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1.
What makes a resource valuable?
A.
High dollar value
B.
Inimitable
C.
Desirability
D.
Availability
E.
All of the above
2.
________ is a field of study devoted to understanding, explaining and improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations.
A.
Organizational Behavior
B.
Scientific Management
C.
Theory Evaluation
D.
Sociology
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3.
The primary outcomes of interest to OB researchers are:
A.
Job performance and organizational commitment
B.
Organizational culture and organizational structure
C.
Team processes and team characteristics
D.
Personality and ability
E.
All of the above
4.
According to the integrative model of OB, the two types of group-level variables that impact individual-level attitudes and behaviors are:
A.
Learning and decision making
B.
Leadership and teams
C.
Job performance and organizational commitment
D.
Stress and motivation
E.
Personality and ability
5.
The integrative model of OB includes a number of individual mechanisms that directly impact job performance and organizational commitment. Those mechanisms include:
A.
Leadership styles and behavior
B.
Organizational culture and organizational structure
C.
Team processes and team characteristics
D.
Stress and motivation
E.
All of the above
6.
What Beulah feels while thinking about her job and going about her day-to-day work is captured in her:
A.
Personality
B.
Job satisfaction
C.
Leadership style
D.
Motivation
E.
All of the above
7.
Which of the following individual mechanisms captures the energetic forces that drive employees' work efforts?
A.
Job satisfaction
B.
Personality
C.
Motivation
D.
Ability
E.
Stress
8.
__________ reflects the various traits and tendencies that describe how people act, with commonly studied traits including extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness.
A.
Sociology
B.
Job satisfaction
C.
Leadership
D.
Personality
E.
Organizational Structure
9.
Which of the following mechanisms caputres shared knowledge about the rules, norms, and values that shape employee attutdes and behaviors?
A.
Organizational structure
B.
Organizational ability
C.
Organizational culture
D.
Job performance
E.
Organizational leadership
10.
According to a study focused on Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work for" list, the results revealed:
A.
The 100 best firms were more profitable than their peers
B.
The 100 best firms were less profitable than their peers
C.
There was no difference in profitability between 100 best and their peers
D.
The 100 best firms actually had a 19% higher turnover rate than their peers
E.
The best 100 firms lost market value by more than 50% after getting on the list due to heavy expenditure related to value placed on OB
11.
____________ summarize the statistical relationships between variables.
A.
Data
B.
Correlations
C.
Observations
D.
Collections
E.
Methods of knowing
12.
Which of the following takes all the correlations found in studies of a particular relationship and calculates a weighted average of them?
A.
Human resource management
B.
Resource-based view
C.
Meta-analysis
D.
Strategic management
E.
Method of intuition
13.
Which of the following is NOT a part of the Scientific Method?
A.
Theory
B.
Data
C.
Hypothesis
D.
Verification
E.
They are all a part of the Scientific Method
14.
__________ is a collection of assertions, both verbal and symbolic, that specify how and why variables are related.
A.
Theory
B.
Hypothesis
C.
Correlation
D.
Meta-analysis
15.
___________ describes the statistical relationship between 2 variables and can be positive or negative and range from 0 to + or - 1.
A.
Meta-analysis
B.
Method of Science
C.
Correlation
D.
Scientific data
16.
In OB research, a .50 ____________ is considered _____________
A.
Affiliation, moderate
B.
Success rate, weak
C.
Correlation, strong
D.
Result, desirable
17.
__________________ takes all of the correlations found in studies of a particular relationship and calculates a weighted average.
A.
Correlation
B.
Job analysis
C.
Scientific research
D.
Meta-analysis
18.
The effective management of organizational behavior can help a company become more profitable because:
A.
It helps to tailor jobs to better suit your employees.
B.
The utilization of resources is essential to profitability.
C.
Poorly managed companies will not survive in the long run.
D.
Good people are a valuable resource.
19.
The two primary outcomes of organizational behavior are:
A.
Organizational culture and job satisfaction
B.
Job performance and organizational commitment
C.
Job satisfaction and job performance
D.
Organizational commitment and organizational culture
20.
With Method of ________, people hold firmly to some belief because it "just stands to reason".
A.
Intuition
B.
Science
C.
Authority
D.
Experience
E.
None of the above
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Sample Question
_____ is the view the individual has of himself or herself as a physical, social, and spiritual or moral being.Self-concept
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Sample Question
The ________ theory argues that job satisfaction depends on whether an employee percieves that his/her job supplies the things that he/she values.Job characteristics
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Sample Question
The value of the set of employee behaviors that contribute either positively or negatively to organizational goal accomplishment is known as:Job commitment
Motivation
Job satisfaction
Job performance
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