MGMT 311 Exam 2

Question 1

the structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior.

Answer 1

Personality

Question 2

recurring trends in people’s responses to their environment

Answer 2

Traits

Question 3

five factors that are used to summarize personalities (CANOE)

Answer 3

conscientiousness
agreeableness
neuroticism
openness to experience
extraversion

Question 4

Conscientiousness is ____ striving

Answer 4

Accomplishment

Question 5

Agreeableness is ___ striving

Answer 5

Communion

Question 6

strong desire to accomplish task-related goals

Answer 6

accomplishment striving

Question 7

strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships

Answer 7

communion striving

Question 8

strong desire to obtain power and influence within a social structure

Answer 8

status striving

Question 9

Extraversion is ___ striving

Answer 9

Status

Question 10

____ tends to have positive affectivity while ___ tends to have negative affectivity (out of CANOE)

Answer 10

Extraversion / neuroticism

Question 11

dispositional tendency to experience pleasant, engaging moods such as enthusiasm, excitement, and elation

Answer 11

positive affectivity

Question 12

tendency to experience unpleasant moods, such as hostility, nervousness, and annoyance

Answer 12

negative affectivity

Question 12

Myers-Briggs test. what are the 16 traits

Answer 12

Extraversion vs Introversion
Sensing vs Intuition
Thinking vs Feeling
Judging vs Perceiving

Question 13

regarding the Myers-Briggs test, managers are more likely to be ___

Answer 13

TJs

Question 14

interest framework summarized by six different personality types

Answer 14

RIASEC model

Question 15

what does RIASEC stand for

Answer 15

realistic
investigative
artistic
social
enterprising
conventional

Question 16

an ongoing international research effort to examine the impact of culture on leadership attributes, behaviors, and practices

Answer 16

Project GLOBE

Question 17

nine dimensions to summarize cultures (Project globe) (PUII GHAFP)

Answer 17

power distance
uncertainty avoidance
institutional collectivism
ingroup collectivism
gender egalitarianism
humane orientation
assertiveness
future orientation
performance orientation

Question 18

shared values, beliefs, motives, identities, and interpretations that result from common experiences of members of a society

Answer 18

culture

Question 19

shared beliefs about desirable end states or modes of conduct in a given culture

Answer 19

cultural values

Question 20

out of CANOE, _____ has the strongest effect on task performance.

Answer 20

Conscientiousness

Question 21

Many companies use _____ tests to assess job applicants

Answer 21

personality

Question 22

most integrity tests assess a combination of ____ conscientiousness, ___ agreeableness, and ___ neuroticism along with honesty.

Answer 22

high/ high/ low

Question 23

although both nature and nurture are important, personality is affected significantly by ____ factors.

Answer 23

genetic

Question 24

two different taxonomies that are used to describe personality, other than Big Five.

Answer 24

Myers-Briggs Type Inventory and Holland's RIASEC model

Question 25

Conscientiousness has a ____ positive relationship with job performance and a ____ positive relationship with organizational commitment.

Answer 25

moderate/ moderate

Question 26

out of the CANOE, what two typically remain quite stable throughout a person's life?

Answer 26

extraversion and openness to experience

Question 27

extraversion is the easiest to judge in ___ ____ situations - situations in which two people have only just met

Answer 27

zero acquaintance

Question 28

neuroticism is associated with a ____ exposure to stressors, meaning that neurotic people are more likely to appraise day-to-day situations as stressful (and therefore feel like they are exposed to stressors more frequently)

Answer 28

differential

Question 29

neuroticism is associated with a _____ ____ to stressors, meaning that neurotic people are less likely to believe they can cope with the stressors that they experience.

Answer 29

differential reactivity

Question 30

_____ people are more likely to be "Type As."

Answer 30

neurotic

Question 31

____ people tend to hold an ____ locus of control, meaning that they often believe that the events that occur around them are driven by luck, chance, or fate.

Answer 31

neurotic/ external

Question 32

being energized by people and social interactions

Answer 32

extraversion

Question 33

being energized by private time and reflection

Answer 33

introversion

Question 34

preferring clear and concrete facts and data

Answer 34

sensing

Question 35

preferring hunches and speculations based on theory and imagination

Answer 35

intuition

Question 36

approaching decisions with logic and critical analysis

Answer 36

thinking

Question 37

approaching decisions with an emphasis on others’ needs and feelings

Answer 37

feeling

Question 38

approaching tasks by planning and setting goals

Answer 38

judging

Question 39

preferring to have flexibility and spontaneity when performing tasks

Answer 39

perceiving

Question 40

Enjoys practical, hands-on, real-world tasks. Tends to be frank, practical, determined, and rugged

Answer 40

realistic

Question 41

Enjoys abstract, analytical, theory-oriented tasks. Tends to be analytical, intellectual, reserved, and scholarly

Answer 41

investigative

Question 42

Enjoys entertaining and fascinating others using imagination. Tends to be original, independent, impulsive, and creative

Answer 42

artistic

Question 43

Enjoys helping, serving, or assisting others. Tends to be helpful, inspiring, informative, and empathetic

Answer 43

social

Question 44

Enjoys persuading, leading, or outperforming others. Tends to be energetic, sociable, ambitious, and risk-taking

Answer 44

enterprising

Question 45

Enjoys organizing, counting, or regulating people or things. Tends to be careful, conservative, self-controlled, and structured

Answer 45

conventional

Question 46

The RIASEC model further suggests that the personality types can be classified along two dimensions: the degree to which employees prefer to work with ____ versus ____ and the degree to which they prefer to work with ____ versus ____.

Answer 46

data/ ideas/ people/ things

Question 47

this culture tends to be a loosely knit social framework where people take care of themselves and their immediate family

Answer 47

individualistic

Question 48

the culture tends to be a tight social framework where people take care of the members of a broader ingroup and act loyal to it

Answer 48

collectivistic

Question 49

the culture tends to prefer that power be distributed uniformly where possible, in a more egalitarian fashion

Answer 49

low power distance

Question 50

the culture tends to accept the fact that power is usually distributed unequally within organizations

Answer 50

high power distance

Question 51

the culture tends to tolerate uncertain and ambiguous situations and values unusual ideas and behaviors

Answer 51

low uncertainty avoidance

Question 52

the culture tends to feel threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and relies on formal rules to create stability

Answer 52

high uncertainty avoidance

Question 53

the culture tends to value stereotypically male traits such as assertiveness and the acquisition of money and things

Answer 53

masculine

Question 54

the culture tends to value stereotypically female traits such as caring for others and caring about quality of life

Answer 54

feminine

Question 55

the culture tends to stress values that are more past- and present-oriented, such as respect for tradition and fulfilling obligations

Answer 55

short-term-oriented

Question 56

the culture tends to stress values that are more future-oriented, such as persistence, prudence, and thrift.

Answer 56

long-term-oriented

Question 57

formalized practices encourages collective action and collective distribution of resources

Answer 57

institutional collectivism

Question 58

individuals express pride and loyalty to specific ingroups

Answer 58

ingroup collectivism

Question 59

culture promotes gender equality and minimizes role differences between men and women

Answer 59

gender egalitarianism

Question 60

culture values assertiveness, confrontation, and aggressiveness in social relationships

Answer 60

assertiveness

Question 61

culture engages in planning and investment in the future while delaying individual or collective gratification

Answer 61

future orientation

Question 62

culture tends to value expression of desires related to freedom, leisure, and activity

Answer 62

indulgent

Question 63

culture tends to value stricter social norms, with a focus on order and regulation

Answer 63

restrained

Question 64

culture encourages and rewards members for excellence and performance improvements.

Answer 64

performance orientation

Question 65

culture encourages and rewards members for being generous, caring, kind, fair, and altruistic.

Answer 65

humane orientation

Question 66

Five Personality Dimensions that can maximize performance and commitment of expatriates (Multicultural personality questionnaire) (SOFEC)

Answer 66

social initiative open-mindedness flexibility emotional stability cultural empathy

Question 67

Cultural Taxonomies (two)

Answer 67

Hostede Dimensions Project GLOBE Dimensions

Question 68

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

Answer 68

integrity tests

Question 69

two general varieties of integrity tests

Answer 69

clear purpose tests and veiled purpose tests

Question 70

ask applicants about their attitudes toward dishonesty, beliefs about the frequency of dishonesty, endorsements of common rationalizations for dishonesty, desire to punish dishonesty, and confessions of past dishonesty.

Answer 70

clear purpose tests

Question 71

assess more general personality traits that are associated with dishonest acts.

Answer 71

veiled purpose tests