Question 1

The Container Store, a retailer based out of Texas, is considering a performance-based incentive system for its employees in which workers' pay will be based on their productivity. This is an example of a system designed to address employee motivation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of these takes all the correlations found in studies of a particular relationship and calculates a weighted average of them?

Accepted Answer

A)   Alpha analysis
B)   Gamma analysis
C)   Meta-analysis
D)   Causal analysis
E)   Beta analysisF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Which of the following is one of the two primary goals managers have for their employees?

Accepted Answer

A)   Maximization of job performance
B)   Optimization of stock price
C)   Rationalization of job structure
D)   Utilization of rational decision-making techniques
E)   Obedience to organizational rules and regulationsF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

The topics of leader power and negotiation summarize how individuals attain authority over others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Explain the scientific method and its impact on organizational behavior.

Accepted Answer

The scientific method begins with theory...

Question 7

Which of the following group mechanisms summarizes how individuals attain authority over others?

Accepted Answer

A)   Leader cultural values
B)   Leader personality
C)   Leader styles and behaviors
D)   Leader responsibilities
E)   Leader power and negotiationF) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

Of the following methods, which suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because some respected official, agency, or source has said it is so?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

When a firm expands into a new product segment, it is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   product recall
B)   diversification
C)   monopolization
D)   cartelization
E)   product divestmentF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 10

Which of the following attributes have been identified as some of the worst behaviors exhibited by coworkers?

Accepted Answer

A)   Complaining about anything and everything
B)   Asking for help
C)   Resisting even beneficial change
D)   Being first to arrive and last to leave
E)   Adapting to changeF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 11

_______ are written predictions that specify relations between variables.

Accepted Answer

A)   Hypotheses
B)   Verifications
C)   Theories
D)   Data
E)   CollectionsF) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Of the following, which is a primary individual outcome according to the integrative model?

Accepted Answer

A)   Job satisfaction
B)   Culture
C)   Team processes
D)   Personality
E)   Organizational commitmentF) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 13

Job satisfaction has no effect on job performance but does affect organizational commitment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

According to the resource-based view of organizations, a firm's resources include resources related to organizational behavior, such as the knowledge, ability, and wisdom of the workforce.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following conditions is necessary to establish causal inferences?

Accepted Answer

A)   The study was conducted in an open environment.
B)   No alternative explanation exists for the correlation.
C)   The presumed effect precedes the presumed cause in time.
D)   The two variables are not correlated.
E)   The sample size is large enough.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 16

Firms that do not undergo an IPO typically have shorter histories and need an infusion of cash to grow or introduce some new technology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Learning and decision making deal with how employees gain job knowledge and how they use that knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it is common and easily available.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

_____ is the organizational mechanism in the integrative model that captures "the way things are" in an organization.

Accepted Answer

A)   Organizational structure
B)   Organizational ability
C)   Organizational leadership
D)   Organizational performance
E)   Organizational cultureF) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 20

Culture, teamwork, trust, and reputation are examples of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   socially complex resources
B)   easy-to-develop resources
C)   natural structures
D)   evidence-based resources
E)   associative structuresF) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Exam 1: What Is Organizational Behavior

Firms that do not undergo an IPO typically have shorter histories and need an infusion of cash to grow or introduce some new technology.

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Of the following methods, which suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because some respected official, agency, or source has said it is so?

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The topics of leader power and negotiation summarize how individuals attain authority over others.

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When a firm expands into a new product segment, it is known as _____.

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

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The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it is common and easily available.

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Which of the following conditions is necessary to establish causal inferences?

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According to the resource-based view of organizations, a firm's resources include resources related to organizational behavior, such as the knowledge, ability, and wisdom of the workforce.

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The Container Store, a retailer based out of Texas, is considering a performance-based incentive system for its employees in which workers' pay will be based on their productivity. This is an example of a system designed to address employee motivation.

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_____ is the organizational mechanism in the integrative model that captures "the way things are" in an organization.

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Learning and decision making deal with how employees gain job knowledge and how they use that knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job.

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Explain the scientific method and its impact on organizational behavior.

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Which of the following is one of the two primary goals managers have for their employees?

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Of the following, which is a primary individual outcome according to the integrative model?

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Which of the following attributes have been identified as some of the worst behaviors exhibited by coworkers?

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Job satisfaction has no effect on job performance but does affect organizational commitment.

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Which of these takes all the correlations found in studies of a particular relationship and calculates a weighted average of them?

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Which of the following group mechanisms summarizes how individuals attain authority over others?

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Culture, teamwork, trust, and reputation are examples of _____.

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_______ are written predictions that specify relations between variables.

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