two ways companies can track attitudes in the workplace.

__________ is the tendency to underestimate our performance and capabilities and see ourselves in a less positive light than others see us.

How would a social monitor's qualities as a manager affect his/her ability to carry out the controlling functions in an organization?

Organizational justice can be classified into three categories:

Studies show that part of our career success and job satisfaction later in life can be explained by our childhood personality.

Openness to new experiences tends to ________ in old age.

One method some companies use to improve the match between job candidate and the job is personality testing.

Motivating employees is a managerial function of:

Our personality is another explanation for why we perform citizenship behaviors.

Focusing on some aspects of the environment and ignoring other elements is called:

There are only five traits that explain variations in our personalities.

When conducting environment scanning,a manager's perceptions color the information that is absorbed and processed.

Identify the five personality traits in the Big Five Personality Traits.

Research shows that fitting in with a company culture is a strong predictor of job performance.False: It seems that only sometimes fitting with a company's culture predicts job performance.Medium;Comprehension

___________ effectively requires an understanding of employees' personalities,values,and attitudes.

How are job attitudes related to citizenship behaviors?

Impressions may be defined as the process by which individuals detect and interpret environmental stimuli.

_________ is a belief that one can perform a specific task successfully.