Exam 3: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

Which of the following is not considered a major job attitude by OB researchers?

Dispatch Heroes Inc. is a medium-sized logistics company. The management is facing tough times as the workers are dissatisfied and are engaging in a number of deviant workplace behaviors such as stealing, undue socializing, and tardiness. The management is considering enforcing several restrictions to curb these counterproductive behaviors. What would be a better way to deal with such forms of workplace deviance?

Thad, Jamarcus, and Willy have been working for Davidson International each for three years. While the trio started together as analysts and are all still on the same team, Jamarcus has recently been made a team lead, while Willy and Thad are still in their respective positions, although Willy did receive a small raise after his last performance evaluation. When Thad complained about not getting a raise, he was experiencing which attitude?

Which of the following is true regarding the relationship between satisfaction and absenteeism?

Summing up responses to a number of job factors achieves a more accurate evaluation of job satisfaction than does a single global rating.

The performance variables productivity, absenteeism, and turnover are generally considered a part of the ________ behaviors in the exit-voice-loyalty-neglect framework.

Explain the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance.

________ may help to lower counterproductive work behaviors within groups.

Individuals with high levels of both ________ and ________ are most likely to have high levels of job satisfaction.

The degree to which a person identifies with his or her job, actively participates in it, and considers his or her performance as being important to self-worth is ________.

Which of the following does not apply to corporate social responsibility?

Once an individual reaches a level of comfortable living, the relationship between pay and job satisfaction ________.

Which of the following employees does not exhibit deviant behavior in the workplace?

Job involvement refers to an individual's general attitude toward his or her job.

Job embeddedness refers to connections to the job and community ________.

Employees who have ________ were found to have improved attitudes once they talked about their experiences with their coworkers.

Evidence suggests that employees in Eastern cultures have higher levels of job satisfaction than those in Western cultures.

Your friend Leslyn has been driving a Mustang for the past few years and is very vocal about how much she likes her car. Unfortunately, she was recently in an accident and has now purchased a brand new Challenger. Now she talks about how much she likes the Challenger and has started to criticize Mustangs! Which statement would best describe what you should say to Leslyn the next time she talks about cars?

Festinger proposed that the desire to reduce dissonance is determined by three moderating factors including the ________.

Siddarth has a positive attitude toward his organization. He feels the management treats all employees fairly in matters concerning rewards, takes into account employees' opinions, and overall, is highly supportive. Siddarth's attitude toward his employing organization is indicative of ________.