Exam 2: Diversity, Personality, and Values

__________ in organizations emphasizes appreciation of differences in creating a setting where everyone feels valued and accepted.

Susan, a manager at Toddler Toys, prefers the "big picture," like solving new problems, dislikes routine, and would rather look for possibilities than work with facts. Susan can be described as which of these?

A person high in __________ is concerned with toughness and power and opposes the use of subjective feelings.

According to Hofstede's framework of national culture, uncertainty avoidance reflects the degree to which people are likely to respect hierarchy and rank in organizations.

In assessing a person's problem-solving style, information gathering involves making judgments about how to deal with and interpret information.

According to Hofstede's national culture framework, __________ reflects the degree to which organizations emphasize competition and assertiveness versus interpersonal sensitivity and concerns for relationships.

Surface-level diversity involves individual differences in things like personality and values.

Which of the following is an example of a problem-focused coping strategy?

A person's preferences about the "means" for achieving desired ends are known as __________.

In recent years, there has been a shift from a focus on diversity to a focus on inclusion.

Research shows that companies with a higher percentage of female board directors and corporate officers, on average, financially outperform companies with the lowest percentages by significant margins.

____________ is the display of negative, irrational, and superior opinions and attitudes toward persons who are different from ourselves.

The leaking pipeline describes how women have not reached the highest levels of organizations.

Carl Jung's work on problem-solving style reflects the way a person __________ and __________ information.

Positive and innovative changes in organizations have a greater degree of positive effects on proactive individuals.

Differentiate between constructive stress and destructive stress. Discuss coping mechanisms.

An __________ results when forces in an individual's personal life affect them at work.

Personal wellness requires attention to such factors as smoking, weight, diet, alcohol use, and physical fitness.

According to Hofstede's framework, value differences across national cultures can be evaluated in terms of power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism-collectivism, masculinity-femininity, and long-term/short-term orientation.

The way individuals think about such matters as achievement, material gain, wealth, risk and change may influence how they approach work and their relationships with organizations.