WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW(2026/2027)
• personality
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
• personality traits
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number of
situations
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior
• Big Five Model
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions.
extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and
neuroticism.
• extraversion
A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive
(confident and forceful )
• agreeableness
,A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative,
and trusting.
• conscientiousness
A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable,
persistent, and organized.
• emotional stability
A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and
insecure.
• openness to experience
A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination,
sensitivity, and curiosity.
• core self-evaluation
Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities,
competence, and worth as a person.
• Machiavellianism
The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
• narcissism
The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive
admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
• self-monitoring
where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
, • proactive personality
People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and
persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values
Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of
existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse
mode of conduct or end-state of existence.
• value system
A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their
intensity.
• terminal values
Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to
achieve during his or her lifetime.
• instrumental values
Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal
values.
• personality Job-fit theory
A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit
between personality type and occupational environment determines
satisfaction and turnover.
• power distance
where society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is
distributed unequally.
, • individualism
where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of
groups.
• collectivism
A national culture attribute that describes a tight social framework in
which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look
after them and protect them.
• masculinity
where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of achievement,
power, and control.
• femininity
indicates little differentiation between male and female roles; where
women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
• uncertainty avoidance
A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society
feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid
them.
• long-term orientation
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and
persistence.
• short-term orientation
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the past and present, respect
for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations. people value the here
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW(2026/2027)
• personality
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
• personality traits
characteristics that describe an individual's behavior in a large number of
situations
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior
• Big Five Model
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions.
extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and
neuroticism.
• extraversion
A personality describing someone who is sociable and assertive
(confident and forceful )
• agreeableness
,A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative,
and trusting.
• conscientiousness
A personality that describes someone who is responsible, dependable,
persistent, and organized.
• emotional stability
A personality that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, and
insecure.
• openness to experience
A personality that characterizes someone in terms of imagination,
sensitivity, and curiosity.
• core self-evaluation
Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities,
competence, and worth as a person.
• Machiavellianism
The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional
distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
• narcissism
The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require excessive
admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
• self-monitoring
where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her behavior to external,
situational factors.
, • proactive personality
People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and
persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values
Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of
existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse
mode of conduct or end-state of existence.
• value system
A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their
intensity.
• terminal values
Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to
achieve during his or her lifetime.
• instrumental values
Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal
values.
• personality Job-fit theory
A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit
between personality type and occupational environment determines
satisfaction and turnover.
• power distance
where society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is
distributed unequally.
, • individualism
where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of
groups.
• collectivism
A national culture attribute that describes a tight social framework in
which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look
after them and protect them.
• masculinity
where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of achievement,
power, and control.
• femininity
indicates little differentiation between male and female roles; where
women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
• uncertainty avoidance
A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society
feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid
them.
• long-term orientation
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and
persistence.
• short-term orientation
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the past and present, respect
for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations. people value the here
