Exam 3: Personality, Attitudes, and Work Behaviors

A factor biasing our perception is _____________.

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

How do the values a person holds affect their employment

__________ is the tendency to underestimate performance and capabilities and see oneself in a more negative light.

The best trait that predicts a person's work performance is:

__________ refers to the extent to which a person is capable of altering his or her actions and appearance in social situations.

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

__________ means that we pay attention to parts of the environment while ignoring other parts.

Correlating personality testing to a specific performance may affect behavior.

Personality and values play lesser roles in how employees feel about their jobs than other job characteristics.

In order to effectively manage organizational behavior, it is helpful to have an understanding of different employees' personalities.

What are the values of the Schwartz value inventory

Personality does not change over long periods of time.

____________ refers to an employees' leaving an organization.

What makes stereotypes potentially discriminatory

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

Personality is a modest predictor of actual job performance, but a much better predictor of:

Motivating employees is a managerial function of:

The ______________ are initial thoughts and perceptions we form about people and tend to be stable and resilient to contrary information.

____________ refers to a person's inclination to fix what is wrong, change things, and use initiative to solve problems.