Organizational Behavior Exam 2 Practice Questions and Answers

Organizational Behavior Exam 2 Practice Questions and Answers Personality - Answer️️ -Enduring characteristics that describe an individual's behavior. Heredity - Answer️️ -Factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological, and inherent psychological makeup. Personality Traits - Answer️️ -Enduring characteristics that describe an individual's behavior. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - Answer️️ -A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies people into 1 of 16 personality types. Big Five Model - Answer️️ -A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions. Extraversion - Answer️️ -A personality dimension describing someone who is sociable, gregarious, and assertive. Agreeableness - Answer️️ -A personality dimension that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and trusting. Conscientiousness - Answer️️ -A personality dimension that describes someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized. ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 26, 2024 6:09 AM 2 Emotional Stability - Answer️️ -A personality dimension that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, secure (positive) versus nervous, depressed, and insecure (negative). Openness to Experience - Answer️️ -A personality dimension that characterizes someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity. Core Self-Evaluation - Answer️️ -Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person. Machiavellianism - Answer️️ -The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means. Narcissism - Answer️️ -The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement. Self-monitoring - Answer️️ -A personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors. Proactive Personality - Answer️️ -People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs. Values - Answer️️ -Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence. ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 26, 2024 6:09 AM 3 Value System - Answer️️ -A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their intensity. Terminal Values - Answer️️ -Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime Instrumental Values - Answer️️ -Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values. Personality-Job Fit Theory - Answer️️ -A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover. Power Distance - Answer️️ -A national culture attribute that de