Question 1

Employees tend to join a virtual or conventional team with:

Accepted Answer

A) a moderate or high level of trust in their new team members. 
B) serious doubts about the willingness of other team members to welcome them to the team. 
C) complete identification with the values of other team members. 
D) no trust in their new team members. 
E) mainly calculus-based trust. 
A) a moderate or high level of trust in their new team members. 
B) serious doubts about the willingness of other team members to welcome them to the team. 
C) complete identification with the values of other team members. 
D) no trust in their new team members. 
E) mainly calculus-based trust.

Question 2

A team that achieves its organizational goals,satisfies member needs,and survives in its environment:

Accepted Answer

A) is an effective team. 
B) is called a task force. 
C) has not yet reached its highest level of team development. 
D) has a strong communication system but inappropriate reward system. 
E) has too many members for the required task. 
A) is an effective team. 
B) is called a task force. 
C) has not yet reached its highest level of team development. 
D) has a strong communication system but inappropriate reward system. 
E) has too many members for the required task.

Question 3

Taskwork represents the technical performance of the team's task.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Identification-based trust is the most robust or sturdy form of trust in work relationships.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Compared to people in low-cohesion teams,members of high-cohesion teams:

Accepted Answer

A) are less motivated to maintain their membership. 
B) are more likely to resolve conflicts swiftly and effectively. 
C) are less sensitive to each other's needs. 
D) are less likely to share information with each other. 
E) tend to experience all of these results. 
A) are less motivated to maintain their membership. 
B) are more likely to resolve conflicts swiftly and effectively. 
C) are less sensitive to each other's needs. 
D) are less likely to share information with each other. 
E) tend to experience all of these results.

Question 6

Which of these team decision-making structures explicitly discourages criticism and debate?

Accepted Answer

A) Nominal group technique 
B) Delphi method 
C) Brainstorming 
D) All three-brainstorming,Delphi method,and nominal group technique-explicitly discourage criticism and debate. 
E) Both brainstorming and nominal group techniquE. 
A) Nominal group technique 
B) Delphi method 
C) Brainstorming 
D) All three-brainstorming,Delphi method,and nominal group technique-explicitly discourage criticism and debate. 
E) Both brainstorming and nominal group techniquE.

Question 7

Task forces are temporary groups that typically investigate a particular problem and disband when the decision is made.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which foundation of trust is determined mainly by the other party's predictability?

Accepted Answer

A) Calculus-based 
B) Identification-based 
C) Knowledge-based 
D) Relational 
E) Transactional 
A) Calculus-based 
B) Identification-based 
C) Knowledge-based 
D) Relational 
E) Transactional

Question 9

Electronic brainstorming tends to reduce the adverse effects of evaluation apprehension and production blocking which tend to occur in traditional team decision-making sessions.Explain how these two concepts adversely affect traditional team decision making and why they are less likely to occur in electronic brainstorming.

Accepted Answer

Evaluation apprehension is the tendency

Question 10

Research shows that teams with more well-developed ________ systems outperform teams with less well-developed systems.

Accepted Answer

A) interpersonal 
B) democratic 
C) transactive memory 
D) conflict resolution 
E) procedural 
A) interpersonal 
B) democratic 
C) transactive memory 
D) conflict resolution 
E) procedural

Question 11

Virtual teams operate best in tasks that require no coordination among team members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Dependence on information technology and lack of co-location represent two factors that distinguish:

Accepted Answer

A) employees with high collectivist values from employees with low collectivist values. 
B) self-directed work teams from task forces. 
C) virtual teams from conventional teams. 
D) task forces from permanent teams. 
E) managers from employees. 
A) employees with high collectivist values from employees with low collectivist values. 
B) self-directed work teams from task forces. 
C) virtual teams from conventional teams. 
D) task forces from permanent teams. 
E) managers from employees.

Question 13

The increasing number of virtual teams is partly due to:

Accepted Answer

A) increased preference for employees to work alone rather than interdependently with others. 
B) increased emphasis on business ethics. 
C) increased workforce diversity. 
D) better information technology. 
E) None of these factors explains the increasing number of virtual teams. 
A) increased preference for employees to work alone rather than interdependently with others. 
B) increased emphasis on business ethics. 
C) increased workforce diversity. 
D) better information technology. 
E) None of these factors explains the increasing number of virtual teams.

Question 14

Reciprocal interdependence is the highest level of task interdependence in organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

One benefit of team building is that it does not affect the team development process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Reward systems,organizational structure,and physical layout are three elements of the organizational and team environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Describe three (3)reasons why employees join informal groups in organizational settings.

Accepted Answer

The textbook provides four explanations

Question 18

Norms are the informal rules and standards established by a team to regulate the behaviour of its members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Social loafing is more likely to occur:

Accepted Answer

A) in smaller rather than larger teams. 
B) when the task is boring. 
C) in tasks with high interdependence. 
D) when employees believe the team's objective is important. 
E) among employees with collectivist rather than individualistic values. 
A) in smaller rather than larger teams. 
B) when the task is boring. 
C) in tasks with high interdependence. 
D) when employees believe the team's objective is important. 
E) among employees with collectivist rather than individualistic values.

Question 20

Team members typically hold one or more formal roles in the team as well as roles that they informally fulfill at various times.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Employees tend to join a virtual or conventional team with:

A team that achieves its organizational goals,satisfies member needs,and survives in its environment:

Taskwork represents the technical performance of the team's task.

Identification-based trust is the most robust or sturdy form of trust in work relationships.

Compared to people in low-cohesion teams,members of high-cohesion teams:

Which of these team decision-making structures explicitly discourages criticism and debate?

Task forces are temporary groups that typically investigate a particular problem and disband when the decision is made.

Which foundation of trust is determined mainly by the other party's predictability?

Research shows that teams with more well-developed ________ systems outperform teams with less well-developed systems.

Virtual teams operate best in tasks that require no coordination among team members.

Dependence on information technology and lack of co-location represent two factors that distinguish:

The increasing number of virtual teams is partly due to:

Reciprocal interdependence is the highest level of task interdependence in organizations.

One benefit of team building is that it does not affect the team development process.

Reward systems,organizational structure,and physical layout are three elements of the organizational and team environment.

Describe three (3)reasons why employees join informal groups in organizational settings.

Norms are the informal rules and standards established by a team to regulate the behaviour of its members.

Social loafing is more likely to occur:

Team members typically hold one or more formal roles in the team as well as roles that they informally fulfill at various times.

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Individual Behaviour, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Decision Making and Creativity

Communicating in Organizations Revised

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace Revised

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Culture

Organizational Change

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Exam 8: Team Dynamics

Employees tend to join a virtual or conventional team with:

A team that achieves its organizational goals,satisfies member needs,and survives in its environment:

Taskwork represents the technical performance of the team's task.

Identification-based trust is the most robust or sturdy form of trust in work relationships.

Compared to people in low-cohesion teams,members of high-cohesion teams:

Which of these team decision-making structures explicitly discourages criticism and debate?

Task forces are temporary groups that typically investigate a particular problem and disband when the decision is made.

Which foundation of trust is determined mainly by the other party's predictability?

Research shows that teams with more well-developed ________ systems outperform teams with less well-developed systems.

Virtual teams operate best in tasks that require no coordination among team members.

Dependence on information technology and lack of co-location represent two factors that distinguish:

The increasing number of virtual teams is partly due to:

Reciprocal interdependence is the highest level of task interdependence in organizations.

One benefit of team building is that it does not affect the team development process.

Reward systems,organizational structure,and physical layout are three elements of the organizational and team environment.

Describe three (3)reasons why employees join informal groups in organizational settings.

Norms are the informal rules and standards established by a team to regulate the behaviour of its members.

Social loafing is more likely to occur:

Team members typically hold one or more formal roles in the team as well as roles that they informally fulfill at various times.

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Individual Behaviour, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Decision Making and Creativity

Communicating in Organizations Revised

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace Revised

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Culture

Organizational Change

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