Exam 17: Industrial and Organizational Psychology

According to your textbook, which of the following is problem associated with the use of the 360-feedback technique?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the use of personality-based selection tests for hiring?

Employers frequently use ______________ tests to help them select employees who are likely to succeed at their jobs.

You are a capable employee who feels very positive about your work skills. However, layoffs are a constant threat and you play no part in deciding who stays and who goes at your company. Your job satisfaction may suffer because:

Lauren, your boss, encourages you to work hard by paying you extra when you succeed. What is her style of leadership?

For companies, turnover refers to the rate at which

When employees experience burnout they often _________ their threshold for what constitutes a crisis, which causes absenteeism to __________.

Technically, sexual harassment requires the instigator to have bad intentions.

Dissatisfied employees are likely to engage in _______________that may reduce productivity for the rest of the organization.

"Locus of control" refers to:

Ben is especially good at one of his job duties called "case closing." He actually enjoys it too, so he and his supervisor have rewritten his job description to include closing cases for everyone in the department. Ben and his supervisor are engaged in ________.

Job____________ can be thought of as a combination of affect and thoughts an employee holds about his or her job.

Locus of control is the set of believes one has about their ability to accomplish certain goals.

Men are much more likely to engage in sexual harassment than women. Which of the following is a biological explanation that has been proposed for this disparity?

The human resources manager for a large company likes to let interviews with job applicants go wherever the conversation naturally leads. He feels that this technique gives him a fairly accurate sense of the applicant's personality. Which technique is the manager using?

Although sexual harassment can be somewhat difficult to define, a key part of the definition is

Employees who have positive affect traits seem to make better decisions and may also be more creative.

KSAOs stands for

Who shows the most organizational commitment?

According to your textbook, which of the following is a critique of using personality tests to select new employees?