Organizational Psych Flashcards
You would use the Position Analysis Questionnaire to
conduct a worker-oriented job analysis
A supervisor consistently gives supervisees high ratings on a performance rating scale, even when they don’t deserve them. This supervisor is exhibiting ______
leniency bias
A problem with the paired comparison method of performance assessment is that it
is time-consuming to use when there are many employees to rate
Linking the requirements for successful job performance to organizational values, goals, and strategies is characteristic of which of ________
competency modeling
a forced distribution is a _____ measure of job performance
relative
The two main types of integrity tests that are used to assist with selection decisions are:
overt and personality-based tests
Which of the following has been found to be the best predictor of job performance across different jobs and different measures of job performance?
general mental ability tests
_____________ is the appropriate method for combining scores on several selection tests when a high score on one or more tests can compensate for a low score on another test.
multiple regression
Organizational analysis, task analysis, person analysis, and demographic analysis are components of what?
needs analysis
While developing a training program, an organizational psychologist administers each component of the program to a sample of newly hired employees. After delivering each component, the psychologist has the employees complete questionnaires to evaluate their satisfaction with the program and acquisition of information to determine if the component needs revision. The psychologist is conducting which type of evaluation?
formative
Tiedeman’s career decision-making model links vocational identity development to:
ego identity development
Dawis and Lofquist’s (1984) theory of work adjustment identifies satisfaction and satisfactoriness as predictors of a person’s:
job tenure
According to Donald Super, the primary determinant of a person’s occupational choice is which of the following?
self-concept
According to Holland’s (1985) theory of career choice, the realistic personality type is most similar to which of the following types?
investigative and conventional
Holland used what term to describe the extent to which a person’s personality is clearly defined with regard to the six personality types?
differentiation
which theory of career choice and development distinguishes between the anticipation and implementation phases of career decision-making?
Tiedeman’s career decision-making model
During process consultation, an organizational development (OD) consultant will most likely focus on?
communication, decision-making, and problem-solving
Taylor’s scientific management theory believed that worker motivation is most affected by _________
desire for economic gain
research conducted in the 1950s at Ohio state University found that leader behaviours can be categorized in terms of which dimensions?
initiating structure and consideration
according to Fiedler’s contingency theory, a high LPC leader is most effective in ______
moderately favorable situations
An organizational psychologist is hired by the owner of Best Plumbing Supply to determine why so many of her employees seem to have low levels of job motivation and satisfaction. The owner says she recently gave employees salary increases and bonuses for outstanding performance, but this did not have a noticeable effect. Being familiar with ____________, the psychologist will most likely tell the owner that, to increase motivation and satisfaction, she should redesign the employees’ jobs so they provide opportunities for autonomy, responsibility, and advancement.
two-factor theory
The five core job dimensions identified by the job characteristics model are:
skill variety task identity task significance autonomy feedback
__________ theory predicts that a worker’s motivation is affected by the comparisons the worker makes between his or her input/outcome ratio and the input/outcome ratios of workers doing the same or a similar job.
equity
Kobasa identified three core characteristics of hardiness. What are they?
- sense of control over one’s life
- commitment to family and work
- ability to view new experiences as challenges rather than threats
3 types of organizational justice
- distributive
- procedural
- interactional
