Exam 9: Foundations of Group Behavior

Which of the following terms best represents voluntary actions that violate significant organizational norms and, in doing so, threaten the well-being of the organization or its members?

Status is a characteristic under the social identity theory that reflects the ________.

What are four common classes of norms?

Status refers to the ________.

Janice Cooper has recently joined a hospital as a part of the internship program prescribed by the nursing school she attends. Janice, who was inspired to take up this profession by the story of Florence Nightingale, had very strong ideals about how she should behave as a nurse. She felt that as a nurse, she must be gentle, pleasant, and caring at all times so she could serve her patients well, and she often went to great lengths as an intern by putting in extra hours at the hospital and so on. The scenario reflects Janice's ________.

The chief advantage of the nominal group technique is that it permits the group to meet formally but does not restrict independent thinking, as does the interacting group.

Which of the following is true with regard to social loafing?

Which of the following is true regarding formal groups?

Role ________ is defined as the way others believe you should act in a given context.

________ is defined as the tendency to see members of the group of which we are a part of as better than other people.

During the forming stage of group development, close relationships develop and the group demonstrates cohesiveness.

Which of the following is an advantage of group decision making when compared to individual decision making?

Groupshift is seen when ________.

A company's dress code policy comes under the performance norms.

How does group size affect a group's behavior?

Surface-level diversity refers to attitudes, values, and opinions which are different in diverse groups.

At Milton farms, where a large part of the management comes from the same sociocultural background, many employees of diverse ethical or cultural origins are hired only to ensure legal compliance with laws relating to diversity at the workplace. The company's day-to-day functioning leaves much to be desired in terms of promoting diversity. Recently, the owner's cousin was promoted to the post of a branch manager while three suitable candidates hailing from a different cultures were blatantly overlooked. This is an example of ________.

Hubert Gray needs an instruction manual developed for his new product. This is the last step of the project and he has severe budget constraints. He needs a small team of technical writers to work together closely to write the manual on fairly short notice. He needs them to communicate ideas quickly, creatively, and affordably. Which of the following group techniques should Hubert consider?

In the context of the social identity theory, distinctiveness refers to the ________.

The social identity theory proposes that people use groups to understand who they are and how they fit into the world.