Chapter 1-7 Flashcards
1/O psychology examines factors that affect the ___ in an organization, whereas business fields examine the broader aspects of running an organization.
PEOPLE
1/0 psychologists who are involved in study and practice in such areas as employee selection, job analysis, and job evaluation.
PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY
Psychologists involved in ___ study leadership, job satisfaction, and employee motivation.
ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
The were a husband and wife team who were among the first scientists to improve productivity and reduce fatigue by studying the motions used by workers.
GILBRETHS
In which decade were Hawthorne studies
published?
1930s
Changes in employee behavior that result
from an employee being studied or receiving increased attention from
mangers is called the?
HAWTHORNE EFFECT
The gathering, analyzing, and structuring of information about a job’s components,
characteristics, and requirements is a
process called?
JOB ANALYSIS
Job analysis can serve as a foundation
for?
ALL OF THESE AND MORE
_____The is the process of determining of work activities and requirements, and the ___ is written result.
JOB ANALYSIS/ JOB DESCRIPTION
- Promoting people until they reach their highest level of incompetence is called?
THE PETER PRINCIPLE
Which of the following is another name
for a job competency?
KSAOs
When applicants respond to a newspaper advertisement by calling, they should?
Practice their first few sentences
Shahidi Industries has a policy of promoting employees who perform well. Unfortunately, many of the people promoted do not become effective
supervisors. Currently there is a crisis because most of the supervisors are getting poor performance reviews. Shahidi Industries seems to be a good
example of:
THE PETER PRINCIPLE
Which of the following sections in a thorough job description can be used in
help wanted advertisements, internal job posting, and company brochures?
BRIEF SUMMARY
Knowledge, skill, ability, and personality are types of?
COMPETENCIES
- Knowledge, skill, ability, and personality are types of?
COMPETENCIES
Which of the following sections in a thorough job description contains what is commonly called job specifications?
COMPETENCIES
According to the author, the section of a job description which contains the
knowledge, skills, abilities, and other
characteristics necessary to be
successful on the job is labeled; _____ the section containing a list of tasks and activities in which the worker is involved
is labeled?
JOB COMPETENCIES/ WORK
ACTIVITIES
Job analysis is typically conducted by?
HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT
Informal changes that employees make in
their jobs is called?
JOB CRAFTING
Which of the following is the most
common method of conducting a job
analysis?
INTERVIEW
In job evaluation, compensable factors
would be associated with determining,____ whereas salary surveys would be associated with determining _____
INTERNAL EQUITY/ EXTERNAL
EQUITY
If an organization’s compensation plan is
competitive with other similar
organizations’, they are said to have?
INTERNAL EQUITY
To reduce the cost of campus large
organizations are using?
VIRTUAL JOB FAIRS
