POST MGT405 Midterm Exam Fall 2014

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POST MGT405 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2014QuestionQuestion 1Which of the following would be considered employee involvement?A legally mandated union-management health and safety committee.A supervisor casually asking an employee whether the companyshould adopt a new type ofwork schedule.All of these statements are considered employee involvement.Question 2Mental models are __________ that guide perceptions and behavior.StereotypesForms of punishmentSelf-fulfilling propheciesBroad world viewsAction learning practicesQuestion 3Which discipline has provided organizational behavior with much of its theoretical foundationfor team dynamics, organizational power, and organizational socialization?SociologyPsychologyEconomicsIndustrial engineeringPolitical scienceQuestion 4Goal setting influences employee behavior and performance mainly by improving:A. situational contingencies and learned abilities.B. aptitudes and learned abilities.C. motivation and role perceptions.D. role perceptions and learned abilities.E. motivation and aptitudes.Question 5Which 'Big Five' personality dimension is most valuable for predicting job performance?ExtroversionOpenness to experienceConscientiousness

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High neuroticismExternal locus of controlQuestion 6Organizational commitment refers to an employee's contractual obligation to provide a minimumamount of time and effort to the organization in return for a fair day's pay from the organization.TrueFalseQuestion 7Employee involvement tends to have which of the following benefits in decision making?Leads to a more accurate definition of the problemImproves the number and quality of alternative solutionsIncreases the likelihood of selecting the best alternativeStrengthens employee commitment to the solutionAll of these statements are correctQuestion 8Competencies relate most closely to which element in the MARS model of behavior andperformance?MotivationSituational factorsRole perceptionsAbilityResearch evidenceQuestion 9Incongruence between a company's dominant values and an employee's values is known to:Increase employee stressIncrease employee chance of quittingIncrease chance that the employees decisions will differ from the organization's preferencesAll of the aboveHave no effect on employee behavior or decision makingQuestion 10Social Cognitve Theory states that:A. a behavioralB. a learning theoryC. an existentialD. an agenticQuestion 11

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In the section on cross-cultural values, the textbook warns that:A. the cross-cultural data presented are based on a very small sample (less than 10 people in eachcountry studied).B. the definitions of most values have changed over the past decade, so most cross-culturalinformation has little meaning anymore.C. several cultures don't have any values, but this isn't mentioned in the literature.D. diverse societies such as the United States have a wide range of values even though theinformation presented assumes that everyone in the country has similar values.E. all of the aboveQuestion 12The highest level need in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is:A. esteemB. safetyC. powerD. belongingnessE. self-actualizationQuestion 13_______ is a conscious process of making choices among one or more alternatives with theintention of moving toward some desired state of affairs.A. Decision makingB. Bounded rationalityC. Divergent thinkingD. Prospect theoryE. Scenario planningQuestion 14Employees are empowered when they:A. practice job specializationB. experience self-reinforcementC. engage in positive self-talkD. experience freedom and discretionE. experience self-reinforcement and engage in positive self-talkQuestion 15Social identity theory says that:A. we define ourselves in terms of our membership in certain groups and our differences withpeople who belong to other groups.

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