Exam 2: Individual Behaviour, Personality, and Values

When choosing the most ethically correct action in a particular situation,the distributive justice principle overrules (is more important than)the others.

Which of the following is a 'Big Five' personality dimension?

Sensing,feeling,and judging are three of the 'Big Five' personality traits.

According to the MARS model of individual behaviour,which of the following is NOT a role perception problem?

Which of the following ensures that job incumbents have appropriate aptitudes to perform the job?

The ideal situation in organizations is to have employees whose values are perfectly congruent with the organization's values.

One of the more persistent problems with values is that employees don't seem to apply them very consistently in their decisions and actions.Explain why this problem occurs and describe two ways to increase the individual's likelihood of applying a personal value to his or her behaviour.

Moral intensity is higher when:

Mature adults tend to have a single unitary self-concept that remains relatively stable.

Employees who are conscientious tend to have higher levels of organizational citizenship.

Which of the following statements about personality traits is FALSE?

André is a doctor who is quick to mention this when he first meets other people.He also tends to perceive himself and other physicians in a more favourable way than nurses and non-medical staff.Which concept best explains André's perceptual process?

Which of the following statements about values is FALSE?

Comment on the accuracy of the following statement and explain your answer: "Organizations are most successful when employee values are identical to the company's dominant values."

In the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,'judging' types have a strong desire for order and want to resolve problems quickly.

Which of the following statements about cross-cultural values is TRUE?

Sensing,thinking,and judging represent three dimensions of:

A visiting professor in international business recently spoke to students in an organizational behaviour class about cultural differences between Canadians and Japanese employees.Relying on a famous study in the 1960s,the scholar explained that Japanese employees have a high degree of collectivism and,consequently,must logically also have a low level of individualism.The visitor then pointed out how this would be completely opposite to the values of Canadian employees.The visitor concluded by saying that by identifying someone's nationality,such as Canadian,you can easily determine the person's level of collectivism and individualism.Identify and discuss three problems with the visiting professor's statements.

Supplementing ethical codes of conduct with ethical training eliminates wrongdoing in the workplace.

Cultures with high collectivism must also have low individualism.