Exam 2: Diversity, Personality, and Values

In Hofstede's framework of national culture, individualism-collectivism reflects the degree to which organizations emphasize competition and assertiveness versus interpersonal sensitivity and concerns for relationships.

Which of the following statements concerning dimensions of national culture is correct?

Stereotyping represent the way individuals tend to think about their social and physical setting as well as their major beliefs and personal orientation concerning a range of issues.

Which of the following is not considered a terminal value?

Joe works for XYZ Marketing Inc. Lately he has been working long hours trying to complete a big project before the deadline. He has been increasingly fatigued and often finds himself losing interest in the project. Joe is likely experiencing ____________.

Even though recent studies report that there is no significant difference in performance between workers with disabilities and those without, nearly three quarters of people with severe disabilities are reported to be unemployed.

An ____________ is acting with the mistaken assumption that a generalized cultural value applies equally to all members of the culture.

What phrase was coined to describe how women have not reached the highest levels of organizations?

Values are broad preferences concerning appropriate courses of action or outcomes.

Identify and define the five dimensions that Geert Hofstede uses to describe differences in national cultures. Describe the implications of each dimension for organizations and their members. Also provide examples of countries that fall at opposite ends of Hofstede's dimensions.

Which type of stress has a positive impact on both attitudes and performance?

__________, also known as distress, is dysfunctional.

People with an external locus of control believe that they control their own fate or destiny.

Thinking-type individuals use reason and intellect to deal with problems and they downplay emotions.

Which of the following is NOT one of the "work setting" values specifically identified by Meglino and associates?

Given that Jason, a new employee at ABC Manufacturing, sees the world as a threatening place, he would be described as a high in ______.

__________ refer to the wide variety of things that cause stress for individuals.

Culture is the learned, shared way of doing things in a particular society.

__________ means being aware of our own behaviors, preferences, styles, biases, personalities, and so on.

Individuals with a Type A orientation are characterized as being more easy going and less competitive than Type B.