WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
personality - ANSWER -characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits - ANSWER -characteristics that describe an individual's behavior
in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - ANSWER -A personality test that taps four
characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - ANSWER -A personality assessment model that taps five basic
dimensions. extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and
neuroticism.
extraversion - ANSWER -A personality describing someone who is sociable and
assertive (confident and forceful )
agreeableness - ANSWER -A personality that describes someone who is good
natured, cooperative, and trusting.
conscientiousness - ANSWER -A personality that describes someone who is
responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
,emotional stability - ANSWER -A personality that characterizes someone as calm,
self-confident, and insecure.
openness to experience - ANSWER -A personality that characterizes someone in
terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
core self-evaluation - ANSWER -Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about
their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - ANSWER -The degree to which an individual is pragmatic,
maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
narcissism - ANSWER -The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - ANSWER -where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external, situational factors.
proactive personality - ANSWER -People who identify opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values - ANSWER -Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state
of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode
of conduct or end-state of existence.
,value system - ANSWER -A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values
in terms of their intensity.
terminal values - ANSWER -Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person
would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
instrumental values - ANSWER -Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
personality Job-fit theory - ANSWER -A theory that identifies six personality types
and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational environment
determines satisfaction and turnover.
power distance - ANSWER -where society accepts that power in institutions and
organizations is distributed unequally.
individualism - ANSWER -where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as
members of groups.
collectivism - ANSWER -A national culture attribute that describes a tight social
framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to
look after them and protect them.
masculinity - ANSWER -where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of
achievement, power, and control.
, femininity - ANSWER -indicates little differentiation between male and female
roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
uncertainty avoidance - ANSWER -A national culture attribute that describes the
extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations
and tries to avoid them.
long-term orientation - ANSWER -A national culture attribute that emphasizes the
future, thrift, and persistence.
short-term orientation - ANSWER -A national culture attribute that emphasizes
the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations.
people value the here and now; they accept change more readily and don't see
commitments as impediments to change.
heredity - ANSWER -factors determined at conception; one's biological,
physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
Perception - ANSWER -A process by which individuals organize and interpret their
sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
attribution theory - ANSWER -An attempt to determine whether an individual's
behavior is internally or externally caused.
fundamental attribution error - ANSWER -The tendency to underestimate the
influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors
when making judgments about the behavior of others.
personality - ANSWER -characteristics that describe an individual's behavior.
personality traits - ANSWER -characteristics that describe an individual's behavior
in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - ANSWER -A personality test that taps four
characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - ANSWER -A personality assessment model that taps five basic
dimensions. extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and
neuroticism.
extraversion - ANSWER -A personality describing someone who is sociable and
assertive (confident and forceful )
agreeableness - ANSWER -A personality that describes someone who is good
natured, cooperative, and trusting.
conscientiousness - ANSWER -A personality that describes someone who is
responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
,emotional stability - ANSWER -A personality that characterizes someone as calm,
self-confident, and insecure.
openness to experience - ANSWER -A personality that characterizes someone in
terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
core self-evaluation - ANSWER -Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about
their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - ANSWER -The degree to which an individual is pragmatic,
maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
narcissism - ANSWER -The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - ANSWER -where an individual's has ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external, situational factors.
proactive personality - ANSWER -People who identify opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values - ANSWER -Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state
of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode
of conduct or end-state of existence.
,value system - ANSWER -A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values
in terms of their intensity.
terminal values - ANSWER -Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person
would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
instrumental values - ANSWER -Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
personality Job-fit theory - ANSWER -A theory that identifies six personality types
and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational environment
determines satisfaction and turnover.
power distance - ANSWER -where society accepts that power in institutions and
organizations is distributed unequally.
individualism - ANSWER -where people prefer to act as individuals rather than as
members of groups.
collectivism - ANSWER -A national culture attribute that describes a tight social
framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to
look after them and protect them.
masculinity - ANSWER -where culture favors traditional masculine work roles of
achievement, power, and control.
, femininity - ANSWER -indicates little differentiation between male and female
roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
uncertainty avoidance - ANSWER -A national culture attribute that describes the
extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations
and tries to avoid them.
long-term orientation - ANSWER -A national culture attribute that emphasizes the
future, thrift, and persistence.
short-term orientation - ANSWER -A national culture attribute that emphasizes
the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations.
people value the here and now; they accept change more readily and don't see
commitments as impediments to change.
heredity - ANSWER -factors determined at conception; one's biological,
physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
Perception - ANSWER -A process by which individuals organize and interpret their
sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
attribution theory - ANSWER -An attempt to determine whether an individual's
behavior is internally or externally caused.
fundamental attribution error - ANSWER -The tendency to underestimate the
influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors
when making judgments about the behavior of others.
