OB Exam 3 Liesl Wesson

_________________ refers to the structures and propensities inside a person that explain his characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior

personality

_________ are defined as recurring regularities or trends in people's responses to their environment

traits

________ __________ defined as shared beliefs about desirable end states or modes of conduct in a given culture, influence the development of a person's personality traits

cultural values

what are the Big Five personality traits?

CANOE

Conscientiousness

Agreeableness

Extraversion

Neuroticism

Openness to experience

_____________ is the biggest predictor of success across all jobs

Conscientiousness

the following adjectives describe which component of the Big Five? dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering

conscientiousness

the following adjectives describe which component of the Big Five? warm, kind, cooperative, sympathetic, helpful, and courteous

agreeableness

the following adjectives describe which component of the Big Five? talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold, and dominant

extraversion

people with the _____________ personality trait prioritize accomplishment striving

conscientiousness

people with the _____________ personality trait prioritize communion striving

agreeableness

people with the _____________ personality trait prioritize status striving

extraversion

the following adjectives describe which component of the Big Five? nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, and jealous

neuroticism

______________ to stressors means that neurotic people are more likely to appraise day-to-day situations as stressful

differential exposure

______________ to stressors means that neurotic people are less likely to believe they can cope with the stressors that they experience

differential reactivity

__________________ reflects whether people attribute the causes of events to themselves or to the external environment

locus of control

_________ locus of control means that ppl often believe that the events that occur around them are driven by luck, chance, or fate

external

_________ locus of control means that ppl believe that their own behavior dictates events

internal

neurotic ppl tend to hold an _____________ locus of control

external

the following adjectives describe which component of the Big Five? curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, and sophisticated

openness to experience

________________ evaluates individuals on the basis of four types of preferences

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

what are the 4 types of preferences of the Myers-Briggs

extraversion vs introversion

sensing vs intuition

thinking vs feeling

judging vs perceiving

_____________ model suggests that interests can be summarized by 6 different personality types

RIASEC

what are the components of the RIASEC model?

Realistic

Investigative

Artistic

Social

Enterprising

Conventional

_______________ is commonly used to provide a personality profile and a list of occupations that might be a good match for that profile

RIASEC model

_________ is defined as the shared values, beliefs, motives, identities, and interpretations that result from common experiences of members of a society and are transmitted across generations

culture

___________ is defined as a propensity to view one's own cultural values as "right" and those of other cultures as "wrong"

ethnocentrism

individualism-collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity-femininity, short-term vs long-term orientation, and indulgence vs restraint are components of ____________

Hofstede's Dimensions of Culutral Values

what does project globe stand for?

Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness

what is the main purpose of Project Globe?

to examine the impact of culture on the effectiveness of various leader attributes, behaviors, and practices

Project globe is the only one of the personality things to factor in _____________

gender

conscientiousness has a _____________ correlation to job performance

moderate

conscientiousness has a __________ correlation to organizational commitment

moderate

__________ tests focus specifically on a predisposition to engage in theft and other counterproductive behaviors

integrity tests

_________ tests ask applicants about their attitudes toward dishonesty, endorsements of common frequency of dishonesty, endoresments of common rationalizations for dishonesty, desire to punish dishonesty, and confessions of past dishonesty

clear purpose tests

_____________ tests assess more general personality traits that are associated with dishonest acts

veiled purpose tests

_____________ refers to the relatively stables capabilities people have to perform a particular range of different but related activities

ability

______________ are a function of both genes and the environment

abilities

______________________ are capabilities related to the acquisition and application of knowledge in problem solving

cognitive abilities

what are the 5 components of cognitive abilities?

verbal ability, quantitative ability, reasoning ability, spatial ability, and perceptual ability

_________________ refers to various capabilities associated with understanding and expressing oral and written communication

verbal ability

___________ refers to two types of mathematical capabilities: number facility and mathematical reasoning

quantitative ability

_______ _____ is actually a diverse set of abilities associated with sensing and solving problems using insight, rules, and logic

reasoning ability

the ________ type of reasoning is the ability to sense that there's a problem right now or likely will be one

problem sensitivity

the ________ type of reasoning refers to the use of general rules to solve problems

deductive reasoning

the ________ type of reasoning refers to ability to consider several pieces of information and then reach a more general conclusion regarding how those pieces are related

inductive reasoning

___________ refers to the capabilities associated with visual and mental representation and manipulations of objects in space

spatial ability

_____________________ refers to having a good understanding of where one is relative to other things in the environment

spatial orientation (ex. kid swinging at piñata)

____________ is the ability to imagine how separate things will look if they were put together in a particular way

visualization

_______ _____ generally refer to being able to perceive, understand, and recall patterns of information

perceptual abilities

______________ underlies or causes all of the more specific cognitive abilities mentioned above

general mental ability or g factor

strength, stamina, flexibility, coordination, psychomotor abilities, and sensory abilities are all _____________ abilities

physical abilities

cognitive ability has a _____ correlation to job performance

high

cognitive ability has a __________ correlation to organizational commitment

weak

the _____________________ is a 12-minute test of general cognitive ability that consists of 50 questions

Wonderlic Personnel Test

a team is _____________ a group

always

a _________ consists of two or more ppl who work interdependently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose

team

______________ teams are designed to be relatively permanent and their purpose is to produce goods or provide services, and they generally require a full-time commitment from their members

work teams

_____________ teams are designed to be relatively permanent and they are responsible for coordinating the activities of organizational subunits -- typically departments or functional areas -- to help the organization achieve its long-term goals

management teams

___________ teams are composed of members from various jobs who provide recommendations to managers about important issues that run "parallel" to the organizations's production process

parallel teams

__________ teams are formed to take on "one-time" tasks that are generally complex and require a lot of input from members with different types of training and expertise, temporary

project teams (ex. COVID response team)

_________ teams perform tasks that are normally limited in duration. however, those tasks are quite complex and take place in contexts that are either highly visible to an audience or of a highly challenging nature

action teams (ex. flight crew on a plane)

____________ teams are teams in which the members are geographically dispersed, and interdependent activity occurs through electronic communications

virtual teams

what are the stages of team development?

forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning

what are the different types of team interdependence?

task interdependence, pooled interdependence, sequential interdependence, reciprocal interdependence, and comprehensive interdependence

_____________ interdependence refers the degree to which team members interact with and rely on other team members for the information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work for the team

task interdependence

______________ interdependence requires lowest degree of required coordination, members complete their work assignments independently, and then this work is simply "piled up" to represent the group's output

pooled interdependence

_____________ interdependence requires different tasks to be done in a prescribed order, members interact to carry out their work, the interaction only occurs between members who perform tasks that are next to each other in the sequence

sequential interdependence

___________ interdependence requires members to be specialized to perform specific tasks. however, instead of a strict sequence of activities, members interact with a subset of other members to complete the team's work

reciprocal interdependence (ex hotel - front desk tells housekeeping when there's a checkout, housekeeping tells maintenance is something is broken...

_____________ interdependence requires the highest level of interaction and coordination among members. each member has a great deal of discretion in terms or what they do and with whom they interact in the course of the collaboration involved in accomplishing the team's work

comprehensive

a high degree of ____________ interdependence exists when team members have a shared vision of the team's goals with that vision as a result

goal interdependence

a high degree of ________ _____________ exists when team members share in the rewards that the team earns

outcome interdependence

____________ is defined as the behaviors a person is expected to display in a given context

role

what are the 5 components of team composition?

role, member abiliity, member personality, team diversity, and team size

___________ ___ are tasks with an objectively verifiable best solution, and the member who possesses the highest level of the ability relevant to the task will have the most influence on the effectiveness of the team

disjunctive tasks (ex. blindfold tent building guy)