Test Bank for Organizational Behavior Bridging Science and Practice. Version 4.0. By Talya Bauer and Berrin Erdogan.

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1. FlatgWorldgKnowledgegwasgstartedgbygtwogtextbookgpublishinggindustrygveterans.
(True)

2. FlatgWorldgKnowledgegisgimprovinggongthegtraditionalgpublishinggmodelgbutgisgn
otginnovatinggmuch.
(False)

3. Sogfar,gFlatgWorldgKnowledgegisgagstartgupgwithoutganygexternalgfunding.
(False)

4. MostgsuccessfulgCEOsgbelieve,g“Agcompanygisgonlygasggoodgasgtheginnovation
gitgcreates.”
(False)

5. Currentgresearchgsuggestsgthatgthegaveragegemployeegtodaygwillgchangegjobsg
10gtimesging20gyears.
(True)

6. Organizationalgbehaviorgisgthegsystematicgstudygandgapplicationgofgknowledge
gaboutghowgindividualsgandggroupsgactgwithingthegorganizationsgwheregtheygwo
rk.
(True)

7. Emilegisgseatedgingaglecturegwheregtheginstructorgisgdiscussinggpersonality.gHe
gisgmostglikelygingagsociologygclass.
(False)

8. Thegstudygofgorganizationalgbehaviorganalyzesgthegthreeglevelsgofgindividu
al,gorganization,gandgsociety.
(False)

9. IfgIgamgexaminingghowgmygmanager’sgbehaviorginfluencesgmygworkggroup,gIga
mglookinggatgthegorganizationalglevelgofganalysisgingthegorganizationalgbehavi
orgdiscipline.
(False)

10. Organizationalgbehaviorgmattersgatgthreegcriticalglevelsgbecausegitganalyzesgwh
atgyougcaregabout,gwhatgemployersgcaregabout,gandgwhatgorganizationsgcarega
bout.
(True)

11. Successfulgorganizationsgtendgtoglimitgthegamountgofginformationgsharedg
bygmaintaininggagcentralizedgstructure.

,(False)

12. Researchgshowsgthatgthosegorganizationsgthatgaregmoregeffectiveglimitgthegamou
ntgofgfeedbackgtheygprovidegemployees,glimitgthegamountgofginformationgshared,
gandgallowgrolesgtogbegambiguous.
(False)

13. Thosegfirmsgthatgaregcategorizedgasgsuccessfulgtendgtogprovidegemployme
ntgsecurity,gtraingemployees,gandgreducegstatusgdifferences.
(True)

14. Financiallygtheregisglittlegincentivegtogattaingaghigherglevelgdegree.
(False)

15. Thegunemploymentgrategdecreasesgasgtheglevelgofgeducationgattainedgincreases.
(True)

16. Inggeneral,gthegmoregtraininggyoughave,gthegmoregfinancialgsuccessgyoug
willgachieve.
(True)

17. Journalinggisgagtechniquegthatghelpsgyougchartgyourgprogressgasgyouglearngn
ewgskills.
(True)

18. Thegdisciplinegofgorganizationalgbehaviorgisgsimplygcommongsense.
(False)

19. Michaelgisgangauditoryglearner.gHeglearnsgbestgbygactuallygdoinggthingsga
ndglearninggfromgtrialgandgerror.
(False)

20. Agkinestheticglearnergisgveryglikelygtogavoidgtakinggoncegagweekgclassesgasgth
eygrequiregtoogmuchgsittinggandglisteninggtime.
(True)

21. Close-
endedgsurveygquestionsgcangbegverygtimegconsuminggtogsummarizegandgvery
ghardgtoginterpret.
(False)

22. Glengisginterestedgingfindinggoutghowgeffectivegagnewgincentivegprogramgmightg
begingangorganization.gHegchoosesgtwogdepartmentsgtogfocusgupongingagcomp
any.gOnegdepartmentgworksgundergthegincentivegprogram,gonegdoesgnot.gThisg
isgangexperimentalgdesigngstudy.
(True)

23. Casegstudiesgsuffergfromgquestionsgasgtogwhethergthegresultsgofgonegorganizati
ongareggeneralizablegtogothergsituationsgandgorganizations.
(True)

, 24. Meta-
analysisgshowsgthatgthegrelationshipgbetweengjobgsatisfactiongandgjobgper
formancegisgmoderatelygstrong.
(True)

25. Reliabilitygrefersgtogconsistencygofgmeasurement,gwhilegvaliditygassessesgwheth
ergthegmeasurementgdoes,gindeed,gmeasuregwhatgitgisgsupposedgtogmeasure.
(True)

26. Mostgofgmanagementgresearchgaddressesgcausation.
(False)

27. ThegfederalggovernmentgpassedgthegSarbanes-OxleygActgasgaglong-
termgsolutiongtogdealinggwithgunethicalgbehavior.
(False)

28. Employeegengagementghasgagsignificantgimpactgongthegcorporategbottomgline.
(True)

29. ResearchgbygGallupgindicatesgthatgonlyg20%gofgemployeesgaregdisengagedgfro
mgtheirgorganization.
(False)

30. Moore’sgLawgsuggestsgthatgcomputinggpowergdoublesgeverygtwogyears.
(True)

31. Becausegofginformationgoverload,gsomegorganizations,glikegIntel,ghavegintroduce
dg“Noge-mailgFridays”gasgagwaygtogaddressgthegissue.
(True)

32. Accessgtoginformationghasgledgtogangincreaseginginnovationgandgag“flatteninggofgt
hegworld.”
(True)

33. Thegtriplegbottomglinegrefersgtogevaluatinggorganizationsgagainstgthegthree
gperformancegcriteriagofgsocialgviability,geconomicgviability,gandgdemograp
hicgviability.
(False)

34. Onegofgthegmajorgchallengesgfacinggorganizationsgtodaygisghowgtogreconcilegt
hegaccountabilitygpubliclygownedgfirmsghaveginggeneratinggwealthgforgshareho
ldersgwhilegattendinggtogthegtriplegbottomgline.
(True)

35. Inggeneralgterms,gthegAmericangworkforcegisggrowinggyounger.
(False)

36. Outsourcinggisgbecominggangincreasinglygcommongpracticegingman
ygorganizations.
(True)