Midterm Exam Buad304 (Latest Update
) Organizational Behavior And
Leadership Questions With Answers 100%
Correct {Grade A} – Usc
USC-CT - correct answer Uncover problems, Select most critical problems, Create
potential solutions, Choose solutions with most potential, Translate solutions into
implementation plan
Values - correct answer ideals that guide our thinking and behavior across all
situations (especially at work), relatively stable across time and most situations
Where do values come from? - correct answer parents, childhood experiences,
spiritual beliefs, culture, age generation
What determines success/failure in an organization? - correct answer How well self
fits with the organization's values
When hiring, how do organizations achieve fit? - correct answer selection
(assessment tests, interviews) and/or socialization (boot camps, training, coaching
and counseling)
In order for you to be satisfied in a job, you should - correct answer actively seek a
job that best fits you - be as selective as the company is, don't settle
, Midterm Exam Buad304 (Latest Update
) Organizational Behavior And
Leadership Questions With Answers 100%
Correct {Grade A} – Usc
Schwartz's Value Theory - correct answer 2 sets of bipolar values (self-transcendence
vs self enhancement, openness to change vs conservation) are what motivate our
behavior across any context - values adjacent to each other on diagram are
complementary, values across from each other are incongruent
Self-transcendence - correct answer the concern for the welfare/interests of others
(universalism, benevolence)
Openness to change - correct answer self-directed independence (hedonism,
stimulation, self-direction)
Self-enhancement - correct answer the pursuit of one's own interests, dominance
over others (hedonism, achievement)
Conservation - correct answer conformity, resistance to change (conformity, tradition,
security)
Values in Action (VIA) Character Survey - correct answer determines the aspects of
self that are morally valued
, Midterm Exam Buad304 (Latest Update
) Organizational Behavior And
Leadership Questions With Answers 100%
Correct {Grade A} – Usc
Workplace attitudes - correct answer result from the interaction of various individual,
group, and organizational processes - predictors of likely behavior - positive
workplace attitudes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment) lead to positive
workplace behaviors (productive behavior, high job performance)
Cognitive dissonance - correct answer the discomfort we experience when our
attitudes conflict with each other or our behavior - humans are driven to reduce
dissonance
Attitudes - correct answer stem from values and represent our feelings or opinions
about people, places, and objects - guide our intent to behave, very difficult to
change attitudes because they are "comfortable"
How we reduce cognitive dissonance - correct answer change attitude and/or change
behavior, but it is much easier to change an attitude than a behavior because you can
self-justify your attitude
Personality - correct answer a combination of physical, behavioral, and mental traits
that give us our unique identity, approx. 40% derived from genes and 60%
determined by our environment, relatively stable over time and across situations
) Organizational Behavior And
Leadership Questions With Answers 100%
Correct {Grade A} – Usc
USC-CT - correct answer Uncover problems, Select most critical problems, Create
potential solutions, Choose solutions with most potential, Translate solutions into
implementation plan
Values - correct answer ideals that guide our thinking and behavior across all
situations (especially at work), relatively stable across time and most situations
Where do values come from? - correct answer parents, childhood experiences,
spiritual beliefs, culture, age generation
What determines success/failure in an organization? - correct answer How well self
fits with the organization's values
When hiring, how do organizations achieve fit? - correct answer selection
(assessment tests, interviews) and/or socialization (boot camps, training, coaching
and counseling)
In order for you to be satisfied in a job, you should - correct answer actively seek a
job that best fits you - be as selective as the company is, don't settle
, Midterm Exam Buad304 (Latest Update
) Organizational Behavior And
Leadership Questions With Answers 100%
Correct {Grade A} – Usc
Schwartz's Value Theory - correct answer 2 sets of bipolar values (self-transcendence
vs self enhancement, openness to change vs conservation) are what motivate our
behavior across any context - values adjacent to each other on diagram are
complementary, values across from each other are incongruent
Self-transcendence - correct answer the concern for the welfare/interests of others
(universalism, benevolence)
Openness to change - correct answer self-directed independence (hedonism,
stimulation, self-direction)
Self-enhancement - correct answer the pursuit of one's own interests, dominance
over others (hedonism, achievement)
Conservation - correct answer conformity, resistance to change (conformity, tradition,
security)
Values in Action (VIA) Character Survey - correct answer determines the aspects of
self that are morally valued
, Midterm Exam Buad304 (Latest Update
) Organizational Behavior And
Leadership Questions With Answers 100%
Correct {Grade A} – Usc
Workplace attitudes - correct answer result from the interaction of various individual,
group, and organizational processes - predictors of likely behavior - positive
workplace attitudes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment) lead to positive
workplace behaviors (productive behavior, high job performance)
Cognitive dissonance - correct answer the discomfort we experience when our
attitudes conflict with each other or our behavior - humans are driven to reduce
dissonance
Attitudes - correct answer stem from values and represent our feelings or opinions
about people, places, and objects - guide our intent to behave, very difficult to
change attitudes because they are "comfortable"
How we reduce cognitive dissonance - correct answer change attitude and/or change
behavior, but it is much easier to change an attitude than a behavior because you can
self-justify your attitude
Personality - correct answer a combination of physical, behavioral, and mental traits
that give us our unique identity, approx. 40% derived from genes and 60%
determined by our environment, relatively stable over time and across situations
