Exam 15: Leadership and Employee Behavior in International Business

________ tends to rely on formal power and authority and to focus on administration and decision making.

________ is the extent to which a person believes that he or she is a worthwhile and deserving individual.

What personality trait refers to the order and precision a person imposes on activities?

What motivates managers and employees in both uncertainty-avoiding and uncertainty-accepting cultures? How do the differences between these types of cultures affect team dynamics?

The perceptions that Germans are autocratic and that Japanese are workaholics are stereotypes.

Which model of decision making suggests that managers apply logic and rationality in making the best decisions?

What is the meaning of motivation? Why is it important for an international manager to understand motivation?

Conscientiousness refers to ________.

Which theory suggests that one set of factors affects dissatisfaction and another set affects satisfaction?

Team cohesiveness is more likely to emerge naturally in a(n) ________ culture.

As a manager, how would you build a cross-cultural team to ensure high productivity levels? What cultural factors should you consider before assigning team members? Illustrate your answer with examples.

What personality trait refers to one's rigidity of beliefs and range of interests?

Andrea is disorganized, careless, and irresponsible. She is lacking in ________.

________ indicates a person's beliefs about his or her capabilities to perform a task.

What is the ringi system? How does the ringi system facilitate the productivity of an organizational team?

Relatively little research has explicitly tested expectancy theory in countries other than the United States. It does seem logical, however, that the basic framework of the theory should have wide applicability.

McClelland's learned needs framework includes the need for affiliation, the need for power, and the need for achievement.

Which of the following is a true statement based on research of McClelland's learned needs framework?

According to the descriptive model, decision making starts when managers recognize that a problem exists and a decision has to be made.

Which models of motivation focus more on the conscious thought processes people use to select one behavior from among several?