TEST BANK Organizational Behavior:
Bridging Science and Practice Version 4.0
Paperback –2021 by Bauer & Erdogan
COMPLETE CHAPTERS 1-15|
VERIFIED Q&As
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, Chapter 1: Organizational Behavior at Work
TRUE/FALSE
1. Flat World Knowledge was started by two textbook publishing industry veterans.
(True)
2. Flat World Knowledge is improving on the traditional publishing model but is not innovating
much.
(False)
3. So far, Flat World Knowledge is a start up without any external funding.
(False)
4. Most successful CEOs believe, ―A company is only as good as the innovation it creates.‖
(False)
5. Current research suggests that the average employee today will change jobs 10 times in 20 years.
(True)
6. Organizational behavior is the systematic study and application of knowledge about how
individuals and groups act within the organizations where they work.
(True)
7. Emile is seated in a lecture where the instructor is discussing personality. He is most likely in a
sociology class.
(False)
8. The study of organizational behavior analyzes the three levels of individual, organization, and
society.
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(False)
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,9. If I am examining how my manager‘s behavior influences my work group, I am looking at the
organizational level of analysis in the organizational behavior discipline.
(False)
10. Organizational behavior matters at three critical levels because it analyzes what you care about,
what employers care about, and what organizations care about.
(True)
11. Successful organizations tend to limit the amount of information shared by maintaining a
centralized structure.
(False)
12. Research shows that those organizations that are more effective limit the amount of feedback
they provide employees, limit the amount of information shared, and allow roles to be ambiguous.
(False)
13. Those firms that are categorized as successful tend to provide employment security, train
employees, and reduce status differences.
(True)
14. Financially there is little incentive to attain a higher level degree.
(False)
15. The unemployment rate decreases as the level of education attained increases.
(True)
16. In general, the more training you have, the more financial success you will achieve.
(True)
17. Journaling is a technique that helps you chart your progress as you learn new skills.
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(True)
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, 18. The discipline of organizational behavior is simply common sense.
(False)
19. Michael is an auditory learner. He learns best by actually doing things and learning from trial
and error.
(False)
20. A kinesthetic learner is very likely to avoid taking once a week classes as they require too much
sitting and listening time.
(True)
21. Close-ended survey questions can be very time consuming to summarize and very hard to
interpret.
(False)
22. Glen is interested in finding out how effective a new incentive program might be in an
organization. He chooses two departments to focus upon in a company. One department works under
the incentive program, one does not. This is an experimental design study.
(True)
23. Case studies suffer from questions as to whether the results of one organization are generalizable
to other situations and organizations.
(True)
24. Meta-analysis shows that the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance is
moderately strong.
(True)
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Bridging Science and Practice Version 4.0
Paperback –2021 by Bauer & Erdogan
COMPLETE CHAPTERS 1-15|
VERIFIED Q&As
TB
Ac
1|Page
er
, Chapter 1: Organizational Behavior at Work
TRUE/FALSE
1. Flat World Knowledge was started by two textbook publishing industry veterans.
(True)
2. Flat World Knowledge is improving on the traditional publishing model but is not innovating
much.
(False)
3. So far, Flat World Knowledge is a start up without any external funding.
(False)
4. Most successful CEOs believe, ―A company is only as good as the innovation it creates.‖
(False)
5. Current research suggests that the average employee today will change jobs 10 times in 20 years.
(True)
6. Organizational behavior is the systematic study and application of knowledge about how
individuals and groups act within the organizations where they work.
(True)
7. Emile is seated in a lecture where the instructor is discussing personality. He is most likely in a
sociology class.
(False)
8. The study of organizational behavior analyzes the three levels of individual, organization, and
society.
TB
(False)
Ac
2|Page
er
,9. If I am examining how my manager‘s behavior influences my work group, I am looking at the
organizational level of analysis in the organizational behavior discipline.
(False)
10. Organizational behavior matters at three critical levels because it analyzes what you care about,
what employers care about, and what organizations care about.
(True)
11. Successful organizations tend to limit the amount of information shared by maintaining a
centralized structure.
(False)
12. Research shows that those organizations that are more effective limit the amount of feedback
they provide employees, limit the amount of information shared, and allow roles to be ambiguous.
(False)
13. Those firms that are categorized as successful tend to provide employment security, train
employees, and reduce status differences.
(True)
14. Financially there is little incentive to attain a higher level degree.
(False)
15. The unemployment rate decreases as the level of education attained increases.
(True)
16. In general, the more training you have, the more financial success you will achieve.
(True)
17. Journaling is a technique that helps you chart your progress as you learn new skills.
TB
(True)
Ac
3|Page
er
, 18. The discipline of organizational behavior is simply common sense.
(False)
19. Michael is an auditory learner. He learns best by actually doing things and learning from trial
and error.
(False)
20. A kinesthetic learner is very likely to avoid taking once a week classes as they require too much
sitting and listening time.
(True)
21. Close-ended survey questions can be very time consuming to summarize and very hard to
interpret.
(False)
22. Glen is interested in finding out how effective a new incentive program might be in an
organization. He chooses two departments to focus upon in a company. One department works under
the incentive program, one does not. This is an experimental design study.
(True)
23. Case studies suffer from questions as to whether the results of one organization are generalizable
to other situations and organizations.
(True)
24. Meta-analysis shows that the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance is
moderately strong.
(True)
TB
Ac
4|Page
er
