MAN 6366 UF CHAPTER 8 TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What causes organizations to be what they are? - ANSWER - People attracted
to them
- Selected by
- Staying with
- Behaving in
What can happen to an organization over time? - ANSWER it can become so
ingrown in type that it begins to occupy an increasingly narrow ecological niche
Signaling theory - ANSWER recruiters and recruiting tactics are symbolic of
broader organization characteristics
Job seekers frequently use _____ as signals of unobservable organizational
characteristics because job choice takes place under imperfect information -
ANSWER recruitment experiences
Recruitment experiences - ANSWER have stronger signaling value when little
is known about the organization and when experiences occur during critical
events
Applicant perceptions of justice - ANSWER are positively related to job
pursuit intentions (p=0.25), job-organization (p=0.33), acceptance intentions
(p=0.30) and job choice (p=0.09)
What is not perceived simply as "fair" or "unfair" by applicants, but rather as
some being more or less fair? - ANSWER selection procedures
What do applicants' fairness perceptions of the recruiting process predict? -
ANSWER expectancies of fairness in organizational decisions once at the job
Realistic job previews (RJPs) - ANSWER the presentation by an organization
of both favorable and unfavorable job-related information to job candidates
AND ANSWERS
What causes organizations to be what they are? - ANSWER - People attracted
to them
- Selected by
- Staying with
- Behaving in
What can happen to an organization over time? - ANSWER it can become so
ingrown in type that it begins to occupy an increasingly narrow ecological niche
Signaling theory - ANSWER recruiters and recruiting tactics are symbolic of
broader organization characteristics
Job seekers frequently use _____ as signals of unobservable organizational
characteristics because job choice takes place under imperfect information -
ANSWER recruitment experiences
Recruitment experiences - ANSWER have stronger signaling value when little
is known about the organization and when experiences occur during critical
events
Applicant perceptions of justice - ANSWER are positively related to job
pursuit intentions (p=0.25), job-organization (p=0.33), acceptance intentions
(p=0.30) and job choice (p=0.09)
What is not perceived simply as "fair" or "unfair" by applicants, but rather as
some being more or less fair? - ANSWER selection procedures
What do applicants' fairness perceptions of the recruiting process predict? -
ANSWER expectancies of fairness in organizational decisions once at the job
Realistic job previews (RJPs) - ANSWER the presentation by an organization
of both favorable and unfavorable job-related information to job candidates
