Organizational Behavior
Chapter 13
Power and Organizational Politics
True-False Questions
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
1. On a very basic level, one person changing the behavior of another is motivation.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
2. The right to seek compliance by others is represented by authority.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
3. Unrelated to the concepts of authority and leadership is the concept of power.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
4. An example of utilitarian power is a religious organization.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
5. Group acceptance of someone’s right to exercise legitimate control is a key element in the
exercise of authority.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
6. The concept of power is closely related to the concepts of authority and leadership.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
7. Interpersonal attraction of one individual for another is a key element to legitimate power.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
8. Another name for authority is really expert power.
a. True
b. False
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Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Uses of Power LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
9. Jeopardizing personal integrity can be avoided, even when coercive power is used.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Uses of Power LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
10. The power tactic, “controlling access to persons,” was a contributing factor in the fall of
Richard Nixon.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
11. Much of the goal-related effort produced by an organization is directly attributable to
political processes.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
12. The more disconnected subunit A is with other subunits in the organization, the more
“central” it is because of power.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
13. Research finds that contemporary organizations are not political entities like their earlier
counterparts.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
14. Opportunities for political behavior are presented by periods of organizational change.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
15. The primary source of subunit power is the unit’s ability to help other units cope with
uncertainty, according to the advocates of the strategic contingencies model of power.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Limiting the Influence of Political Behavior LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
16. One way to limit the effects of political behavior is for managers to increase interpersonal or
intergroup competition by emphasizing the superordinate goals of the entire organization.
a. True
b. False
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Chapter 13
Power and Organizational Politics
True-False Questions
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
1. On a very basic level, one person changing the behavior of another is motivation.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
2. The right to seek compliance by others is represented by authority.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
3. Unrelated to the concepts of authority and leadership is the concept of power.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
4. An example of utilitarian power is a religious organization.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
5. Group acceptance of someone’s right to exercise legitimate control is a key element in the
exercise of authority.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
6. The concept of power is closely related to the concepts of authority and leadership.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
7. Interpersonal attraction of one individual for another is a key element to legitimate power.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Power in Interpersonal Relations LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
8. Another name for authority is really expert power.
a. True
b. False
May 31, 2019 1
, Organizational Behavior
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Uses of Power LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
9. Jeopardizing personal integrity can be avoided, even when coercive power is used.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Uses of Power LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
10. The power tactic, “controlling access to persons,” was a contributing factor in the fall of
Richard Nixon.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
11. Much of the goal-related effort produced by an organization is directly attributable to
political processes.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
12. The more disconnected subunit A is with other subunits in the organization, the more
“central” it is because of power.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
13. Research finds that contemporary organizations are not political entities like their earlier
counterparts.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
14. Opportunities for political behavior are presented by periods of organizational change.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Political Behavior in Organizations LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
15. The primary source of subunit power is the unit’s ability to help other units cope with
uncertainty, according to the advocates of the strategic contingencies model of power.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Limiting the Influence of Political Behavior LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
16. One way to limit the effects of political behavior is for managers to increase interpersonal or
intergroup competition by emphasizing the superordinate goals of the entire organization.
a. True
b. False
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