OB Exam 1

Job Satisfaction

Is a pleasurable emotional
state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences.

Job Engagement

An employee's psychological identification with their job and work, characterized by vitality, dedication, and absorption

Moderator

The strength or direction of the relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable.

Mediator

How or Why an independent variable affects a dependent variable.

Who formulated the two sharply contrasting assumptions about human nature known as Theory X and theory Y

Douglas McGregor 

Which of the following options best describes the prominent scholars who championed the human relations movement?

Elton Mayo and Mary Parker Follet

Disposition model 

Key job predictors (value congruence, perceived organizational support, and core self-evaluations) and two job performance dimensions: task performance and organizational citizenship behavior