ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
CONCEPTS CONTROVERSIES
APPLICATIONS 9TH CANADIAN EDITION
NANCY LANGTON STEPHEN ROBBINS
TIMOTHY JUDGE TEST BANK ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ How does the term organizational effectiveness relate to OB?
Answer: Organizational effectiveness is considered the ultimate
dependent variable in organizational behavior. This means that
organizational effectiveness is the outcome that most OB theories are
ultimately trying to achieve.
⫸ OB recognizes three determinants from multiple levels of analysis.
Discuss what the previous statement means. Answer: OB recognizes that
what goes on in organizations can be placed into three levels of analysis:
individual, team, and organization.
⫸ What is the MARS Model of Individual Behavior and Performance?
Answer: MARS stands for motivation, ability, role perceptions, and
situational factors. All four factors are critical influences on an
individual's voluntary behavior and performance; if any one of them is
low in a given situation, the employee would perform poorly.
, ⫸ What are the four factors that directly influence individual behavior
and performance? Answer: MARS stands for motivation, ability, role
perceptions, and situational factors.
⫸ Define personality and personality traits: Answer: Personality is he
combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's
distinctive character. Personality traits reflect people's characteristic
patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
⫸ What are the two factors that shape personality? Answer: *Heredity
and the environment in which they are raised
⫸ How is personality measured? *lecture and ppt* Answer:
⫸ What is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality framework?
Answer: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a widely-used
personality inventory, or test, employed in vocational, educational, and
psychotherapy settings to evaluate personality type in adolescents and
adults age 14 and older.
⫸ What are the strengths and weaknesses of the MBTI? Answer:
⫸ What is the Big Five-Personality Model? (list and define big five
factors) Answer: The FFM is the most researched and respected
clustering of personality traits. Personality experts identified more than
17,000 words that describe an individual's personality. The words were
distilled down to five broad personality dimensions. The five factors are
CONCEPTS CONTROVERSIES
APPLICATIONS 9TH CANADIAN EDITION
NANCY LANGTON STEPHEN ROBBINS
TIMOTHY JUDGE TEST BANK ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ How does the term organizational effectiveness relate to OB?
Answer: Organizational effectiveness is considered the ultimate
dependent variable in organizational behavior. This means that
organizational effectiveness is the outcome that most OB theories are
ultimately trying to achieve.
⫸ OB recognizes three determinants from multiple levels of analysis.
Discuss what the previous statement means. Answer: OB recognizes that
what goes on in organizations can be placed into three levels of analysis:
individual, team, and organization.
⫸ What is the MARS Model of Individual Behavior and Performance?
Answer: MARS stands for motivation, ability, role perceptions, and
situational factors. All four factors are critical influences on an
individual's voluntary behavior and performance; if any one of them is
low in a given situation, the employee would perform poorly.
, ⫸ What are the four factors that directly influence individual behavior
and performance? Answer: MARS stands for motivation, ability, role
perceptions, and situational factors.
⫸ Define personality and personality traits: Answer: Personality is he
combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's
distinctive character. Personality traits reflect people's characteristic
patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
⫸ What are the two factors that shape personality? Answer: *Heredity
and the environment in which they are raised
⫸ How is personality measured? *lecture and ppt* Answer:
⫸ What is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality framework?
Answer: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a widely-used
personality inventory, or test, employed in vocational, educational, and
psychotherapy settings to evaluate personality type in adolescents and
adults age 14 and older.
⫸ What are the strengths and weaknesses of the MBTI? Answer:
⫸ What is the Big Five-Personality Model? (list and define big five
factors) Answer: The FFM is the most researched and respected
clustering of personality traits. Personality experts identified more than
17,000 words that describe an individual's personality. The words were
distilled down to five broad personality dimensions. The five factors are
