Exam 17: Applying Social Psychology to the Workplace

Research indicates that ____ of U.S. professionals indicated that a positive online reputation influences their decision to hire job candidates.

Phil comes to work late, routinely misses meetings, and always uses the office copier for personal business. Phil is engaged in ____.

Organizational culture is ____ than organizational climate.

Self-managing teams tend to ____.

"Can-do" is to ____ as "will-do" is to ____.

Behaviors employees engage in that go beyond what is expected by the leaders of the organization are called ____ behaviors.

Kat tells her daughters that whomever does the most work will earn the biggest allowance that week. At the end of the week, her younger daughter has done far more work than her older daughter. Consequently, the younger daughter gets twice the payment as her older sister. "That's not fair! I was saving up for some earrings." complains the older sister. Which sort of "fairness" is the older sister upset about?

If an employee compares how much effort he puts in at work and feels undercompensated for that effort, he may reduce his effort in the future, according to ____.

In 2013, employees ages 25-54 with children worked, on average, ____ hours per day.

The most respected jobs of 2013 based on ratings of the honesty and ethical standards of occupations include ____.

Employment law in the United States is primarily meant to ____.

Which company was rated the best company to work for (based on employee input) by Fortune in 2014, and why?

The process organizations use to identify potential employees for a job is ____.

The identification of critical elements to do a job is accomplished through ____.

One of the defining characteristics of industrial/organizational psychology is its _____.

Research on work modes and office design suggests that ____ employees may want an open meeting space with in-office amenities like beverage stations.

A survey of 300 professionals involved in their company's hiring process indicated that ____ use social networking sites to screen prospective employees and that they have rejected applicants based on what they found on those sites.