TEST BANK FOR Essentials of Organizational Behavior |16th
edition by Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge
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3 sources of Status Characteristics Theory - Correct Answer ✅💯1.) The power a person
wields over others 2.) A person's ability to contribute to a group's goals 3.) An individual's
personal characteristics.
7 primary characteristics of organizational culture - Correct Answer ✅💯A PATIOS A 1.)
Innovation and risk taking 2.) Attention to detail 3.) Outcome orientation 4.) People
orientation 5.) Team orientation 6.) Aggressiveness 7.) Stability
A person's ability to contribute to a group's goals - Correct Answer ✅💯People whose
contributions are critical to the group's success tend to have high status.
accommodating - Correct Answer ✅💯The willingness of one party in a conflict to place the
opponent's interests above his or her own.
Adjourning stage - Correct Answer ✅💯The final stage in group development for temporary
groups, characterized by concern with wrapping up activities rather than task performance.
agreeableness - Correct Answer ✅💯A personality that describes someone who is good
natured, cooperative, and trusting.
,An individual's personal characteristics - Correct Answer ✅💯Someone whose personal
characteristics are positively valued by the group (good looks, intelligence, money, or a
friendly personality) typically has higher status than someone with fewer valued attributes.
anchoring bias - Correct Answer ✅💯A tendency to fixate on initial information, from
which one then fails to adequately adjust for subsequent information.
anthropology - Correct Answer ✅💯The study of societies to learn about human beings and
their activities.
arbitrator - Correct Answer ✅💯A third party to a negotiation who has the authority to
dictate an agreement.
artistic - Correct Answer ✅💯prefers ambiguous and unsystematic activities that allow
creative expression--imaginative, disorderly, idealistic, emotional, impractical--paineter,
musician, writer, interior decorator
attribution theory - Correct Answer ✅💯An attempt to determine whether an individual's
behavior is internally or externally caused.
attribution theory of leadership - Correct Answer ✅💯A leadership theory that says that
leadership is merely an attribution that people make about other individuals.
authentic leaders - Correct Answer ✅💯Leaders who know who they are, know what they
believe in and value, and act on those values and beliefs openly and candidly. Their followers
would consider them to be ethical people.
availability bias - Correct Answer ✅💯The tendency for people to base their judgments on
information that is readily available to them.
avoiding - Correct Answer ✅💯The desire to withdraw from or suppress a conflict.
BATNA - Correct Answer ✅💯The Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement; the least
the individual should accept.
behavioral theories of leadership - Correct Answer ✅💯Theories proposing that specific
behaviors differentiate leaders from non-leaders.
behaviorism - Correct Answer ✅💯A theory that argues that behavior follows stimuli in a
relatively unthinking manner.
Big Five Model - Correct Answer ✅💯A personality assessment model that taps five basic
dimensions. extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
bounded rationality - Correct Answer ✅💯A process of making decisions by constructing
simplified models that extract the essential features from problems without capturing all their
complexity.
brainstorming - Correct Answer ✅💯An idea-generation process that specifically
encourages any and all alternatives while withholding any criticism of those alternatives.
, charismatic leadership theory - Correct Answer ✅💯A leadership theory that states that
followers make attributions of heroic or extraordinary leadership abilities when they observe
certain behaviors.
citizenship behavior - Correct Answer ✅💯Discretionary behavior that contributes to the
psychological and social environment of the workplace.
coercive power - Correct Answer ✅💯A power base that is dependent on fear of the
negative results from failing to comply.
cognitive evaluation theory - Correct Answer ✅💯A version of self-determination theory
which holds that allocating extrinsic rewards for behavior that had been previously
intrinsically rewarding tends to decrease the overall level of motivation if the rewards are
seen as controlling.
cohesiveness - Correct Answer ✅💯The degree to which group members are attracted to
each other and are motivated to stay in the group.
collaborating - Correct Answer ✅💯A situation in which the parties to a conflict each desire
to satisfy fully the concerns of all parties.
collectivism - Correct Answer ✅💯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.
competing - Correct Answer ✅💯A desire to satisfy one's interests, regardless of the impact
on the other party to the conflict.
compromising - Correct Answer ✅💯A situation in which each party to a conflict is willing
to give up something.
conceptual skills - Correct Answer ✅💯The mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex
situations
conciliator - Correct Answer ✅💯A trusted third party who provides an informal
communication link between the negotiator and the opponent.
confirmation bias - Correct Answer ✅💯The tendency to seek out information that reaffirms
past choices and to discount information that contradicts past judgments.
conflict - Correct Answer ✅💯A process that begins when one party perceives that another
party has negatively affected, or is about to negatively affect, something that the first party
cares about.
conflict management - Correct Answer ✅💯The use of resolution and stimulation
techniques to achieve the desired level of conflict.
conflict process - Correct Answer ✅💯A process that has five stages: 1.) potential
opposition or incompatibility 2). Cognitin and personalization 3). Intentions 4). Behavior 5).
Outcomes
conformity - Correct Answer ✅💯The adjustment of one's behavior to align with the norms
of the group.
edition by Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge
ISBN:9780135353837| All Chapters| Verified and Graded A+|
Guaranteed Pass| Download Perfect Score
3 sources of Status Characteristics Theory - Correct Answer ✅💯1.) The power a person
wields over others 2.) A person's ability to contribute to a group's goals 3.) An individual's
personal characteristics.
7 primary characteristics of organizational culture - Correct Answer ✅💯A PATIOS A 1.)
Innovation and risk taking 2.) Attention to detail 3.) Outcome orientation 4.) People
orientation 5.) Team orientation 6.) Aggressiveness 7.) Stability
A person's ability to contribute to a group's goals - Correct Answer ✅💯People whose
contributions are critical to the group's success tend to have high status.
accommodating - Correct Answer ✅💯The willingness of one party in a conflict to place the
opponent's interests above his or her own.
Adjourning stage - Correct Answer ✅💯The final stage in group development for temporary
groups, characterized by concern with wrapping up activities rather than task performance.
agreeableness - Correct Answer ✅💯A personality that describes someone who is good
natured, cooperative, and trusting.
,An individual's personal characteristics - Correct Answer ✅💯Someone whose personal
characteristics are positively valued by the group (good looks, intelligence, money, or a
friendly personality) typically has higher status than someone with fewer valued attributes.
anchoring bias - Correct Answer ✅💯A tendency to fixate on initial information, from
which one then fails to adequately adjust for subsequent information.
anthropology - Correct Answer ✅💯The study of societies to learn about human beings and
their activities.
arbitrator - Correct Answer ✅💯A third party to a negotiation who has the authority to
dictate an agreement.
artistic - Correct Answer ✅💯prefers ambiguous and unsystematic activities that allow
creative expression--imaginative, disorderly, idealistic, emotional, impractical--paineter,
musician, writer, interior decorator
attribution theory - Correct Answer ✅💯An attempt to determine whether an individual's
behavior is internally or externally caused.
attribution theory of leadership - Correct Answer ✅💯A leadership theory that says that
leadership is merely an attribution that people make about other individuals.
authentic leaders - Correct Answer ✅💯Leaders who know who they are, know what they
believe in and value, and act on those values and beliefs openly and candidly. Their followers
would consider them to be ethical people.
availability bias - Correct Answer ✅💯The tendency for people to base their judgments on
information that is readily available to them.
avoiding - Correct Answer ✅💯The desire to withdraw from or suppress a conflict.
BATNA - Correct Answer ✅💯The Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement; the least
the individual should accept.
behavioral theories of leadership - Correct Answer ✅💯Theories proposing that specific
behaviors differentiate leaders from non-leaders.
behaviorism - Correct Answer ✅💯A theory that argues that behavior follows stimuli in a
relatively unthinking manner.
Big Five Model - Correct Answer ✅💯A personality assessment model that taps five basic
dimensions. extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
bounded rationality - Correct Answer ✅💯A process of making decisions by constructing
simplified models that extract the essential features from problems without capturing all their
complexity.
brainstorming - Correct Answer ✅💯An idea-generation process that specifically
encourages any and all alternatives while withholding any criticism of those alternatives.
, charismatic leadership theory - Correct Answer ✅💯A leadership theory that states that
followers make attributions of heroic or extraordinary leadership abilities when they observe
certain behaviors.
citizenship behavior - Correct Answer ✅💯Discretionary behavior that contributes to the
psychological and social environment of the workplace.
coercive power - Correct Answer ✅💯A power base that is dependent on fear of the
negative results from failing to comply.
cognitive evaluation theory - Correct Answer ✅💯A version of self-determination theory
which holds that allocating extrinsic rewards for behavior that had been previously
intrinsically rewarding tends to decrease the overall level of motivation if the rewards are
seen as controlling.
cohesiveness - Correct Answer ✅💯The degree to which group members are attracted to
each other and are motivated to stay in the group.
collaborating - Correct Answer ✅💯A situation in which the parties to a conflict each desire
to satisfy fully the concerns of all parties.
collectivism - Correct Answer ✅💯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.
competing - Correct Answer ✅💯A desire to satisfy one's interests, regardless of the impact
on the other party to the conflict.
compromising - Correct Answer ✅💯A situation in which each party to a conflict is willing
to give up something.
conceptual skills - Correct Answer ✅💯The mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex
situations
conciliator - Correct Answer ✅💯A trusted third party who provides an informal
communication link between the negotiator and the opponent.
confirmation bias - Correct Answer ✅💯The tendency to seek out information that reaffirms
past choices and to discount information that contradicts past judgments.
conflict - Correct Answer ✅💯A process that begins when one party perceives that another
party has negatively affected, or is about to negatively affect, something that the first party
cares about.
conflict management - Correct Answer ✅💯The use of resolution and stimulation
techniques to achieve the desired level of conflict.
conflict process - Correct Answer ✅💯A process that has five stages: 1.) potential
opposition or incompatibility 2). Cognitin and personalization 3). Intentions 4). Behavior 5).
Outcomes
conformity - Correct Answer ✅💯The adjustment of one's behavior to align with the norms
of the group.
