Question 1

________ tends to rely on formal power and authority and to focus on administration and decision making.

Accepted Answer

A)  Administration 
B)  Management 
C)  Leadership 
D)  Supervision

Question 2

________ is the extent to which a person believes that he or she is a worthwhile and deserving individual.

Accepted Answer

A)  Locus of control 
B)  Self-esteem 
C)  Self-efficacy 
D)  Extraversion

Question 3

What personality trait refers to the order and precision a person imposes on activities?

Accepted Answer

A)  extroversion 
B)  openness 
C)  conscientiousness 
D)  emotional stability

Question 4

What motivates managers and employees in both uncertainty-avoiding and uncertainty-accepting cultures? How do the differences between these types of cultures affect team dynamics?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What motivates managers and employees in both...

Question 5

The perceptions that Germans are autocratic and that Japanese are workaholics are stereotypes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which model of decision making suggests that managers apply logic and rationality in making the best decisions?

Accepted Answer

A)  need-based 
B)  process-based 
C)  normative 
D)  descriptive

Question 7

What is the meaning of motivation? Why is it important for an international manager to understand motivation?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the meaning of motivation? Why...

Question 8

Conscientiousness refers to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the ability to get along with others 
B)  the drive to impose order and precision 
C)  the inclination to maintain a balanced emotional state 
D)  one's rigidity of beliefs and range of interests

Question 9

Which theory suggests that one set of factors affects dissatisfaction and another set affects satisfaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hofstede's cultural dimensions 
B)  Maslow's hierarchy of needs 
C)  Vroom's expectancy theory 
D)  Herzberg's two-factor theory

Question 10

Team cohesiveness is more likely to emerge naturally in a(n) ________ culture.

Accepted Answer

A)  collectivistic 
B)  individualistic 
C)  uncertainty avoiding 
D)  uncertainty accepting

Question 11

As a manager, how would you build a cross-cultural team to ensure high productivity levels? What cultural factors should you consider before assigning team members? Illustrate your answer with examples.

Accepted Answer

The answer of As a manager, how would you build...

Question 12

What personality trait refers to one's rigidity of beliefs and range of interests?

Accepted Answer

A)  agreeableness 
B)  extroversion 
C)  openness 
D)  conscientiousness

Question 13

Andrea is disorganized, careless, and irresponsible. She is lacking in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  extroversion 
B)  openness 
C)  conscientiousness 
D)  emotional stability

Question 14

________ indicates a person's beliefs about his or her capabilities to perform a task.

Accepted Answer

A)  Internal locus of control 
B)  External locus of control 
C)  Self-efficacy 
D)  Conscientiousness

Question 15

What is the ringi system? How does the ringi system facilitate the productivity of an organizational team?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the ringi system? How does...

Question 16

Relatively little research has explicitly tested expectancy theory in countries other than the United States. It does seem logical, however, that the basic framework of the theory should have wide applicability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

McClelland's learned needs framework includes the need for affiliation, the need for power, and the need for achievement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is a true statement based on research of McClelland's learned needs framework?

Accepted Answer

A)  The need for achievement exists only in developed cultures. 
B)  Individualistic cultures primarily promote the need for affiliation. 
C)  The need for achievement can be taught to people in different cultures. 
D)  Power-respecting cultures primarily promote the need for self-esteem.

Question 19

According to the descriptive model, decision making starts when managers recognize that a problem exists and a decision has to be made.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which models of motivation focus more on the conscious thought processes people use to select one behavior from among several?

Accepted Answer

A)  need-based models 
B)  process-based models 
C)  reinforcement models 
D)  perceptual models

Exam 15: Leadership and Employee Behavior in International Business

________ tends to rely on formal power and authority and to focus on administration and decision making.

________ is the extent to which a person believes that he or she is a worthwhile and deserving individual.

What personality trait refers to the order and precision a person imposes on activities?

What motivates managers and employees in both uncertainty-avoiding and uncertainty-accepting cultures? How do the differences between these types of cultures affect team dynamics?

The perceptions that Germans are autocratic and that Japanese are workaholics are stereotypes.

Which model of decision making suggests that managers apply logic and rationality in making the best decisions?

What is the meaning of motivation? Why is it important for an international manager to understand motivation?

Conscientiousness refers to ________.

Which theory suggests that one set of factors affects dissatisfaction and another set affects satisfaction?

Team cohesiveness is more likely to emerge naturally in a(n) ________ culture.

As a manager, how would you build a cross-cultural team to ensure high productivity levels? What cultural factors should you consider before assigning team members? Illustrate your answer with examples.

What personality trait refers to one's rigidity of beliefs and range of interests?

Andrea is disorganized, careless, and irresponsible. She is lacking in ________.

________ indicates a person's beliefs about his or her capabilities to perform a task.

What is the ringi system? How does the ringi system facilitate the productivity of an organizational team?

Relatively little research has explicitly tested expectancy theory in countries other than the United States. It does seem logical, however, that the basic framework of the theory should have wide applicability.

McClelland's learned needs framework includes the need for affiliation, the need for power, and the need for achievement.

Which of the following is a true statement based on research of McClelland's learned needs framework?

According to the descriptive model, decision making starts when managers recognize that a problem exists and a decision has to be made.

Which models of motivation focus more on the conscious thought processes people use to select one behavior from among several?