Midterm Questions And Answers (A+ Review)

Midterm Questions And Answers (A+ Review) A contingent worker is… • an offshore worker • FLSA-nonexempt • part-time or temporary • a knowledge worker As a cultural dimension, masculinity reflects the extent to which people in a society learn to tolerate… • inequality • uncertainty • gender differences • collectivism As a cultural dimension, power distance reflects the extent to which people in a society learn to tolerate… • gender differences • inequality • short-term thinking • uncertainty Thinking that one member of a group in society must be like all other members: • self-similarity bias • categorical imperative • fundamental attribution error • stereotyping Offshoring is a special type of outsourcing that involves… • bringing foreign workers into the country to decrease labor costs • selling off a business unit to another company • moving financial assets offshore to avoid taxation • contracting with a firm in another country Ethnocentrism refers to a belief in one’s own… • ability to learn • imagination • stereotypes • culturalsuperiority Self-esteem refersto… • confidence in one’s ability to perform tasks • an orientation toward learning and growth • awareness of one’s own emotionalstate • pride in oneself or one’s accomplishments As a personality factor, neuroticism refersto… • sensitivity to the aftereffects of one’s own actions • a lack of flexibility to changing circumstances • a kind of mental illnessthat requirestreatment • a preference forsocializing oversolitary activity As a personality factor, extraversion refersto… • sensitivity to the aftereffects of one’s own actions • a lack of flexibility to changing circumstances • a kind of mental illnessthat requirestreatment • a preference forsocializing oversolitary activity Short definition of a Machiavellian philosophy: • the ends justify the means • to the victor go the spoils • all’s well that ends well • the leader is above the law Tolerance for ambiguity refersto… • a propensity to pursue risky endeavors • comfort with vague or incomplete information • having an open mind about racial differences • feeling that one is the master of one’s own fate As an MBTI category, thinkers make decisions… • impersonally, based on objective criteria and logic Continues...