Exam 3: Understanding Individual Differences: Part A

Measurements of job satisfaction are more likely to vary over short periods of time (such as days or weeks),than are measures of organizational commitment.

Feelings refer to a complex pattern of emotions.

The simple definition of hope is Hope = mental willpower + waypower to achieve goals.

Aspects of the environment that influence personality formation include culture,family,group membership,and life experiences.

Managers who are hopeful do not interact with employees,and prefer for employees to work independently from each other.

In the Self Competency,David Neeleman of JetBlue,the CEO grew up in the slums of Brazil.

In the Diversity Competency,Deloitte & Touche,only about five percent of the firm's partners were women,and the turnover rate for women throughout the firm was 30 percent.

Individualism and/or collectivism play no role in organizational behaviors.

No single definition of personality is accepted universally.

Managers and employees raised in the same culture will not necessarily have the same values,since not all individuals respond to cultural influences equally.

The term "personality preference" typically refers to the basic components of personality,and not to the overall structure of personality.

The feelings that reflect attitudes toward a job are generally known as overall happiness.

Power avoidance is the extent to which people rely on procedures,and organizations (including government)to avoid ambiguity,unpredictability,and risk.

Job satisfaction is the extent to which people in a society accept status and power inequalities as a normal and functional aspect of life.

Self-motivation refers to recognizing one's emotions,strengths and limitations,and capabilities an how these affect others.

Anticipatory emotions refer to the emotions that you feel after failing to reach a goal.

Job satisfaction is a collection of job specific attitudes that can be related to various aspects of the job.

Individuals who have a high external locus of control believe that chance,fate,or other people primarily determine what happens to them.

Attitudes are defined as short-term and temporary,feelings,beliefs,and behavioral tendencies.

Agreeableness is the degree to which a person is calm,secure,and free from persistent negative feelings.