Deck 3: Personality and Values

Question 1

theory suggested people in job environments congruent with their personality types should be more satisfied and are less likely to voluntarily resign than should people in incongruent jobs.

A)The GLOBE team's
B)Hofstede's
C)Nunnally's Big Five
D)Holland's person- job fit

Answer 1

D

Question 2

People with internal locus of control tend to:

A)believe they have a lack of control in their lives.
B)believe success is due to blind luck.
C)have confidence in their ability to perform in their jobs.
D)be most likely to reflect a negative core self- evaluation.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A comprehensive analysis of cultural diversity has been done by:

A)Maslow.
B)Follett.
C)Hofstede.
D)McGregor.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

represent basic convictions that "a specific mode of conduct or end state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct."

A)Attitudes
B)Convictions
C)Values
D)Preferences

Question 5

Which category of dominant work values is likely to characterise a 60- year- old employee?

A)egalitarianism
B)Protestant work ethic
C)existentialism
D)pragmatism

Question 6

Personality:

A)is always stable.
B)is comprised of traits that cannot be measured.
C)looks at the aggregate whole.
D)is a part of a person's psychological system.

Question 7

The measure of the extent to which people in a country accept the fact that power in institutions and organisations is distributed unequally is called:

A)power distance.
B)quantity of life.
C)collectivism.
D)institutional distribution theory.

Question 8

You are the manager of a small boutique.You have decided to apply the Big Five Model in order to understand your employees and their work habits because it is generally supported by an impressive body of research.You want to use the five dimensions of personality to match individuals with jobs to which they are well- suited. Jane Simpson rates low on conscientiousness.You should expect that she:

A)will be comfortable with solitude.
B)will be easily distracted.
C)will be nervous,depressed,and insecure.
D)will find comfort in the familiar.

Question 9

The Myers- Briggs Type Indicator include all of the following classifications except:

A)Perceiving vs.judging.
B)Extroverted vs.introverted.
C)Intelligent vs.challenged.
D)Sensing vs.intuitive.

Question 10

Which one of the following statements is true about the six personality types developed in Holland's personality- job fit theory?

A)People basically have similar personalities.
B)Organisations can teach a person to have the proper personality type.
C)Diagonally opposite types are most alike using Holland's typology framework.
D)Satisfaction is high when one's personality type is congruent with his or her work environment.

Question 11

The "realistic" personality from Holland's typology of personality and congruent occupations would likely be well suited for which of the following jobs?

A)mechanic
B)painter
C)accountant
D)lawyer

Question 12

People who consistently believe they control their own destinies have a:

A)high internal locus of control.
B)high extroversion.
C)Type A personality.
D)high propensity for risk- taking.

Question 13

demonstrate their competitiveness by working long hours and not infrequently,making poor decisions because they make them too fast.

A)Type As
B)Self- monitors
C)High SEs
D)Type Bs

Question 14

Which of the following is true of the Type A personality?

A)Type As are obsessed with numbers and measure their success in terms of how much of everything they acquire.
B)Type As can play for fun and relaxation,rather than to exhibit superiority.
C)Type As feel no need to discuss their achievements.
D)All of the above.

Question 15

You are the manager of a small boutique.You have decided to apply the Big Five Model in order to understand your employees and their work habits because it is generally supported by an impressive body of research.You want to use the five dimensions of personality to match individuals with jobs to which they are well- suited. Terri Jackson,one of your newest employees,is an extrovert.Which of the following statements is not true?

A)Terri will probably be quite sociable.
B)You should expect Terri to be assertive.
C)Terri will be friendly and outgoing.
D)Terri will be quite comfortable with solitude.

Question 16

Which of the following personality characteristics describe individuals high in Machiavellianism?

A)tendency for arrogance and sense of entitlement
B)pragmatic and maintain emotional distance
C)time- driven and unable to relax
D)relaxed and patient

Question 17

You have decided to use Holland's Typology of Personality and Congruent Occupations to help your friends who are university students understand for which jobs they would be well- suited.Monica is shy,stable and persistent.Neil is ambitious and energetic and likes to dominate conversations.Jessica is idealistic and impractical but very imaginative.Walter is efficient and practical,but he lacks imagination and tends to be inflexible. Who might be well- suited to being a lawyer?

A)Neil
B)Walter
C)Monica
D)Jessica

Question 18

Which of the following cultural dimensions was identified by GLOBE,but not Hofstede?

A)power distance
B)uncertainty avoidance
C)performance orientation
D)individualism/collectivism

Question 19

According to the GLOBE team,encompasses the extent to which members of a society take pride in membership in small groups.

A)individualism/collectivism
B)human orientation
C)in- group collectivism
D)performance orientation

Question 20

Which dimension of the Big Five model is a measure of reliability?

A)openness to experience
B)conscientiousness
C)agreeableness
D)extraversion

Question 21

is the degree to which people like or dislike themselves.

A)Machiavellianism
B)Authoritarianism
C)Locus of control
D)Self- esteem

Question 22

According to the Myers- Briggs Type Indicator,are conceptualisers.

A)MBTIs
B)INTJs
C)ESTJs
D)ENTPs

Question 23

A person who believes that ends can justify means can be said to have the characteristic of:

A)authoritarianism.
B)Machiavellianism.
C)risk- taking.
D)external locus of control.

Question 24

An individual who is aggressively involved in a chronic incessant struggle to achieve more and more in less and less time is a(n):

A)Type B.
B)Type A.
C)extrovert.
D)Type AB.

Question 25

How would you describe an individual who is capable of presenting striking contradictions between who they are in public and who they are privately?

A)low self- esteem
B)low self- monitoring
C)high self- monitoring
D)high self- esteem

Question 26

The Value Survey contains to sets of values which are instrumental values and:

A)attitudes.
B)speed of decision making.
C)ethical decision making.
D)terminal values.

Question 27

The "enterprising" personality from Holland's typology of personality and congruent occupations would exhibit which of the following personality characteristics?

A)self- confident,ambitious,energetic
B)imaginative,disorderly,idealistic
C)sociable,friendly,cooperative
D)shy,genuine,persistent

Question 28

Values are best described as:

A)flexible.
B)fairly stable over time.
C)a lack of convictions
D)synonymous with personality.

Question 29

Holland's theory of personality- job fit argues that job satisfaction is highest and turnover lowest where:

A)salary is high.
B)personality and occupation are in agreement.
C)an individual is highly motivated.
D)employees have an education.

Question 30

When we rank an individual's values in terms of his/her _ ,we obtain the person's value system.

A)context
B)social acceptance
C)content
D)intensity

Question 31

Which of the following is not one of the cultural dimensions identified by the GLOBE team?

A)humane orientation
B)societal institutions
C)assertiveness
D)future orientation

Question 32

The Veterans,when faced with loyalty dilemmas,tended to make decisions in terms of:

A)what was best for their family.
B)what was best for their organisation.
C)what was best for society.
D)what was best for them on an individual basis.

Question 33

Those individuals whose lives have been shaped by globalisation,MTV,AIDS,and computers; and tend to be team- oriented are referred to as the:

A)Veterans.
B)Xers.
C)Nexters.
D)Boomers.

Question 34

If personality characteristics were completely dictated by ,they would be fixed at birth and no amount of experience could alter them.

A)heredity
B)job satisfaction
C)environment
D)situation

Question 35

Which of the following is not one of Hofstede's five dimensions of national culture?

A)individualism vs.collectivism
B)power distance
C)long- term orientation
D)language proficiency

Question 36

is the equivalent of low individualism.

A)Collectivism
B)Uncertainty avoidance
C)Power distance
D)Long- term orientation

Question 37

A personality attribute that has potential for predicting behaviour in organisations is:

A)self- monitoring.
B)Machiavellianism.
C)type A personality.
D)all of the above.

Question 38

Which of the following is a personality determinant?

A)heredity
B)environment
C)both A and B
D)neither A nor B

Question 39

entered the work force from the mid- 1960s through the mid- 1980s.

A)Boomers
B)Xers
C)Nexters
D)Veterans

Question 40

is the degree to which people in a country prefer structured over unstructured situations.

A)Power distance
B)Collectivism
C)Long- term orientation
D)Uncertainty avoidance

Question 41

You are the manager of a small boutique.You have decided to apply the Big Five Model in order to understand your employees and their work habits because it is generally supported by an impressive body of research.You want to use the five dimensions of personality to match individuals with jobs to which they are well- suited. You know that your customers are demanding and sometimes difficult.Which personality dimension taps a person's ability to withstand stress?

A)agreeableness
B)extroversion
C)conscientiousness
D)emotional stability

Question 42

Which of the following is not included in the Big Five model?

A)agreeableness
B)conscientiousness
C)intelligence
D)emotional stability

Question 43

Which of the following personality shaping forces is not environmental?

A)family norms
B)experience
C)parents' height
D)culture

Question 44

Generation X are more willing than previous generations to make personal sacrifices for their employers.

Question 45

Personality is the sum total of the way in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others.

Question 46

Each country has a common personality type.

Question 47

Low risk- takers make more rapid decisions.

Question 48

The dimension of in- group collectivism within the GLOBE framework for assessing cultures represents:

A)the degree society encourages and rewards group members for excellence.
B)the extent society rewards caring and kindness to others.
C)the extent members of a society take pride in small group membership.
D)the extent society encourages people to be assertive and competitive.

Question 49

A recent study of contemporary businesspeople who created supersuccessful firms found that all of these individuals were NTs.

Question 50

An impressive body of research supports that five basic personality dimensions underlie all others.

Question 51

Holland's "conventional" personality is congruent with the occupation of an accountant.

Question 52

According to Hofstede,Australia ranks the highest of all countries on the dimension power distance.

Question 53

Self- monitoring refers to an individual's ability to adjust his or her behaviour to external,situational factors.

Question 54

Organisations in a society high in uncertainty avoidance are likely to have more formal rules.

Question 55

The five personality factors identified in the Big Five Model appear in almost all cross- cultural studies.

Question 56

Zack is always moving and is impatient.He prefers work to leisure and seems obsessed with numbers.Zack is probably a Type B personality.

Question 57

Individuals who have a narcissistic personality have a grandiose sense of self- importance.

Question 58

The GLOBE dimensions have replaced Hofstede's dimensions.

Question 59

Why has so much attention been paid to personality traits?

A)they may guide career development decisions
B)they are useful matching people to jobs
C)they may help in job selection
D)all of the above

Question 60

Which of the following is not a true statement about the GLOBE framework for assessing cultures?

A)The GLOBE dimensions have replaced those outlined by Hofstede.
B)The GLOBE research identifies nine dimensions and uses data from 62 countries
C)The survey suggests that the United States has become somewhat less individualistic over time.
D)The GLOBE project confirms that Hofstede's five dimensions are still valid.

Question 61

People with high Machiavellian personality characteristics flourish best when a situation has many rules and regulations and they can interact with others indirectly.

Question 62

When we rank an individual's values in terms of his/her intensity,we obtain that person's value system.

Question 63

Boomers place a great deal of emphasis on achievement and material success.

Question 64

Discuss the Rokeach Value Survey.Include definitions and discussion of terminal values and instrumental values.

Question 65

Discuss the five value dimensions of national culture described by Hofstede.Explain where Australia ranks on each of the five dimensions.

Question 66

ESTJs are organisers.

Question 67

Geert Hofstede developed a survey that assesses terminal and instrumental values.

Question 68

Define "locus of control" and then explain the difference between an internal and external locus of control.

Question 69

Values tend to be stable and enduring.

Question 70

Compare Hofstede's cultural dimensions with the GLOBE framework.

Question 71

Workers' values tend to differ by generation.Generalising,discuss the dominant values of Veterans,Boomers,Xers and Nexters and the approximate age of each.

Question 72

Individuals with Holland's "enterprising" personality tend to make excellent musicians.

Question 73

Researchers have found that genetics accounts for about 50 percent of the personality differences and more than 30 percent of the variation in occupational and leisure interests in studies of identical twins.

Question 74

Personality looks at the parts of the person rather than the aggregate whole.

Question 75

The GLOBE team identified 62 dimensions on which national cultures differ.

Question 76

A substantial body of research supports the MBTI as a valid measure of personality.

Question 77

Describe the Type A personality.

Question 78

Myers- Briggs Type Indicator is a 100- question personality test that types four characteristics into sixteen personality types.

Question 79

Conscientiousness refers to an individual's propensity to defer to others.

Question 80

What is the Myers- Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)and how might it be used by managers?