BUAD 304 Midterm + Questions with precise detailed ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
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A manager who displays independence of thought, action, and feelings is demonstrating
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Schwartz's value of conservation. - correct answer✔✔False ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
A manager should use Schwartz's model to understand employees and assign them tasks
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that are consistent with their values. - correct answer✔✔True
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Attitudes have three components: affective, cognitive, and behavioral. - correct
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answer✔✔True
Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort a person experiences when ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
simultaneously holding two or more conflicting cognitions. - correct answer✔✔True ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Organizational commitment exists to the degree that the person is satisfied with his or her ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
job. - correct answer✔✔False
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Values tend to vary across generations because they are influenced by events in childhood
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and youth. For example, some parents lived through the Depression, and this experience led
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them to be risk takers in terms of their investments. - correct answer✔✔False
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Job satisfaction is not a unitary concept; a person may be satisfied with one aspect of his or
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her job and dissatisfied with one or more other aspects. - correct answer✔✔True
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Research has found that some aspects of an individual's disposition are significantly
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associated with some aspects of job satisfaction, such as having autonomy or receipt of ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
rewards. - correct answer✔✔True ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,Job involvement represents the extent to which an individual is personally involved with his
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or her work role. This has nothing to do with job satisfaction. - correct answer✔✔False
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Job satisfaction has a negative association with OCB and a positive relationship with CWB. -
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correct answer✔✔False ||\\//||
Schwartz's model suggests that - correct answer✔✔values are unstable. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
values are important but have no direct effect on motivation.
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values may conflict with each other. - Correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
we are always aware of our values and how they influence us.
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values are formed when we are in our early adulthood.
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Roger, a manager, knows that one of his employees values conformity and tradition. Roger
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should assign the employee to a job that includes - correct answer✔✔high social value.
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||\\//|| high security. ||\\//||
||\\//|| high respect, commitment, and acceptance. Correct
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||\\//|| high control over others. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
||\\//|| high influence over others.||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,Personal attitudes affect _______ via ______. - correct answer✔✔behavior; values
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behavior; intentions - Correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
values; behavior
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values; intentions
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values; cognitions
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You are unlikely to say anything to someone smoking in the nonsmoking section of a
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restaurant if you have no intention of confronting the smoker. Your intention reflects the
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__________ component of your attitude toward people smoking in restaurants. - correct
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answer✔✔behavioral - Correct ||\\//|| ||\\//||
intellectual
cognitive
normative
affective
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, ________ is the extent to which an individual identifies with an organization and commits to
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its goals. - correct answer✔✔Perceived organizational support
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Organizational commitment - Correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Organizational satisfaction ||\\//||
Job involvement
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Job satisfaction
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Donna works as a project manager for a major consumer products firm. She works with
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beliefs, perceptions, and informal obligations about what she is entitled to receive in return
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for what she provides to the organization. Janice's beliefs represent a(n) - correct
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answer✔✔high level of emotional labor. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
employment contract. ||\\//||
high normative commitment.
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high affective commitment.
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psychological contract. ||\\//||
CORRECT
Which of the following contributes least to employee engagement in North America? -
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correct answer✔✔career opportunities ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answers
A manager who displays independence of thought, action, and feelings is demonstrating
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Schwartz's value of conservation. - correct answer✔✔False ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
A manager should use Schwartz's model to understand employees and assign them tasks
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that are consistent with their values. - correct answer✔✔True
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Attitudes have three components: affective, cognitive, and behavioral. - correct
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answer✔✔True
Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort a person experiences when ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
simultaneously holding two or more conflicting cognitions. - correct answer✔✔True ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Organizational commitment exists to the degree that the person is satisfied with his or her ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
job. - correct answer✔✔False
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Values tend to vary across generations because they are influenced by events in childhood
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and youth. For example, some parents lived through the Depression, and this experience led
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them to be risk takers in terms of their investments. - correct answer✔✔False
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Job satisfaction is not a unitary concept; a person may be satisfied with one aspect of his or
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her job and dissatisfied with one or more other aspects. - correct answer✔✔True
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Research has found that some aspects of an individual's disposition are significantly
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associated with some aspects of job satisfaction, such as having autonomy or receipt of ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
rewards. - correct answer✔✔True ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,Job involvement represents the extent to which an individual is personally involved with his
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or her work role. This has nothing to do with job satisfaction. - correct answer✔✔False
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Job satisfaction has a negative association with OCB and a positive relationship with CWB. -
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correct answer✔✔False ||\\//||
Schwartz's model suggests that - correct answer✔✔values are unstable. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
values are important but have no direct effect on motivation.
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values may conflict with each other. - Correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
we are always aware of our values and how they influence us.
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values are formed when we are in our early adulthood.
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Roger, a manager, knows that one of his employees values conformity and tradition. Roger
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should assign the employee to a job that includes - correct answer✔✔high social value.
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||\\//|| high security. ||\\//||
||\\//|| high respect, commitment, and acceptance. Correct
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||\\//|| high control over others. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
||\\//|| high influence over others.||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,Personal attitudes affect _______ via ______. - correct answer✔✔behavior; values
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behavior; intentions - Correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
values; behavior
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values; intentions
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values; cognitions
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You are unlikely to say anything to someone smoking in the nonsmoking section of a
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restaurant if you have no intention of confronting the smoker. Your intention reflects the
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__________ component of your attitude toward people smoking in restaurants. - correct
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answer✔✔behavioral - Correct ||\\//|| ||\\//||
intellectual
cognitive
normative
affective
`
, ________ is the extent to which an individual identifies with an organization and commits to
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its goals. - correct answer✔✔Perceived organizational support
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Organizational commitment - Correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Organizational satisfaction ||\\//||
Job involvement
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Job satisfaction
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Donna works as a project manager for a major consumer products firm. She works with
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beliefs, perceptions, and informal obligations about what she is entitled to receive in return
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for what she provides to the organization. Janice's beliefs represent a(n) - correct
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answer✔✔high level of emotional labor. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
employment contract. ||\\//||
high normative commitment.
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high affective commitment.
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psychological contract. ||\\//||
CORRECT
Which of the following contributes least to employee engagement in North America? -
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correct answer✔✔career opportunities ||\\//|| ||\\//||
