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BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership (Midterm) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Exam with verified detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




values, attitudes, emotions, personality and abilities impact... - correct answer✔✔how we
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make sense of the world and how we respond or behave
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depending on the situation, behavior outcomes are... - correct answer✔✔good/bad ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




depending on an organization's "fit", behavior outcomes may be... - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




answer✔✔performance, organizational citizenship behavior, or stay/leave ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




you are "fit" for an organization if... - correct answer✔✔degree meets job requirements and
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culture (values/norms) ||\\//||




what selection tactics do organizations use to determine fit? - correct answer✔✔assessment
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tests, assessment centers, and interviews
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what do assessment tests do? - correct answer✔✔determine job skills, expertise, personality,
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character, values
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what do assessment centers do? - correct answer✔✔determine performance on real job-
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scenarios, situation, and exercises ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




what is the least important part of selection for organizations? - correct
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answer✔✔interviews



what socialization tactics do organizations use to determine fit? - correct answer✔✔boot
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camps, training, coaching, and mentoring
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,what are the cost tradeoffs of selection and socialization for an organization? - correct
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answer✔✔there can either be more OR less of selection OR socialization. budgeting will ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




determine how much goes into each side. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




what are values? - correct answer✔✔- abstract ideals about what's good and bad (integrity,
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openness, harmony, wisdom) ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- guide thinking & behavior
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- relatively stable across time & most situations
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where do values come from? - correct answer✔✔parents, childhood experiences, spiritual
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beliefs, culture, age generation ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




what is schwartz's value theory? - correct answer✔✔there are 2 bipolar values
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1. concern for other (self-transcendence) — concern for self (self-enhancement)
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2. openness to change — being conservative
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bipolar values are - correct answer✔✔incongruent
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adjacent values are - correct answer✔✔complementary ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




openness to change involves - correct answer✔✔self-direction, stimulation, and hedonism
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self-enhancement involves - correct answer✔✔hedonism, achievement, and power ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




self-transcendence involves - correct answer✔✔universalism and benevolence ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

, conservation involves - correct answer✔✔security, conformity, and tradition ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




what does the values in action (VIA) character survey do? - correct answer✔✔- considers
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aspects of self that are morally valued ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- measures 6 virtues including 24 positive character strengths that vary to a greater or lesser
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degree



what are attitudes? - correct answer✔✔- feelings or opinions about specific people, places,
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and objects ||\\//||




- range from positive to negative
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- attitudes affect behavior via intent to behave toward people, places, and objects
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- can be difficult to change
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what are workplace attitudes? - correct answer✔✔organizational commitment, employee
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engagement, perceived organizational support, and job satisfaction ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




what are workplace behaviors? - correct answer✔✔job performance, turnover, counter-
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productive behavior, and organizational citizenship behavior ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




what is cognitive dissonance? - correct answer✔✔- when attitudes conflict with each other
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or with behavior, causes psychological distress
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- we seek to reduce stress by changing our behavior, attitude, or both
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-it's much easier to change attitude than behavior (self-justification as self-defense)
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what is personality? - correct answer✔✔- a combination of physical, behavior, and mental
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traits that give us our unique identity ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




- 37-42% derived from our genes, the rest from our environment
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- relatively stable across time and situations
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