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1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
// // // // //
Values, /
/Attitudes //
&/
/Ethics //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔*guide /
/our /
/thinking /
/and /
/behavior /
/across /
/all //situations* //(attitudes //are //feelings //towards //specific //objects, //people //or //situations)
Organizational /
/Behavior /
/(OB) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a /
/field /
/of /
/study /
/devoted //to //understanding/managing //people //at //work //to //provide //attitudes //+ //behaviors
Contingency /
/Approach //- /
,/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔uses /
/Organizational /
/Behavior //concepts //that //best //suit //the //situation //(avoids //relying //on //"one //best //way")
ex. //
a/
/practice /
/that //wokred //today //may //not //work //tomorrow, //what //worked //with //one //employee //may //not
//work //with //another
Hard /
/vs. /
/Soft /
/Skills //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Hard /
/skills //
=/
/technical /
/expertise/knowledge /
/required //to //do //particular //task //Soft //Skills= //interpersonal //skills/personal //attributes
4/
/Skills /
/Most /
/Desired /
/by /
/Employers //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. /
/Critical /
/Thinking //2. //Problem //Solving //3. //Judgement //and //Decision //Making //4. //Active //Listening
Portable /
/Skills //- /
,/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔*not /
/job //specific* //relevant //in //every //job, //at //every //level/throughout //career //(soft //skills)
Whistle-
Blower's /
/Dilemma //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔when /
/people /
/do /
/wrong/unethical /
/things //-- //do //you //"blow //the //whistle" //and //reveal //behavior //to //management?
Person-
Situation /
/Distinction //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔*Person* /
/Factors: /
/characteristics /
/that /
/give /
/*individual /
/unique /
/identities* /
/Situation /
/Factors: /
/*elements /
/outside /
/ourselves //that //influence //what //we //do*/the //way //we //do //it/ //the //result //of //our //actions
Interactional /
/Perspective //- /
, /CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔behavior //is //a //function //of //interdependent //person/situation //factors
Schwartz's /
/Value /
/Theory /
/(motivate /
/behavior) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔broad /
/values //in //*two //opposing //bipolar //dimensions* //motivate //our //behavior: //*1st //Self-
Transcendence* //(concern //for //welfare //of //others) //--> //*Self-Enhancement* //(pursuit //of //one's
//own //interest) //& //2nd //*Openness //to //Change //--> //Conservation* //(conformity)
*relative //importance //of //values //within //dimensions //is //what //drives //behavior*
Self-
Transcendence /
/(Schwartz) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔First /
/Bipolar /
/Dimension: //concern //for //welfare //and //interests //of //others //(universalism, //benevolence)
ex. //you'll //value //spending //time //fighting //for //climate //change //over //getting //an //A
Self-
Enhancement /
/(Schwartz) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔First /
/Bipolar //Dimension: //pursuit //of //one's //own //interests //and //relative //success/ //dominance //over
//others //(power, //achievement)
ex. //youll //value //geting //an //A //over //fighting //for //equal //rights
304
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MIDTERM
/ //
1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
// // // // //
Values, /
/Attitudes //
&/
/Ethics //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔*guide /
/our /
/thinking /
/and /
/behavior /
/across /
/all //situations* //(attitudes //are //feelings //towards //specific //objects, //people //or //situations)
Organizational /
/Behavior /
/(OB) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a /
/field /
/of /
/study /
/devoted //to //understanding/managing //people //at //work //to //provide //attitudes //+ //behaviors
Contingency /
/Approach //- /
,/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔uses /
/Organizational /
/Behavior //concepts //that //best //suit //the //situation //(avoids //relying //on //"one //best //way")
ex. //
a/
/practice /
/that //wokred //today //may //not //work //tomorrow, //what //worked //with //one //employee //may //not
//work //with //another
Hard /
/vs. /
/Soft /
/Skills //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Hard /
/skills //
=/
/technical /
/expertise/knowledge /
/required //to //do //particular //task //Soft //Skills= //interpersonal //skills/personal //attributes
4/
/Skills /
/Most /
/Desired /
/by /
/Employers //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. /
/Critical /
/Thinking //2. //Problem //Solving //3. //Judgement //and //Decision //Making //4. //Active //Listening
Portable /
/Skills //- /
,/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔*not /
/job //specific* //relevant //in //every //job, //at //every //level/throughout //career //(soft //skills)
Whistle-
Blower's /
/Dilemma //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔when /
/people /
/do /
/wrong/unethical /
/things //-- //do //you //"blow //the //whistle" //and //reveal //behavior //to //management?
Person-
Situation /
/Distinction //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔*Person* /
/Factors: /
/characteristics /
/that /
/give /
/*individual /
/unique /
/identities* /
/Situation /
/Factors: /
/*elements /
/outside /
/ourselves //that //influence //what //we //do*/the //way //we //do //it/ //the //result //of //our //actions
Interactional /
/Perspective //- /
, /CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔behavior //is //a //function //of //interdependent //person/situation //factors
Schwartz's /
/Value /
/Theory /
/(motivate /
/behavior) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔broad /
/values //in //*two //opposing //bipolar //dimensions* //motivate //our //behavior: //*1st //Self-
Transcendence* //(concern //for //welfare //of //others) //--> //*Self-Enhancement* //(pursuit //of //one's
//own //interest) //& //2nd //*Openness //to //Change //--> //Conservation* //(conformity)
*relative //importance //of //values //within //dimensions //is //what //drives //behavior*
Self-
Transcendence /
/(Schwartz) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔First /
/Bipolar /
/Dimension: //concern //for //welfare //and //interests //of //others //(universalism, //benevolence)
ex. //you'll //value //spending //time //fighting //for //climate //change //over //getting //an //A
Self-
Enhancement /
/(Schwartz) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔First /
/Bipolar //Dimension: //pursuit //of //one's //own //interests //and //relative //success/ //dominance //over
//others //(power, //achievement)
ex. //youll //value //geting //an //A //over //fighting //for //equal //rights
