Question 1

The method of authority suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because some respected official, agency, or source has said it is so.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following considers employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their capabilities?

Accepted Answer

A)   Job satisfaction
B)   Ability
C)   Job performance
D)   Leadership style
E)   StressF) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a group mechanism?

Accepted Answer

A)   Team characteristics and diversity
B)   Motivation
C)   Trust, justice, and ethics
D)   Organizational commitment
E)   AbilityF) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 4

Which of these is one of the conditions necessary to establish causal inferences?

Accepted Answer

A)   The presumed cause follows the presumed effect in time.
B)   Multiple alternative explanations exist for the correlation.
C)   Factors other than the variables in question could create causation.
D)   The two variables are correlated.
E)   The sample size is large enough.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

Choose the method that suggests people accept some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods.

Accepted Answer

A)   Method of intuition
B)   Method of authority
C)   Method of science
D)   Method of experience
E)   Method of behaviorF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 6

The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   complex
B)   technologically advanced
C)   socially complex
D)   rare
E)   simpleF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 7

Define organizational behavior (OB). How does it differ from human resource management?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Job satisfaction reflects employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their capacities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following captures the specific actions that leaders take to influence others at work?

Accepted Answer

A)   Leader styles and behaviors
B)   Leader cultural values
C)   Leader personality
D)   Leader influence and negotiation
E)   Leader powerF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

In the 1960s, a popular ad stated that "Blondes have more fun!" This is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   a positive correlation
B)   negative causation
C)   data
D)   verification
E)   a proven factF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

Which of the following individual characteristics illustrated in the integrative model of OB reflect the various traits and tendencies that describe how people act, with commonly studied traits including extraversion, conscientiousness, and collectivism?

Accepted Answer

A)   Trust, justice, and ethics
B)   Personality and cultural values
C)   Job performance and organizational commitment
D)   Learning and decision making
E)   Organizational structure and organizational cultureF) All of the above
G) A) and C)

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Which of the following is an example of a group mechanism?

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Which of the following captures the specific actions that leaders take to influence others at work?

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The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it is _____.

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The method of authority suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because some respected official, agency, or source has said it is so.

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In the 1960s, a popular ad stated that "Blondes have more fun!" This is an example of ______.

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Define organizational behavior (OB). How does it differ from human resource management?

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Which of these is one of the conditions necessary to establish causal inferences?

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Which of the following individual characteristics illustrated in the integrative model of OB reflect the various traits and tendencies that describe how people act, with commonly studied traits including extraversion, conscientiousness, and collectivism?

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Choose the method that suggests people accept some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods.

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Which of the following considers employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their capabilities?

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Which of the following is an example of a group mechanism?

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Which of the following captures the specific actions that leaders take to influence others at work?

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In the 1960s, a popular ad stated that "Blondes have more fun!" This is an example of ______.

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Define organizational behavior (OB). How does it differ from human resource management?

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Which of these is one of the conditions necessary to establish causal inferences?

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Choose the method that suggests people accept some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods.

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