MGMT Exam 2 - FLASHCARDS - Chapter 9
The structures and propensities inside people that explain their characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior are referred to as
Personality
What is personality a link between?
Nature and nurture
What is the Big Five Personality characteristics and their relationship to job performance and organizational commitment?
- Conscientiousness - dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering.
- Agreeableness - warm, kind, cooperative, sympathetic, helpful and courteous.
3.Extraversion - talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold and dominant. - Neuroticism - nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, unstable, and jealous.
- Openness to experience - curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, and sophisticated
The model that suggests that personality can be categorized across five personality dimensions is known as the
Big five factor model
What is accomplishment striving and which part of the Big Five does it relate to?
A strong desire to accomplish tasks, challenging tasks preferably to spend a lot of time working those tasks.. Represents conscientiousness
What is community striving and which part of the Big Five does it relate to?
Reflects a strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships, get along rather than get ahead. Represents agreeableness
What is status striving and which part of the Big Five does it relate to?
Reflects a strong desire to obtain power and influence within a social structure. Represents extraversion
Which personality dimensions of the Big Five taxonomy appear not to change dramatically throughout an adult person’s life?
Openness to experience
Extraversion
A circumstance in which two people meet for the first time is referred to as a(n) ______ situation.
zero acquaintance
Agreeable employees value ______ striving, which reflects a strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships as a means of expressing personality.
Communion
Jolene doesn’t believe that “luck happens”; she thinks you make your own luck in life. Based on this information, it appears that Jolene has a(n) _____ locus of control.
Internal
According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), ______ people rely on objective, clear evidence.
Sensing
What term describes the instinctive feeling or “gut instinct” we have when making a decision?
Intuition
Elena failed her last test. She blamed it on the fact that the test was poorly written and the room was too noisy for her to concentrate, not that she didn’t study for the test. Based on this information, it appears that Elena has a(n) ______ locus of control.
External
A society that has a strong group orientation and emphasizes the interdependence of people would be categorized as having a high degree of
Collectivism
An employee from a culture with a low degree of power distance tends to
expect consensus-oriented decision making within the organization.
According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), managers are most likely
thinking and judging.
What can be described as the personality of a society?
Culture
The extent to which a culture can handle uncertainty and lack of clarity is referred to as
uncertainty avoidance.
People who value personal freedom and self-sufficiency and who prioritize watching out for their own well-being and that of their close family members can be described as
individualistic
______ refers to the degree that people tend to accept an unequal distribution of power within a society or organization.
Power distance
According to Hofstede’s dimensions of cultural values, a feminine culture tends to value stereotypically female traits, such as
caring about quality of life
An employee who prefers a workplace where there are clearly defined rules, policies, and procedures that dictate how jobs are supposed to be done would likely have a high level of
uncertainty avoidance.
Which cultural value corresponds to a society that tends to focus on establishing order and structure?
restraint
