MBA 704 Exam 3 Heller LSUS: Questions With Accurate
Solutions
Meaning of Personality Right Ans - •How people affect others and how they
understand and view themselves, as well as their pattern of inner and outer
measurable traits and the person-situation interaction
•Important Role of Heredity and the Brain Right Ans - •Nature and nurture
contribute to personality
Self Concept & Self Esteem
Self-concept: Right Ans - •people's attempts to understand themselves
Self-esteem: Right Ans - •people's self-perceived competence and self-
image
•OBSE is the self-perceived value of oneself as an organizational member
acting within an organization context
Person-Situation Interaction Right Ans - •Each situation is different
Socialization Process Right Ans - •Personality development consists of a
continuous process and sequence based largely on learning opportunities and
the continuous impact from the social environment (socialization process)
Successful organizational socialization includes: Right Ans - •Challenging
first job
•Relevant training
•Timely and consistent feedback
•Right person in charge of socialization
•Relaxed orientation program
•Work groups with high morale
"Big Five" Personality Traits (FFM) Right Ans - - Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Conscientiousness
- Emotional Stability
- Openness to Experience
, •Extraversion Right Ans - -Sociable, outgoing, talkative, assertive
-Higher extraversion; more management/sales success, more absenteeism
•Agreeableness Right Ans - -Cooperative, warm, caring, courteous
Higher agreeableness; better customer service, better conflict handling
•Conscientiousness Right Ans - -Dependable, hardworking, organize
persistent
-Higher conscientiousness; strongest positive correlation with job
performance, higher goal setting, take on more responsibility, less absent
•Emotional stability Right Ans - -Calm, secure, happy, unworried
-High emotional stability; tied to job performance, better in stressful situation
•Openness to experience Right Ans - -Curious, intellectual, creative, flexible
-Higher openness to experience; job training proficiency, have strategic
management style
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Right Ans - •Based on four dimensions of
traits:
•Extraversion vs. Introversion
•How people prefer to focus their energies
•Sensing vs. Intuiting
•How people give attention and collect information
•Thinking vs. Feeling
•How people process and evaluate information and make decisions
•Judging vs. Perceiving
•How people orient themselves to the outside world
Basic Assumptions Right Ans - •People have all four of these dimensions
but differ in the combination of their preferences for each
•No good or bad types
•ESTJ associated with manager types
Perception Right Ans - Unique interpretation of a situation, not exact
recording of it
Sensation Right Ans - Senses responsible for peoples reality or the raw
data about the world around them
Solutions
Meaning of Personality Right Ans - •How people affect others and how they
understand and view themselves, as well as their pattern of inner and outer
measurable traits and the person-situation interaction
•Important Role of Heredity and the Brain Right Ans - •Nature and nurture
contribute to personality
Self Concept & Self Esteem
Self-concept: Right Ans - •people's attempts to understand themselves
Self-esteem: Right Ans - •people's self-perceived competence and self-
image
•OBSE is the self-perceived value of oneself as an organizational member
acting within an organization context
Person-Situation Interaction Right Ans - •Each situation is different
Socialization Process Right Ans - •Personality development consists of a
continuous process and sequence based largely on learning opportunities and
the continuous impact from the social environment (socialization process)
Successful organizational socialization includes: Right Ans - •Challenging
first job
•Relevant training
•Timely and consistent feedback
•Right person in charge of socialization
•Relaxed orientation program
•Work groups with high morale
"Big Five" Personality Traits (FFM) Right Ans - - Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Conscientiousness
- Emotional Stability
- Openness to Experience
, •Extraversion Right Ans - -Sociable, outgoing, talkative, assertive
-Higher extraversion; more management/sales success, more absenteeism
•Agreeableness Right Ans - -Cooperative, warm, caring, courteous
Higher agreeableness; better customer service, better conflict handling
•Conscientiousness Right Ans - -Dependable, hardworking, organize
persistent
-Higher conscientiousness; strongest positive correlation with job
performance, higher goal setting, take on more responsibility, less absent
•Emotional stability Right Ans - -Calm, secure, happy, unworried
-High emotional stability; tied to job performance, better in stressful situation
•Openness to experience Right Ans - -Curious, intellectual, creative, flexible
-Higher openness to experience; job training proficiency, have strategic
management style
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Right Ans - •Based on four dimensions of
traits:
•Extraversion vs. Introversion
•How people prefer to focus their energies
•Sensing vs. Intuiting
•How people give attention and collect information
•Thinking vs. Feeling
•How people process and evaluate information and make decisions
•Judging vs. Perceiving
•How people orient themselves to the outside world
Basic Assumptions Right Ans - •People have all four of these dimensions
but differ in the combination of their preferences for each
•No good or bad types
•ESTJ associated with manager types
Perception Right Ans - Unique interpretation of a situation, not exact
recording of it
Sensation Right Ans - Senses responsible for peoples reality or the raw
data about the world around them
