Exam 10: Job Attitudes: Antecedents and Consequences

According to the theory of planned behavior, an individual's perception of the social pressures to perform or not to perform a particular behavior is the individual's:

The four major categories of antecedents of job satisfaction include growth opportunities, individual characteristics, social factors, and:

Explain the difference between global and facet measures of job satisfaction. When might an organization prefer to use a facet measure instead of a global measure?

Using the Steers and Rhodes (1978) model as a guide, describe how job satisfaction affects employee absence/attendance.

A recent trend in the commitment literature is the focus on how the three components of commitment interact. This approach classifies individuals into:

The correlation between organizational commitment and job satisfaction is said to range from:

Vlad comes reports late to work, steals printer paper for his personal use, and speaks rudely to his coworkers. Vlad is engaging in:

Denny's boss asks him to pick up her dry cleaning. Denny believes that this task is not part of the conditions of his employment, and as a result, feels very dissatisfied. His boss has:

Research by Meyer and colleagues (2002) found that employees with longer tenure demonstrated higher levels of:

The five dimensions of job satisfaction that are measured by the JDI are satisfaction with promotion opportunities, satisfaction with pay, satisfaction with supervision, satisfaction with coworkers, and:

Provide two recommendations that a company can use to increase its employees' affective commitment.

Dan loves working as a plastic surgeon and often schedules extra surgeries in the evenings rather than spending time with his family. Dan is likely:

_____ is the degree of positive or negative feeling a person has towards a particular person, place, or thing.

Johanna believes that her company cares about her well-being and values her contribution. Johanna's feelings are best characterized as having:

The three major categories of consequences of job satisfaction include counterproductive work behaviors, withdrawal behaviors, and:

A question such as "How satisfied are you with your job?" would be an example of:

The correlations between job satisfaction and counterproductive behavior range from:

Research suggests that workers who have proactive personalities (that is, people who take personal initiative) are more likely to:

_____ is the tendency to respond to classes of environmental stimuli in predetermined, affect-based ways.

What is job involvement? How is this different from work centrality?