Question 1

Human resource management focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In contrast to the classical approach to management,the human relations movement emerged as management scholars began to understand:

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A)  Hierarchical reporting structures
B)  Informal communication networks including the grapevine
C)  psychological attributes of individual workers
D)  The structure of the informal organization
E)  The structure of the formal organizationF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

According to resource-based view,a resource is more valuable when it is rare and:

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A)  regular
B)  simple
C)  inimitable
D)  transparent
E)  commonF) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

In organizational behaviour research,a correlation of .50 is considered:

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A)  Weak
B)  Strong
C)  Moderate
D)  Useless
E)  PerfectF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

_______ is a field of study devoted to understanding,explaining,and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sociology
B)  Organizational behaviour
C)  Strategic management
D)  Social psychology
E)  EconomicsF) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

Which of the following influences the kinds of tasks an employee is good at and those with which an employee may struggle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personality
B)  Ability
C)  Trust,justice,and ethics
D)  Learning and decision making
E)  Cultural valuesF) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

Which of the following deals with how employees gain job knowledge and how they use that knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job?

Accepted Answer

A)  Team processes
B)  Trust,justice,and ethics
C)  Learning and decision making
D)  Personality and ability
E)  MotivationF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

All of these are individual mechanisms as reflected in the integrative model of organizational behavior,except?

Accepted Answer

A)  stress
B)  motivation
C)  job satisfaction
D)  learning
E)  job performanceF) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 9

The text presents five individual mechanisms that directly affect individual outcomes: motivation;learning and decision making;job performance;stress;and trust,justice,and ethics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

OB research on job performance and individual characteristics draws primarily from studies in:

Accepted Answer

A)  industrial and organizational psychology.
B)  economics.
C)  strategic management.
D)  sociology.
E)  marketing.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

The theories and concepts found in OB are actually drawn from two disciplines: human resources management and strategic management.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it can be imitated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Hypotheses take all the correlations found in studies of a particular relationship and calculate a weighted average.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Using the resource-based view of the organization,explain how people are a valuable resource.Provide an example to justify your position.

Accepted Answer

People are rare and inimitable.The inimi...

Question 15

In organizational behaviour research,a correlation of .30 is considered:

Accepted Answer

A)  Weak
B)  Strong
C)  Moderate
D)  Useless
E)  PerfectF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

Meta-analysis offers more compelling support for the potential benefits of social recognition than the methods of experience,intuition,or authority could have provided.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Big decisions can be copied;they are visible to competitors and observable by industry experts and analysts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

If people hold firmly to some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate results using a series of samples,settings,and methods,then they are using their intuition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

_______ summarize the statistical relationships between variables.

Accepted Answer

A)  Data
B)  Correlations
C)  Observations
D)  Collections
E)  Methods of knowingF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

It is often easy to "fix" companies that struggle with OB issues.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: What Is Organizational Behaviour

Big decisions can be copied;they are visible to competitors and observable by industry experts and analysts.

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Which of the following deals with how employees gain job knowledge and how they use that knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job?

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OB research on job performance and individual characteristics draws primarily from studies in:

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All of these are individual mechanisms as reflected in the integrative model of organizational behavior,except?

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Hypotheses take all the correlations found in studies of a particular relationship and calculate a weighted average.

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Meta-analysis offers more compelling support for the potential benefits of social recognition than the methods of experience,intuition,or authority could have provided.

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_______ summarize the statistical relationships between variables.

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The text presents five individual mechanisms that directly affect individual outcomes: motivation;learning and decision making;job performance;stress;and trust,justice,and ethics.

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Human resource management focuses on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization's profitability.

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In organizational behaviour research,a correlation of .30 is considered:

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The theories and concepts found in OB are actually drawn from two disciplines: human resources management and strategic management.

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Which of the following influences the kinds of tasks an employee is good at and those with which an employee may struggle?

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_______ is a field of study devoted to understanding,explaining,and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations.

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It is often easy to "fix" companies that struggle with OB issues.

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In organizational behaviour research,a correlation of .50 is considered:

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If people hold firmly to some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate results using a series of samples,settings,and methods,then they are using their intuition.

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Using the resource-based view of the organization,explain how people are a valuable resource.Provide an example to justify your position.

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According to resource-based view,a resource is more valuable when it is rare and:

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The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it can be imitated.

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In contrast to the classical approach to management,the human relations movement emerged as management scholars began to understand:

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