Individual Behaviour, Personality, Values - Ch 2

Question 1

Ability

Answer 1

Natural aptitudes and learned capabilities required to successfully complete a task.

Question 2

Achievement-nuturing orientation

Answer 2

A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which people in a culture emphasize competitive versus cooperative relations with other people.

Question 3

Collectivism

Answer 3

A cross-cultural value describing the degree to which ppl in cultures emphasize duty to groups to which they belong and to group harmony.

Question 4

Competencies

Answer 4

Skills, knowledge, aptitudes, and other personal characteristics that lead to superior performance.

Question 5

Counter productive work behaviours (CWBs)

Answer 5

Voluntary behaviours that have the potential to directly or indirectly harm the organization.

Question 6

Five Factor Model

Answer 6

The five abstract dimensions representing most personality traits:
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Openness to Experience
Extroversion

Question 7

Organizational Citizenship Behaviours

Answer 7

Various forms of cooperation and helpfulness to others that support the orgs social and psychological context.

Question 8

Personality

Answer 8

The relatively enduring pattern of thoughts, emotions, and behaviours that characterize a person, along with the psychological processes behind those characteristics.