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Organizational Behavior Approach - CORRECT ANSWER
Employees are complex, and theoretical understanding supported by
research is needed before applications are made to manage
employees
One-eighth Situation - CORRECT ANSWER Only 1/8 of
organizations buy into importance and value of human resources,
incorporate high performance work practices, and stick with these
practices
knowing-doing gap - CORRECT ANSWER the gap between what
people know and what they actually do
evidence-based management - CORRECT ANSWER Using hard
facts and empirical evidence to make decisions
Hawthorne studies - CORRECT ANSWER A series of studies
during the 1920s and 1930s that provided new insights into individual
and group behavior
Hawthorne effect - CORRECT ANSWER productivity increases
when workers are given special attention and were enjoying a novel,
interesting experienced
meta-analysis - CORRECT ANSWER A research technique that
combines the statistical results of many studies of the same question,
yielding an estimate of the size and consistency of a variable's
effects.
, Theory - CORRECT ANSWER simplification of reality; why
something occurs
Research design - CORRECT ANSWER Primary aim is to
establish a cause-and-effect relationship; survey studies, case
studies, and experimental design
Experimental Design - CORRECT ANSWER Involves the
manipulation of independent variables to measure their effect on, or
the change in, dependent variables, while everything else is held
constant or controlled
Internal validity - CORRECT ANSWER exists if there are no
plausible alternative explanations of the reported results other than
those reported
External validity - CORRECT ANSWER exists if the results are
applicable to a wide range of people and situations
Organizational Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER The
understanding, prediction, and management of human behavior in
organizations
OB - CORRECT ANSWER Micro, Theoretical
OT - CORRECT ANSWER Macro, Theoretical
OD - CORRECT ANSWER Macro, Applied
HRM - CORRECT ANSWER Micro, Applied
Cognitive Framework - CORRECT ANSWER Gives humans credit
and assumes that behavior is purposeful and goal oriented
Behavioristic Framework - CORRECT ANSWER framework
stresses the importance of dealing with observable behaviors instead