MGMT Exam 2 - FLASHCARDS - Chapter 7
Trust is among the most significant factors in determining a company’s
Reputation
What is how well one’s actions fit in with generally accepted moral standards?
Ethics
When people make a rational assessment based on perceptions of another party’s reliability, they engage in what?
Cognition based trust
What is trust that is rooted in one’s own personality, as opposed to a careful assessment of the trustee’s trustworthiness?
Disposition based trust
What type of trust is with new relationships?
Disposition based trust
What type of trust is with most relationships?
Cognition based trust
What type of trust is with few relationships?
Affect based trust
What term is used to describe a person’s general belief that others can be relied upon?
Trust propensity
When consumers are willing to make themselves vulnerable to a company based on positive expectations about that company’s actions and intentions, consumers are exhibiting what?
Trust
What are the components of cognition based trust?
Ability, benevolence, and integrity
What is the best definition of justice?
the degree to which an authority’s decision making is considered fair
In the process of hiring a specialist, at what point should ability be considered?
At the beginning of the process
What is the belief that an authority wants to do good for an employee, apart from any selfish or profit-centered motives?
Benevolence
What is true of authorities who are considered benevolent?
They are concerned about employees’ well-being.
They care for employees.
They are loyal to their employees
Unlike other forms of trust, affect-based trust is primarily _____
Emotional. It is not rational
True or false: Justice provides the behavioral evidence that employees need to determine trustworthiness?
TRUE
What quality is demonstrated by someone who shows a desire to do what is in your best interest rather than their own interest?
Benevolence
What dimension of trustworthiness is demonstrated by a person who “tells it like it is”?
Integrity
What is the perceived fairness of decision-making outcomes?
Distributive justice
What is the perceived fairness of decision-making processes?
Procedural justice
What is the perceived fairness of the interpersonal treatment received by employees from authorities?
Interpersonal justice
What do employees consider in order to determine whether distributive justice exists?
Pay, rewards, evaluation, promotions, and work assignments
When a new relationship is forming, the presence or absence of trust often depends solely on your own
Trust propensity
Authorities are able to improve procedural justice when they abide by rules of ____
Fair process
What rule of fair process is ensured by having procedures that employees can use to appeal their performance evaluation ratings?
Correctability
Which dimension of justice is most accurately described by the saying, “A fair day’s pay, for a fair day’s work.”
Distributive justice
Which dimension of justice is demonstrated when a company provides an honest explanation to employees for a decision that affects their employment?
Informational
What term describes the process through which former or current employees expose illegal or immoral actions by their organization?
Whistle blowing