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In which of the following scenarios does history create a business advantage? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The first company to sell robotic vacuums in the retail market, Run Around Room, uses its experience to maintain a business advantage. The resource-based view of organizations suggests that a resource is more valuable when it is ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Inimitable According to the resource-based view of organizations, people are inimitable because they ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------make many small decisions that cannot be replicated by other organizations. A study shows that the high turnover rate at a company is caused only by the domineering attitude of a middle manager. What criteria of causal inference does this example show? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------------- ---No alternative explanation exists for the correlation. Which of the following statements about the resource-based view of organizations is accurate? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------It describes what makes resources capable of creating long-term profits for the firm.
Clementine, Valeria, and Davud are coworkers at Streambanks, Inc. All three have worked at Streambanks for five years now. One day while eating lunch together, Clementine remarks that she heard their colleague Sabrina recently quit and went to work for a competitor. Each of the three has a different opinion about Sabrina's leaving, and they all have their own reasons for continuing to stay at Streambanks. Davud remarks that it is not worthwhile for him to leave like Sabrina because he has put in the time and hard work for a promotion. If he left for another company, he would not likely get this opportunity again soon. Which type of commitment is Davud exhibiting? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Continuance Flawless Semiconductors recently merged with a large multinational company, Marble Associates. The new management made many changes. They decided to move the bulk of manufacturing overseas and cut the marketing department in half. They also restructured the research and development branch. The result was massive reorganization at every level, along with major downsizing that affected almost 20 percent of the Flawless workforce. Due to the downsizing, Rio and Shanda lost their jobs, but their colleague Jordan was able to keep hers. Which statement about the friends is most likely true two months later? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Rio and Shanda, in new jobs, experienced less work-related stress overall than Jordan, who felt depressed by the changes. Which of the following terms refers to a passive, destructive response to negative work events in which interest and effort in the job decline? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Neglect What is the definition of continuance commitment? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a desire to remain a member of an organization because of an awareness of the costs associated with leaving that organization
Which model of withdrawal has received the most scientific support? --------
- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Progression model The _________blank model suggests that employees who have direct linkages with "leavers" will themselves become more likely to leave. --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Social influence Lavell works for the City Planning office at Henderson. He feels overworked and dislikes his job, but he cannot quit because he needs the job to pay his new mortgage. What type of commitment does Lavell have? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Continuance commitment Over the past year, three of the best employees at Digital Devices Worldwide's corporate office have been lured away to competitors. On top of that, Gabija, the general manager of the sales department, has noticed that most employees come in, do their jobs, and leave. Digital Devices offers a good salary, benefits, and tuition reimbursement, as well as a number of development and training programs. Most employees seem contented enough, but Gabija would like to do something to increase the level of engagement among her staff. What do you think Gabija should do? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------have fun weekly contests where teams and individuals compete for prizes, bonuses, and other monetary incentives The internalized goals people use to monitor their own progress is referred to as ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Self-set goals Ji-woo is a senior designer at Umbrella Graphics. A good part of her workday is spent in meetings with clients, members of her team, and project managers. Although Ji-woo has such a busy schedule, she
manages to find time for her equally important meetings with the Ecofriendly Foundation. Ji-woo's commitment to the Ecofriendly Foundation can be classified under which of the following concepts of psychological empowerment? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Meaningfulness Trini worked in a small office with one colleague and one supervisor. Each day, someone from the office had to walk a block to the courthouse to pick up registration forms. None of the three liked to make the trip to the courthouse because it always took longer than expected and each thought they could be more productive in the office. The three randomly decided who would go each day depending on their workload. However, Trini began to feel angry that her turns were always on bad-weather days, either raining, snowing, or windy. According to equity theory, which of the following scenarios is the most productive way for Trini to correct the anger she is beginning to feel? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Trini can talk to her supervisor about instituting a set rotation schedule for daily pickups at the courthouse. The dimensions of psychological empowerment include all of these except ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Needs Jerri and Manon work at Logistics of Love, a nonprofit designer of homeless shelters. Last month, Manon, newly hired on a temporary designing assignment, was asked by her supervisor to oversee the company's social media presence. Being new to using social media in a professional context, Manon is considering her efficacy. She talks to Jerri and other individuals who have been creating professional social media content for several years. Jerri takes pride in her work-related social media posts and always approaches company-based social media with total enthusiasm. Jerri tells Manon that she believes exerting a high level of effort will result in a successful performance in representing the company on social media. Which of the following best describes Jerri's belief about exerting a high level of effort? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Expectancy
Salma is a top salesperson who is highly regarded in her department for the ability to give verbal presentations to high-powered clients. This describes Salma's ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Ability _____ are defined as a collection of assertions—both verbal and symbolic—that specify how and why variables are related, as well as the conditions in which they should (and should not) be related. --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Theories Which of the following qualities of an organization adds to the value of its resources by making it inimitable? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
- Its people Davit takes a personal location device with him whenever he goes hiking in the woods because the park ranger said it saves lives when a hiker becomes lost. Davit is exhibiting the method of ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Authority Which of the following is a characteristic trait of a good coworker? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Gets the job done, without having to be managed or reminded Which of the following is true according to the Rule of One-Eighth? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------One-half of the firms that make comprehensive changes will persist with their practices long enough to derive economic benefits.
If a scatter plot comparing two variables results in a straight line, which of the following best describes the correlation between the two variables? ----- ----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------They show a perfect correlation of 1.00. When an employee has a desire to remain a member of an organization because they want to, they are exhibiting which type of commitment? ------- --CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Affective Spending money to train and develop employees is a means of fostering --- ------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Normative commitment Mentally "checking out" and going through the motions at work is a reaction known as ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Neglect Transactional contracts are based on ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------ -----A narrow set of specific monetary obligations Which of the following is something a company could do to foster bonding and affective commitment? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Hold a weekly "employee appreciation" party Which of the following statements is an expression of continuance commitment? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------My salary and benefits get us a nice house in our town. The cost of living would be higher in a new area.
Which of the following answer options is not one of the concepts of psychological empowerment? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Self-efficacy Which of the following is true of motivation? ---------CORRECT ANSWER--- --------------Motivation is a set of energetic forces that originates both within and outside an employee. Bernadette would like to generate intrinsic motivation in her employees because she feels it will ultimately lead to better performance. Which of the following outcomes would foster the intrinsic motivation she wants? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Skill development Blaze wants his workers to know they are doing something that makes a difference to the company. Blaze walks around among his employees and uses phrases such as "moving forward," "being on track," and "getting there" to convey a sense of ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Impact Which motivating force has the strongest effect on performance? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Self efficacy/competence Which of the following compensation plan elements is based on each unit produced, each unit sold, or each service provided? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Piece rate Gilbert would like to foster goal commitment in his department. He decides to do this by encouraging the collaboration of employees and leaders on
setting the specific proficiency level and due date for a major production goal so that the employees feel a sense of ownership over the goal. Gilbert has implemented a strategy known as ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------- ------Participation Which organizational mechanism illustrated by the integrative model captures "the way things are" in an organization? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Organizational Culture Who is considered to be the originator of the scientific method? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Francis Bacon Which of the following methods suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because it is consistent with their own observations? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Method of experience Riku, a human resource (HR) manager, believes that his implementation of HR practices in the company is impeccable because he received the recommendations for these practices directly from the CEO. Which of the following philosophies is he relying on? ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------- --------Method of authority Which of the following correlations indicates a perfect positive relationship between two variables? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- 1 Which of the following captures the specific actions that leaders take to influence others at work? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Leader styles and behaviors
syndrome is characterized by anger, depression, fear, distrust, and guilt that affects the employees who remain with an organization after a downsizing. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Survivor is a form of withdrawal in which employees appear to be working but are actually distracted by random thoughts or concerns. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Daydreaming Food, safety, and shelter are examples of ---------CORRECT ANSWER------ -----------Physiological needs Dominique is determined to sell her first million-dollar home for her real estate brokerage firm. She is certain that if she sells the home within sixty days, the broker will ask her to be the lead realtor for a new large condominium complex. Dominique's belief demonstrates ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Instrumentality Brittany works at a local gift shop. There is a list of opening procedures she must accomplish before the store opens, but first she checks the showtimes of the movie she plans to see that night after work. Brittany's _________blank of effort is decided when she pulls up the cinema website. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Direction Which of the following scenarios demonstrates how workers determine efficacy levels through past experiences? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------ -----------Fahad reviews his LinkedIn profile and realizes he has accumulated many skills.
Achievement, respect, and freedom summarize ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The symbolic value of money Which of the following statements concerning locus of control is true? ------- --CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Those with an internal locus of control earn a higher salary than those with an external locus. Which of the following asks applicants about their attitudes toward dishonesty, the desire to punish dishonesty, and confessions of past dishonesty? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A clear purpose test A business owner, Mehdi wants to use some type of testing tool to boost team-building among the staff. What type of test or assessment should Mehdi use? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------one that helps members understand their varying approaches to accomplishing tasks Of the Big Five, _________blank is the easiest to judge in zero- acquaintance situations. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Extraversion Damian supervises 20 people. When talking to employees in his office, he taps on his desk when he thinks people are talking too slowly, sighs loudly and often, constantly checks the time, and yells when asked even the most basic question. Those who work with Damian perceive him to be uptight, mean, anxious, and rude. These perceptions are primarily formed by Damian's ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Personality
The Big Five dimension _________blank is occasionally called by its flip side: "emotional stability" or "emotional adjustment." ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Neuroticism Amrita's psychology curriculum required her to study an individual's personality type using the process of interviewing. She selected Micah, her brother's roommate, as her test subject. The highlighted points of her research were that Micah is a law graduate and a musician in his spare time. He is an independent person who paid his own way through law school, and his friends sometimes get annoyed with his impulsive behavior. According to the RIASEC model, Amrita classified Micah under the _________blank type of personality dimension. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Artistic Which of the following explains the term causal inferences? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------establishing that one variable truly does result in another The resource-based view of organizations states that people are valuable assets because their knowledge, skills, and abilities are _________blank and also because people are inimitable. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------- ---------Rare Correlations can be positive or negative and can range from --------- CORRECT ANSWER------------------1 to 1 Gateway Corporation developed a new form of technology for which it holds a patent. This technology allowed it to significantly reduce the cost of
production on its major product line. This resource is ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Inimtable You work for a company that manufactures jeans, and you have an idea about how cold weather correlates with buying jeans. If you were implementing the scientific method for this company, which of the following actions would you do first? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Assert that cold weather makes people buy more jeans. adjustment, the extent to which expatriates have difficulty socializing and interacting with members of the host culture, can affect the level of organizational commitment in global organizations. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Interaction When employees engage in _________blank, they use work time and resources to complete something other than their job duties, such as assignments for another job. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Moonlighting Jamar continually breaks off from his assigned tasks to check sports news or check his friends' social media updates. He is engaging in --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------cyberloafing, which is a type of psychological withdrawal. Which of the following terms refers to the work and nonwork forces that bind us to our current employer? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Embeddedness
ANSWER-----------------give employees honest evaluation scores based on their performance, good or bad is the person who seems to provide an intuitive frame of reference for judging equity. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Comparison other Loralie feels guilty. She spends much of her day goofing around and never gets caught. However, if Mona, who works at the next desk, replies to her or says anything, their boss seems to magically show up, and Mona gets reprimanded for wasting time. According to equity theory, which of the following scenarios would be the most productive way for Loralie to get rid of her guilt? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------stop goofing off and remain as focused as Mona Gina has been hired by Dr. McKinnon to oversee a fast-paced, innovative oral surgery office. It is a highly difficult but well-paid job. Gina believes she has the skills and experiences to easily handle the job and improve the efficiency of the office. Gina's belief in her capabilities is known as --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Self-efficacy To foster goal commitment, a manager may use the _________blank strategy to aid employees if they struggle to attain a goal. --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Support Incusafe is a venture capital firm that helps finance small businesses. New hires at the firm are given a project worth $100,000 to work on with minimum interference from the senior associates. The project has a large scope for innovation and creation. What is management attempting to use as a motivator for the new hires? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Self-determination
Negative affectivity is a ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- dispositional tendency to experience unpleasant moods such as hostility, nervousness, and annoyance. Author Gretchen Rubin offers an additional taxonomy of personality in which _________blank are people who push back on outer expectations and struggle with inner expectations. ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------ -----Rebels ________blank examines the impact of culture on the effectiveness of various leader attributes, behaviors, and practices. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------GLOBE Peter administers an integrity test to all job applicants at Greenwares, a regional chain of lawn and garden supplies. Nina, another Greenwares employee, tells Peter several applicants confided that they faked some of their answers. What should Peter do? - --------CORRECT ANSWER----------- ------Nothing; faking is common and does not influence the correlation between scores and performance. Author Gretchen Rubin provides a different taxonomy of personality, including _________blank, who are people who embrace both outer expectations and inner expectations. ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------ -----Upholders Chance lives in Louisiana on a houseboat that requires frequent maintenance. Chance is good at carpentry and electrical work. According
