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

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TRUE/FALSE

1. FlatmWorldmKnowledgemwasmstartedmby mtwomtextbook mpublishingmindustry mveterans.

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(True)

2. FlatmWorldmKnowledgemismimprovingmonmthemtraditionalmpublishingmmodelmbutmism
notminnovatingmmuch.
(False)

3. Somfar,mFlatmWorldmKnowledgemismamstartmupmwithoutmany mexternalmfunding.
(False)

4. MostmsuccessfulmCEOsmbelieve,m“Amcompany mismonly masmgoodmasmtheminnovatio
nmitmcreates.”
(False)

5. Currentmresearchmsuggestsmthatmthemaveragememployeemtoday mwillmchangemjobsm
10mtimesminm20myears.
(True)

6. Organizationalmbehaviormismthemsystematic mstudy mandmapplicationmof mknowledg
emaboutmhowmindividualsmandmgroupsmactmwithinmthemorganizationsmwheremthey m
work.
(True)

7. Emilemismseatedminmamlecturemwheremtheminstructormismdiscussingmpersonality.mH
emismmostmlikely minmamsociology mclass.
(False)

8. Themstudy mof morganizationalmbehaviormanalyzesmthemthreemlevelsmof mindividu
al,morganization,mandmsociety.
(False)

9. If mImam mexaminingmhowmmy mmanager’smbehaviorminfluencesmmymworkmgroup,mIm
am mlookingmatmthemorganizationalmlevelmof manalysisminmthemorganizationalmbeha
viormdiscipline.
(False)

10. Organizationalmbehaviormmattersmatmthreemcriticalmlevelsmbecausemitmanalyzesmwh
atmyoumcaremabout,mwhatmemployersmcaremabout,mandmwhatmorganizationsmcarema
bout.
(True)

11. Successfulmorganizationsmtendmtomlimitmthemamountmof minformationmsharedm
by mmaintainingmamcentralizedmstructure.

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(False)

12. Researchmshowsmthatmthosemorganizationsmthatmaremmoremeffectivemlimitmthemamo
untmof mfeedback mtheymprovidememployees,mlimitmthemamountmof minformationmshare
d,mandmallowmrolesmtombemambiguous.
(False)

13. Thosemfirmsmthatmaremcategorizedmasmsuccessfulmtendmtomprovidememployme
ntmsecurity,mtrainmemployees,mandmreducemstatusmdifferences.
(True)

14. Financially mtheremismlittlemincentivemtomattainmamhighermlevelmdegree.
(False)

15. Themunemploymentmratemdecreasesmasmthemlevelmof meducationmattainedmincreases.
(True)

16. Inmgeneral,mthemmoremtrainingmyoumhave,mthemmoremfinancialmsuccessmyoum
willmachieve.
(True)

17. Journalingmismamtechniquemthatmhelpsmyoumchartmyourmprogressmasmyoumlearnmn
ewmskills.
(True)

18. Themdisciplinemof morganizationalmbehaviormismsimply mcommonmsense.
(False)

19. Michaelmismanmauditory mlearner.mHemlearnsmbestmby mactually mdoingmthingsma
ndmlearningmfrom mtrialmandmerror.
(False)

20. Amkinesthetic mlearnermismvery mlikely mtomavoidmtakingmoncemamweek mclassesmasmt
hey mrequiremtoommuchmsittingmandmlisteningmtime.
(True)

21. Close-
endedmsurvey mquestionsmcanmbemvery mtimemconsumingmtomsummarizemandmver
y mhardmtominterpret.
(False)

22. Glenmisminterestedminmfindingmoutmhowmeffectivemamnewmincentivemprogram mmightm
beminmanmorganization.mHemchoosesmtwomdepartmentsmtomfocusmuponminmamcom
pany.mOnemdepartmentmworksmundermthemincentivemprogram,monemdoesmnot.mThi
smismanmexperimentalmdesignmstudy.
(True)

23. Casemstudiesmsuffermfrom mquestionsmasmtomwhethermthemresultsmof monemorganizati
onmaremgeneralizablemtomothermsituationsmandmorganizations.
(True)

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24. Meta-
analysismshowsmthatmthemrelationshipmbetweenmjobmsatisfactionmandmjobmper
formancemismmoderately mstrong.
(True)

25. Reliability mrefersmtomconsistency mof mmeasurement,mwhilemvalidity massessesmwheth
ermthemmeasurementmdoes,mindeed,mmeasuremwhatmitmismsupposedmtommeasure.
(True)

26. Mostmof mmanagementmresearchmaddressesmcausation.
(False)

27. ThemfederalmgovernmentmpassedmthemSarbanes-Oxley mActmasmamlong-
term msolutionmtomdealingmwithmunethicalmbehavior.
(False)

28. Employeemengagementmhasmamsignificantmimpactmonmthemcorporatembottom mline.
(True)

29. Researchmby mGallupmindicatesmthatmonly m20%mof memployeesmaremdisengagedmfr
om mtheirmorganization.
(False)

30. Moore’smLawmsuggestsmthatmcomputingmpowermdoublesmevery mtwomyears.
(True)

31. Becausemof minformationmoverload,msomemorganizations,mlikemIntel,mhavemintroduc
edm“Nome-mailmFridays”masmamway mtomaddressmthemissue.
(True)

32. Accessmtominformationmhasmledmtomanmincreaseminminnovationmandmam“flatteningmof m
themworld.”
(True)

33. Themtriplembottom mlinemrefersmtomevaluatingmorganizationsmagainstmthemthre
emperformancemcriteriamof msocialmviability,meconomic mviability,mandmdemogra
phic mviability.
(False)

34. Onemof mthemmajormchallengesmfacingmorganizationsmtoday mismhowmtomreconcilemt
hemaccountability mpubliclymownedmfirmsmhaveminmgeneratingmwealthmformshareh
oldersmwhilemattendingmtomthemtriplembottom mline.
(True)

35. Inmgeneralmterms,mthemAmericanmworkforcemismgrowingmyounger.
(False)

36. Outsourcingmismbecomingmanmincreasingly mcommonmpracticeminmma
ny morganizations.
(True)