vu mgt502 Final Term - Quiz No.67
vu mgt502 Organizational Behaviour Quiz
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Question 1: You graduated from college two years ago and began working at Hampstead Electronics. You have received good performance evaluations and a raise. You just found out that a recent college graduate with no experience has been hired at a higher salary than you are now making. Which theory will you probably use in evaluating how you regard the situation?
equity
performance-reward
expectancy
reinforcement
Question 2: Which of Hofstede's dimensions is the degree to which people in a country prefer structured to unstructured situations?
Collectivism
Power distance
Long-term orientation
Uncertainty avoidance
Question 3: Leadership is widely thought to be an important element in organizational effectiveness. Which of the following approaches to leadership was developed first?
behavioural (‘one best way’) theories
contingency (‘it depends on __________’) theories
trait (‘the great man/woman’) theories
structural (‘formal authority’) theories
Question 4: Which of the following is right about the encoding step in the communication process?
It is not necessary for verbal communication
It is difficult for receiver to understand
It involves converting the idea into message
It follows the transmission of the message to receiver
Question 5: The overall evidence indicates that transformational leadership is more strongly correlated than transactional leadership with __________.
lower turnover rates
higher productivity
higher employee satisfaction
all of the above
Question 6: Which of the following statements is false regarding the study conducted by Luthans and his associates?
A successful manager was defined in terms of how quickly he or she moved up within the organization.
The aspect which distinguishes the average manager from the effective manager from the successful manager is the amount of time and effort devoted to the various managerial activities. Social and political skills are not as important as performance when one examines the speed of managerial promotion within organizations.
All managers, regardless of the organizations within which they work, generally engage in similar managerial activities.
The effectiveness of managers was defined in terms of quantity and quality of their performance and the satisfaction and commitment of their subordinates.
Question 7: All of the following contribute to a toxic organization except:
terrorism
downsizing
sudden death of a key manager
organizational change
Question 9: The ability of a person to manipulate his/her emotions according to a given situation is called __________.
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Constraints
Affective Emotions
Cognitive dissonance
Question 10: Most studies confirm that the concept of __________ is central to understanding sexual harassment.
Power
Sex
Politics
Locus of control
