Organizational Behavior (10th Edition)

File: ch01, Chapter 1: Introducing Organizational Behavior



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1. Organizational behavior is the study of human behavior in organizations.

Ans: True
Page: 5
Element: KT
Nature: FA
Level: Easy
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2. Organizational behavior is an academic field devoted to understanding individual and group
behavior, interpersonal processes, and organizational dynamics.

Ans: True
Page: 5
Element: KT
Nature: FA
Level: Easy
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3. Learning about organizational behavior will help individuals develop a better work-related
understanding about themselves and others.

Ans: True
Page: 5
Element: GT
Nature: FA
Level: Easy
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4. The early focus of the systematic study of management was on physical working conditions,
principles of administration, and principles of industrial engineering.

Ans: True
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,Element: GT
Nature: FA
Level: Moderate
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5. As management research progressed, emphasis was placed on the human factor with respect to
individual attitudes, group dynamics, and relationships between managers and workers.

Ans: True
Page: 5
Element: GT
Nature: FA
Level: Moderate
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6. Organizational behavior continues to evolve as a discipline devoted to understanding
individuals and groups in organizations as well as the performance implications of organizational
processes, systems, and structures.

Ans: True
Page: 5
Element: GT
Nature: FA
Level: Moderate
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7. Organizational behavior is an interdisciplinary body of knowledge with strong ties to
psychology, sociology, and anthropology, but not economics or political science.

Ans: False
Page: 5
Element: GT
Nature: FA
Level: Moderate
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8. Organizational behavior has strong ties to the behavioral sciences and allied social sciences, and
seeks to integrate the diverse insights of both of them.

Ans: True


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,Page: 5
Element: GT
Nature: FA
Level: Easy
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9. Organizational behavior seeks to improve the quality of work life as well as the performance of
people, groups, and organizations.

Ans: True
Page: 5
Element: GT
Nature: FA
Level: Easy
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10. Organizational behavior uses scientific methods to develop and empirically test generalizations
about behavior in organizations.

Ans: True
Page: 5
Element: GT
Nature: FA
Level: Easy
Heading: Introducing Organizational Behavior



11. Scientific methods models are simplified views of reality that try to identify major factors and
forces underlying real-world phenomenon.

Ans: True
Page: 5
Element: KT
Nature: FA
Level: Easy
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12. Scientific methods models infrequently link independent variables with dependent variables.

Ans: False
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, Element: GT
Nature: FA
Level: Moderate
Heading: Introducing Organizational Behavior



13. Commonly used organizational behavior research methods include: case studies, survey
studies, meta analyses, field studies and laboratory studies.

Ans: True
Page: 6
Element: BF
Nature: FA
Level: Moderate
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14. When organizational behavior researchers collect data in real-life organizational settings, the
research method of case studies is being used.

Ans: False
Page: 6
Element: BF
Nature: FA
Level: Easy
Heading: Introducing Organizational Behavior



15. When organizational behavior researchers collect data in simulated and controlled settings, the
research method of laboratory studies is being used.

Ans: True
Page: 6
Element: BF
Nature: AP
Level: Easy
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16. When organizational behavior researchers look in depth at single situations, the research
method of field studies is being used.

Ans: False
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