C715- Organizational Behavior 313 Questions With Complete Solutions

Individuals behave in certain ways for certain reasons. Reasons for certain behaviors come from influences. Name potential influences. - ️️biological, personal, social, environmental T/F: Potential influences (like mentioned in Q1) will not have an impact on the performance of an organization's workforce. - ️️FALSE- influences will have a big impact How do psychologists define personality? - ️️growth and development of a person's psychological system What is our definition of personality? - ️️enduring characteristics that describe an individuals behavior What is the most common way for a manager to measure employee personality? - ️️through self-report surveys (eg: how much do you worry) Which is the better predictor of success on the job? Self-report surveys or observer-ratings survey? - ️️observer-rating surveys Does research support environment or hereditary more as an influence of personality? - ️️Hereditary is shown to be the bigger influencer (supports both) - factors determined at conception - one's biological, physiological, and inherent physiolog. makeup - ️️Heredity