Test Bank — Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 16th Edition — by Stephen P. Robbins & Timothy A. Judge

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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Essentials of Organizational Behavior – 16th
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Stephen P. Robbins & Timothy A. Judge
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PART 1: UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AND OTHERS

1. What Is Organizational Behavior?
2. Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
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3. Job Attitudes
4. Emotions and Moods
5. Personality and Individual Differences
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PART 2: MAKING AND IMPLEMENTING DECISIONS

6. Perception and Individual Decision Making
7. Motivation Concepts
8. Motivation: From Concepts to Applications
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PART 3: COMMUNICATING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS

9. Foundations of Group Behavior
10. Understanding Work Teams
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11. Communication

PART 4: NEGOTIATING POWER AND POLITICS

12. Leadership
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13. Power and Politics
14. Conflict and Negotiation

PART 5: LEADING, UNDERSTANDING, AND TRANSFORMING THE
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15. Foundations of Organization Structure
16. Organizational Culture and Change
17. Stress and Health in Organizations
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, Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 16e (Robbins)
Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior?
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1) The impact of what three areas are investigated in the study of Organizational Behavior?
A) Profit structure, organizational complexity, and job satisfaction
B) Individuals, profit structure, and job satisfaction
C) Individuals, groups, and job satisfaction
D) Groups, structure, and profit structure
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E) Individuals, groups, and structure
Answer: E
Explanation: OB investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structures have on
behavior within organizations.
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Quest. Category: Concept
LO: 1.1 Define organizational behavior (OB).

2) Which of the following is NOT a core topic of organizational behavior?
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A) Motivation
B) Attitude development
C) Conflict
D) Resource allocation
E) Work design
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Answer: D
Explanation: OB includes the core topics of motivation, leader behavior and power,
interpersonal communication, group structure and processes, personality, emotions, and values,
attitude development and perception, change processes, conflict and negotiation, and work
design. It does not include resource allocation.
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Quest. Category: Concept
LO: 1.1 Define organizational behavior (OB).
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, 3) According to a study by Monster (a global employment company), the number one most
frequently desired skill in applicants was ________.
A) ethical
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B) technical
C) communication
D) computer
E) accounting
Answer: C
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Explanation: Monster mined data from nearly one million market-wide job postings to identify
skills that were most often sought by employers. At the top of the list was communication skills.
This was also reiterated by Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn.
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LO: 1.1 Define organizational behavior (OB).

4) According to a recent large-scale survey, 58% of managers did NOT receive ________.
A) pay incentives
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B) training
C) administrative support
D) insurance
E) office space
Answer: B
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Explanation: Fifty-eight percent of managers reported they had not received any training and
25% admitted they were not ready to lead others when they were given the role.
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Quest. Category: Concept
LO: 1.1 Define organizational behavior (OB).
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5) There is a connection between companies which have ________ and their attention to
organizational behavior principles.
A) high turnover rates
B) specialized technical processes
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C) superior financial performance
D) long-lasting CEOs
E) both high turnover rates and long-lasting CEOs
Answer: C
Explanation: Companies such as Lululemon, the Boston Consulting Group, LinkedIn, Zoom
Video, Google, Facebook, and Southwest Airlines all have incorporated the concepts of
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organizational behavior and attribute it to their ability to generate high financial outcomes.
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