Exam 12: Individual Behaviour

The opportunity to do one's best every day,believe that one's opinions count,believe that fellow workers are committed to quality,and believe there is a direct connection between one's work and the company's mission are attitudes that are positively correlated with higher profits for the company.

(True/False)

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Question 21

Workers who are more satisfied with their jobs are absent less frequently.

(True/False)

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Question 22

Jim is a COO who makes decisions based on his "gut feeling" rather than hard data.Jim would probable score high on which aspect of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 23

An)__________ is a set of expectations held by an individual about what will be given and received in the employment relationship.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 24

Selective perception is the tendency to define problems from one's own point of view.

(True/False)

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Question 25

Common stereotypes in the workplace include racial and ethnic stereotypes,gender stereotypes,ability stereotypes,and age stereotypes.

(True/False)

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Question 26

Set up to fail is the work-related stress syndrome where the individual ends up in a job that doesn't match his/her talents or that he/she doesn't like.

(True/False)

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Question 27

__________ refers to the loyalty of an individual to the organization.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 28

__________ refers to the ways people gather and evaluate information for decision making.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 29

Destructive stress impairs the performance of an individual and is dysfunctional for the individual and/or the organization.

(True/False)

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Question 30

Identifying an individual with a group or category and using oversimplified attributes of the group or category to describe the individual is the perceptual distortion mechanism of __________.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 31

A halo effect occurs when one attribute is used to develop an overall impression of a person or situation.

(True/False)

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Question 32

Two different people cannot perceive things differently.

(True/False)

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Question 33

Identify and define the "Big Five" personality traits.Describe the behavioral characteristics and tendencies of the polar opposites on each of these personality traits.

(Essay)

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Question 34

The process through which people receive,organize,and interpret information from their environment is called perception.

(True/False)

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Question 35

Organizational commitment refers to the extent to which an individual is dedicated to a job.

(True/False)

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Question 36

Job satisfaction is the degree to which an individual feels positively or negatively about various aspects of work.

(True/False)

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Question 37

The personal trait that separates "people who perform from people who don't" is:

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 38

__________ refers to the extent to which an individual is dedicated to a job.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 39

"Performance followed by rewards creates satisfaction;satisfaction influences future performance" is an expression that:

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The opportunity to do one's best every day,believe that one's opinions count,believe that fellow workers are committed to quality,and believe there is a direct connection between one's work and the company's mission are attitudes that are positively correlated with higher profits for the company.

Workers who are more satisfied with their jobs are absent less frequently.

Jim is a COO who makes decisions based on his "gut feeling" rather than hard data.Jim would probable score high on which aspect of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ?

An)__________ is a set of expectations held by an individual about what will be given and received in the employment relationship.

Selective perception is the tendency to define problems from one's own point of view.

Common stereotypes in the workplace include racial and ethnic stereotypes,gender stereotypes,ability stereotypes,and age stereotypes.

Set up to fail is the work-related stress syndrome where the individual ends up in a job that doesn't match his/her talents or that he/she doesn't like.

__________ refers to the loyalty of an individual to the organization.

__________ refers to the ways people gather and evaluate information for decision making.

Destructive stress impairs the performance of an individual and is dysfunctional for the individual and/or the organization.

Identifying an individual with a group or category and using oversimplified attributes of the group or category to describe the individual is the perceptual distortion mechanism of __________.

A halo effect occurs when one attribute is used to develop an overall impression of a person or situation.

Two different people cannot perceive things differently.

Identify and define the "Big Five" personality traits.Describe the behavioral characteristics and tendencies of the polar opposites on each of these personality traits.

The process through which people receive,organize,and interpret information from their environment is called perception.

Organizational commitment refers to the extent to which an individual is dedicated to a job.

Job satisfaction is the degree to which an individual feels positively or negatively about various aspects of work.

The personal trait that separates "people who perform from people who don't" is:

__________ refers to the extent to which an individual is dedicated to a job.

"Performance followed by rewards creates satisfaction;satisfaction influences future performance" is an expression that:

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