Exam 2: Foundations of Individual Behavior

Which of the following is not a recruiting method to enhance workforce diversity?

Individuals who have a high score on one dimension of physical ability will usually score high on all other dimensions.

Which of the following is not a dimension of intellectual ability?

Which of the following is not a method to ensure a successful, diverse workforce?

Which one of the following words is the best synonym for "surface-level diversity", as the term is used in organizational behavior?

Dynamic strength is the ability to coordinate the simultaneous actions of different parts of the body.

What is ability? What are the two sets of factors composing a person's ability level?

You work in the air filter manufacturing business. Your division is made up of three other people with very different biographical characteristics. Gina is 27 years old, single and female. She has been with the company only six months. Jonathan is 63 years old and a widower who has been with the company for thirty years. Sally is a single mother with four children who has been with the company for five years. -Based on the information given, which employee would you expect to most desire the option to telecommute or arrange a more flexible work schedule?

Which of the following defines the overall factor of intelligence, as suggested by the positive correlations among specific intellectual ability dimensions?

Why are surface-level diversity factors poor indicators of how two employees will work together, and what factors are better indicators for predicting compatibility?

Research supports which of the following statements about men and women in the workplace?

Marina needs to hire five people for her sales team. She is advertising in the local Hispanic magazine, has redesigned her recruiting materials to show her current workforce, which is quite diverse, and has recently joined the local Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Based on this information, what conclusion can you draw about Marina's probable hires, turn over, and employee satisfaction?

________ is when management is aware of and sensitive to the individual needs and difference of employees.

Research shows that which of the following is likely to decrease as a worker grows older?

Recognizing that individuals have different abilities that can be taken into account when making hiring decisions is unfair discrimination.

The ability to exert muscular force repeatedly or continuously over time is called ________.

Brady scored very low on his college entrance exams and decided to look for a job rather than go to college. He has been offered a full-time job on the night shift at a local dog boarding facility. What is the most likely outcome of Brady's success on the job given the results of his college entrance exams as a basis for his intellectual ability?

Unfair discrimination is based on the assumption that everyone in a group is the same.

In general, women and men desire the same work schedules.

You work in the air filter manufacturing business. Your division is made up of three other people with very different biographical characteristics. Gina is 27 years old, single and female. She has been with the company only six months. Jonathan is 63 years old and a widower who has been with the company for thirty years. Sally is a single mother with four children who has been with the company for five years. -Based on the information given, which employee would be least likely to quit his or her job?