Question 1

Describe the Big Five personality dimension of conscientiousness and explain how it can predict behavior at work.

Accepted Answer

The Big Five conscientiousness dimension is a measure of reliability. A highly conscientious person is responsible, organized, dependable, and persistent. Those who score low on this dimension are easily distracted, disorganized, and unreliable. Employees who score higher in conscientiousness develop higher levels of job knowledge, probably because highly conscientious people learn more. Higher levels of job knowledge contribute to higher levels of job performance. Conscientiousness is important for managers and for front-line employees. Conscientiousness, in the form of persistence, attention to detail, and setting of high standards, is considered more important than any other personality trait for job performance. Conscientiousness is important for organizational success. Conscientiousness is the Big Five trait most consistently related to job performance.

Question 2

Individuals with Holland's "investigative" personality are well suited for careers as small business managers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Which of the following is most likely to be a country with high power distance?

Accepted Answer

A)  an individualist country like Australia 
B)  a long term oriented country like Japan 
C)  an uncertainty avoiding country like Uruguay 
D)  a poor country like Guatemala 
E)  a masculine country like Greece 
A)  an individualist country like Australia 
B)  a long term oriented country like Japan 
C)  an uncertainty avoiding country like Uruguay 
D)  a poor country like Guatemala 
E)  a masculine country like Greece D

Question 4

The most recent entrants to the U.S. workforce are ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Veterans 
B)  Boomers 
C)  Nexters 
D)  Xers 
E)  Traditionalists 
A)  Veterans 
B)  Boomers 
C)  Nexters 
D)  Xers 
E)  Traditionalists

Question 5

Which of the following statements about the determinants of personality is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personality appears to have no determinants. 
B)  Personality appears to be a result of external factors. 
C)  Personality appears to be a result of only environmental factors. 
D)  Personality appears to be a result of only hereditary factors. 
E)  Personality appears to be a result of both hereditary and environmental factors. 
A)  Personality appears to have no determinants. 
B)  Personality appears to be a result of external factors. 
C)  Personality appears to be a result of only environmental factors. 
D)  Personality appears to be a result of only hereditary factors. 
E)  Personality appears to be a result of both hereditary and environmental factors.

Question 6

You have decided to use Holland's Typology of Personality and Congruent Occupations to help your friends who are college seniors recognize which jobs they would be well-suited for. Monica is shy, stable, and persistent. Neil is ambitious and energetic and likes to dominate conversations. Jessica is idealistic, impractical, and very imaginative. Walter is efficient and practical, but he lacks imagination and tends to be inflexible. Chris is an original thinker, with an analytical and independent intelligence.
-Which of your friends is best suited to being an accountant?

Accepted Answer

A)  Walter 
B)  Neil 
C)  Jessica 
D)  Monica 
E)  Chris 
A)  Walter 
B)  Neil 
C)  Jessica 
D)  Monica 
E)  Chris

Question 7

Which of the following terminal values are most common among executives?

Accepted Answer

A)  equality, world peace, family security 
B)  self-respect, family security, freedom 
C)  mature love, inner harmony, freedom 
D)  wisdom, salvation, world beauty 
E)  forgiving, equality, happiness 
A)  equality, world peace, family security 
B)  self-respect, family security, freedom 
C)  mature love, inner harmony, freedom 
D)  wisdom, salvation, world beauty 
E)  forgiving, equality, happiness

Question 8

When we rank an individual's values in order of their ________, we obtain the person's value system.

Accepted Answer

A)  intensity 
B)  content 
C)  context 
D)  social acceptance 
E)  social needs 
A)  intensity 
B)  content 
C)  context 
D)  social acceptance 
E)  social needs

Question 9

Veterans tend to be more loyal to their country and less loyal to their employer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which dimension of the Big Five model refers to an individual's propensity to defer to others?

Accepted Answer

A)  conscientiousness 
B)  agreeableness 
C)  extroversion 
D)  feeling 
E)  emotional stability 
A)  conscientiousness 
B)  agreeableness 
C)  extroversion 
D)  feeling 
E)  emotional stability

Question 11

Using the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS), name three terminal values that would be appropriate to describe the Millenial generation's search for meaningful work.

Accepted Answer

Millennials grew up during prosperous ti

Question 12

Which of Hofstede's dimensions is the degree to which people in a country prefer structured to unstructured situations?

Accepted Answer

A)  collectivism 
B)  power distance 
C)  long-term orientation 
D)  uncertainty avoidance 
E)  idiocentricity 
A)  collectivism 
B)  power distance 
C)  long-term orientation 
D)  uncertainty avoidance 
E)  idiocentricity

Question 13

Which of the following statements about low self-monitors is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have a low behavioral consistency between who they are and what they do. 
B)  They tend to rate their performance much more highly than do outside observers. 
C)  They tend to pay less attention to the behavior of others than high self-monitors. 
D)  They usually receive high performance ratings. 
E)  They tend to thrive in areas that require them to take risks. 
A)  They have a low behavioral consistency between who they are and what they do. 
B)  They tend to rate their performance much more highly than do outside observers. 
C)  They tend to pay less attention to the behavior of others than high self-monitors. 
D)  They usually receive high performance ratings. 
E)  They tend to thrive in areas that require them to take risks.

Question 14

Which of the following has the highest intrinsic risk-taking propensity?

Accepted Answer

A)  an accountant performing auditing activities 
B)  a stock trader in a brokerage firm 
C)  a computer technologist 
D)  a marketing representative 
E)  a school crossing guard 
A)  an accountant performing auditing activities 
B)  a stock trader in a brokerage firm 
C)  a computer technologist 
D)  a marketing representative 
E)  a school crossing guard

Question 15

More than other generations, ________ tend to be questioning, socially conscious, and entrepreneurial.

Accepted Answer

A)  Boomers 
B)  Nexters 
C)  Traditionalists 
D)  Veterans 
E)  Xers 
A)  Boomers 
B)  Nexters 
C)  Traditionalists 
D)  Veterans 
E)  Xers

Question 16

Holland's theory of personality-job fit argues that job satisfaction is highest and turnover lowest where ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  personality and occupation are in agreement 
B)  an individual is highly motivated 
C)  salary is high 
D)  felt emotions are displayed 
E)  compensation is high 
A)  personality and occupation are in agreement 
B)  an individual is highly motivated 
C)  salary is high 
D)  felt emotions are displayed 
E)  compensation is high

Question 17

Which of the following statements about people with positive core self-evaluations is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They set goals which are easily obtainable. 
B)  They do not attribute positive outcomes to their own actions. 
C)  They are overconfident. 
D)  They take responsibility less frequently. 
E)  They tend to obtain more complex and challenging jobs. 
A)  They set goals which are easily obtainable. 
B)  They do not attribute positive outcomes to their own actions. 
C)  They are overconfident. 
D)  They take responsibility less frequently. 
E)  They tend to obtain more complex and challenging jobs.

Question 18

What personality characteristic centers on whether a person is unemotional and pragmatic and believes that ends can justify means?

Accepted Answer

A)  authoritarianism 
B)  Machiavellianism 
C)  Type A personality 
D)  risk-taking 
E)  Narcissism 
A)  authoritarianism 
B)  Machiavellianism 
C)  Type A personality 
D)  risk-taking 
E)  Narcissism

Question 19

You are seeking to fill the position of corporate accountant, and have administered Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory questionnaire to all candidates. You would suspect that the questionnaire would indicate that the best candidates for the position would have which of the following personality types?

Accepted Answer

A)  conventional 
B)  realistic 
C)  enterprising 
D)  investigative 
E)  social 
A)  conventional 
B)  realistic 
C)  enterprising 
D)  investigative 
E)  social

Question 20

What is the term used to describe those members of the population whose lives have been shaped by globalization, MTV, AIDS, and computers and who value flexibility, life options, and the achievement of job satisfaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Veterans 
B)  Boomers 
C)  Nexters 
D)  Xers 
E)  Hexers 
A)  Veterans 
B)  Boomers 
C)  Nexters 
D)  Xers 
E)  Hexers

Describe the Big Five personality dimension of conscientiousness and explain how it can predict behavior at work.

Individuals with Holland's "investigative" personality are well suited for careers as small business managers.

Which of the following is most likely to be a country with high power distance?

The most recent entrants to the U.S. workforce are ________.

Which of the following statements about the determinants of personality is true?

Which of the following terminal values are most common among executives?

When we rank an individual's values in order of their ________, we obtain the person's value system.

Veterans tend to be more loyal to their country and less loyal to their employer.

Which dimension of the Big Five model refers to an individual's propensity to defer to others?

Using the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS), name three terminal values that would be appropriate to describe the Millenial generation's search for meaningful work.

Which of Hofstede's dimensions is the degree to which people in a country prefer structured to unstructured situations?

Which of the following statements about low self-monitors is true?

Which of the following has the highest intrinsic risk-taking propensity?

More than other generations, ________ tend to be questioning, socially conscious, and entrepreneurial.

Holland's theory of personality-job fit argues that job satisfaction is highest and turnover lowest where ________.

Which of the following statements about people with positive core self-evaluations is true?

What personality characteristic centers on whether a person is unemotional and pragmatic and believes that ends can justify means?

What is the term used to describe those members of the population whose lives have been shaped by globalization, MTV, AIDS, and computers and who value flexibility, life options, and the achievement of job satisfaction?

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Exam 5: Personality and Values

Describe the Big Five personality dimension of conscientiousness and explain how it can predict behavior at work.

Individuals with Holland's "investigative" personality are well suited for careers as small business managers.

Which of the following is most likely to be a country with high power distance?

The most recent entrants to the U.S. workforce are ________.

Which of the following statements about the determinants of personality is true?

Which of the following terminal values are most common among executives?

When we rank an individual's values in order of their ________, we obtain the person's value system.

Veterans tend to be more loyal to their country and less loyal to their employer.

Which dimension of the Big Five model refers to an individual's propensity to defer to others?

Using the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS), name three terminal values that would be appropriate to describe the Millenial generation's search for meaningful work.

Which of Hofstede's dimensions is the degree to which people in a country prefer structured to unstructured situations?

Which of the following statements about low self-monitors is true?

Which of the following has the highest intrinsic risk-taking propensity?

More than other generations, ________ tend to be questioning, socially conscious, and entrepreneurial.

Holland's theory of personality-job fit argues that job satisfaction is highest and turnover lowest where ________.

Which of the following statements about people with positive core self-evaluations is true?

What personality characteristic centers on whether a person is unemotional and pragmatic and believes that ends can justify means?

What is the term used to describe those members of the population whose lives have been shaped by globalization, MTV, AIDS, and computers and who value flexibility, life options, and the achievement of job satisfaction?

What Is Organizational Behavior

Foundations of Individual Behavior

Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

Emotions and Moods

Perception and Individual Decision Making

Basic Motivation Concepts

Motivation: From Concept to Applications

Foundations of Group Behavior

Understanding Work Teams

Communication

Basic Approaches to Leadership

Power and Politics

Conflict and Negotiation

Foundations of Organization Structure

Organizational Culture

Human Resource Policies and Practices

Organizational Change and Stress Management

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