MADM 701 CH. 7 & 8 EXAM QUESTIONS
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Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) - Correct Answer -the study and application of
positive oriented human resources strengths and psychological capacities that can be
measured, developed, and effectively managed for performance improvement in today's
workplace
Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) construct - Correct Answer -It is different than
positive psychology because:
1. Based on theory and research - POB based on constantly building theoretical grounding
and continuing basic and applied reasearch findings
2. Valid measurers - the construct must have reliable and valid measures
3. "state-like" and thus open to development - POB contruct must be state-like;
state-like criterion says that the psychological capacity can be developed and trained,
whereas, most of the positive psychology variables like virtue and character are more trait-
like and thus relatively fixed.
4. Managed for performance improvement (concerned with workplace and how to improve
human performance)- this seperates POB from positive psychology. POB most concerned
with how the positive psychological resource capacity can be applied to improve human
performance in the workplace (leaders/managers/HR)
state-like - Correct Answer -situationally based - open to learning, change and development
trait-like - Correct Answer -dispositional, relatively fixed across situations and time
efficacy, optimism, hope and resiliency
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,other potential positive constructs meet the POB criteria are:
happiness/subjective well-being and emotional intelligence (EI) - Correct Answer -Positive
Psychological capacities to best meet there four criteria
Positive Psychology - Correct Answer -Concerned with optimal human functioning rather
than pathological human functioning
Aim is to use scientific methodology to discover and promote the factors that allow
individuals, groups, organizations, and communities to thrive.
Three Levels of positive psychology - Correct Answer --Valued subjective experiences
-Positive individual traits
-Civic virtue
Valued subjective experiences - Correct Answer -Level of positive psychology which is
related to the past, present, and future
-Examples for past: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction
-Examples for present: flow and happiness
-Examples for future: hope and optimism
Positive individual traits - Correct Answer -Level of positive psychology which has the
capacity for love and vocation, courage, forgiveness, high talent, and wisdom
Civic virtue - Correct Answer -Level of positive psychology which moves individuals toward
better citizenship
-Examples: responsibility, altruism and work ethic
organizational life
organizational behavior - Correct Answer -Positive psychology "positive" goals have obvious
implications not only for therapy, well-being, education, family life, social relation, but also
for ______ and ______.
H-R-W well-being
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, Health (physical and mental)
Relationships (social networks, friends/life partners)
Work Performance (from psychological Capital (PsyCap) - Correct Answer -Positive
psychology has significant correlation (.3 average) between health, relationships, and work.
this is called what?
Happiness or Level of Positivity - Correct Answer --About 50% determined by genetics
(hard-wired)
-About 10% determined by life circumstances (your chances of being happy and becoming
happier are pretty much the same)
-About 40% determined by intentional activity (positivity or HRW well-being)
Positivity is under one's own control (well-being)
Health (physical and mental)
Relationships (social networks, friends/life partners)
Work Performance (from psychological Capital (PsyCap) - Correct Answer -Is to appreciate
the promise of the great impact that you can make on your own life through intentional
strategies that you can implement to remake yourself as a happier person
POB criterion of being state-like and open to development - Correct Answer -criteria-meeting
POB positive psychological resources of efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilency can
intentionally be used by one's self or by leading human resources to directly impact work
performance, relationships and health.
Self-Efficacy/Confidence
Confidence - application in business and sports
Self-Efficacy - application in academic discusions - Correct Answer --Most theoretically
developed and researched POB construct
-An individual's conviction about his or her abilities to mobilize the motivation, cognitive
resources and courses of action needed to successfully execute a specific task within a given
context
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WITH RIGHT ANSWERS | LATEST
UPDATE
Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) - Correct Answer -the study and application of
positive oriented human resources strengths and psychological capacities that can be
measured, developed, and effectively managed for performance improvement in today's
workplace
Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) construct - Correct Answer -It is different than
positive psychology because:
1. Based on theory and research - POB based on constantly building theoretical grounding
and continuing basic and applied reasearch findings
2. Valid measurers - the construct must have reliable and valid measures
3. "state-like" and thus open to development - POB contruct must be state-like;
state-like criterion says that the psychological capacity can be developed and trained,
whereas, most of the positive psychology variables like virtue and character are more trait-
like and thus relatively fixed.
4. Managed for performance improvement (concerned with workplace and how to improve
human performance)- this seperates POB from positive psychology. POB most concerned
with how the positive psychological resource capacity can be applied to improve human
performance in the workplace (leaders/managers/HR)
state-like - Correct Answer -situationally based - open to learning, change and development
trait-like - Correct Answer -dispositional, relatively fixed across situations and time
efficacy, optimism, hope and resiliency
1
,other potential positive constructs meet the POB criteria are:
happiness/subjective well-being and emotional intelligence (EI) - Correct Answer -Positive
Psychological capacities to best meet there four criteria
Positive Psychology - Correct Answer -Concerned with optimal human functioning rather
than pathological human functioning
Aim is to use scientific methodology to discover and promote the factors that allow
individuals, groups, organizations, and communities to thrive.
Three Levels of positive psychology - Correct Answer --Valued subjective experiences
-Positive individual traits
-Civic virtue
Valued subjective experiences - Correct Answer -Level of positive psychology which is
related to the past, present, and future
-Examples for past: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction
-Examples for present: flow and happiness
-Examples for future: hope and optimism
Positive individual traits - Correct Answer -Level of positive psychology which has the
capacity for love and vocation, courage, forgiveness, high talent, and wisdom
Civic virtue - Correct Answer -Level of positive psychology which moves individuals toward
better citizenship
-Examples: responsibility, altruism and work ethic
organizational life
organizational behavior - Correct Answer -Positive psychology "positive" goals have obvious
implications not only for therapy, well-being, education, family life, social relation, but also
for ______ and ______.
H-R-W well-being
2
, Health (physical and mental)
Relationships (social networks, friends/life partners)
Work Performance (from psychological Capital (PsyCap) - Correct Answer -Positive
psychology has significant correlation (.3 average) between health, relationships, and work.
this is called what?
Happiness or Level of Positivity - Correct Answer --About 50% determined by genetics
(hard-wired)
-About 10% determined by life circumstances (your chances of being happy and becoming
happier are pretty much the same)
-About 40% determined by intentional activity (positivity or HRW well-being)
Positivity is under one's own control (well-being)
Health (physical and mental)
Relationships (social networks, friends/life partners)
Work Performance (from psychological Capital (PsyCap) - Correct Answer -Is to appreciate
the promise of the great impact that you can make on your own life through intentional
strategies that you can implement to remake yourself as a happier person
POB criterion of being state-like and open to development - Correct Answer -criteria-meeting
POB positive psychological resources of efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilency can
intentionally be used by one's self or by leading human resources to directly impact work
performance, relationships and health.
Self-Efficacy/Confidence
Confidence - application in business and sports
Self-Efficacy - application in academic discusions - Correct Answer --Most theoretically
developed and researched POB construct
-An individual's conviction about his or her abilities to mobilize the motivation, cognitive
resources and courses of action needed to successfully execute a specific task within a given
context
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