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Work psychology is considered synonymous with?

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Applied psychology

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The war of talent is a phrase that expresses:

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How an organisations success is based on its ability to attract develop and retain talented employees.

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Competency frameworks include:

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Competencies with clear behavioural indicators.

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What is considered to be the foundation of selection?

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Job analysis

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What does KSAO stand for when analysing job roles?

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Knowledge, Skills, Ability, Other characteristics

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Selection processes should take into account methods that are:

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Fair, Valid and reliable.

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BARS are ……. rating scales that assess behaviour

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Anchored

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Job interviews are most effective in predicting job performance when they are:

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Structured

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Organisations are most likely to use which methods of selection?

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Interviews, psychometric tests and references.

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A example of output performance criteria is:

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Sales volume

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Research on performance ratings indicate that:

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Supervisor ratings are more reliable than peer ratings.

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Multi-source performance ratings can also be referred to as

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360 feedback/180 degree feedback.

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Which of the following is not a way to increase the chances of success when introducing multi-score performance ratings?

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Give the appraisee a comprehensive pack containing all the feedback and ratings from each rater to review on their own and plan their development.

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Banduras explanation of how we learn by observing is called:

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Social learning theory.

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Who is known for the instructional systems design model?

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Goldstein and Ford

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Which is not a phase in the training cycle?

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Training development

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What does HTA stand for?

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Hierarchical Task Analysis

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Real teams can be distinguished from pseudo teams by:

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Interdependence of the team members.

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For conceptual tasks, teams perform best when interdependence is:

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High and Low (u-shaped)

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Self-leadership is beneficial for:

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Conceptual tasks only.

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Which of the following has NOT been found to be important in climate element creative teams?

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Strong leadedrship

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What stage follows forming in Tuckmans model of groups?

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Storming

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In west’s model of team effectiveness ‘organisational climate’ is considered as what sort of factor?

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Input factor.

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Kotter - Good leadership is about coping with…. while good management is about coping with…

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Change/complexity.

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Ohio and Michigan studies identify 2 dimensions of leadership behaviour which can be labelled as
Task orientation and people orientation
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Passive management is:
A form of transactional leadership
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The GLOBE project identified leader attributes that were endorsed positively in most working cultures, what were they?
Team orientated and charismatic.
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According to social identity theory, which of the following i a key dimension of effective leadership?
Leadership prototypicality
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Walumbwa's 4 key components of authentic leadership include:
Self-awareness and balanced processing
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According to implicit leadership theory, which of the following is a source of prejudice?
Women displaying leadership behaviours are evaluated less favourable and men are associated with leadership more often then women.
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Gersick's punctuated equilibrium model of change considers 3 main components - which of the following is NOT one
Status quo.
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First 2 steps on Kotters model:
Establish a sense of urgency, create a guiding coalition.
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Action research was developed by lewin as:
A way for practitioners to implement change.
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Which is NOT one of the 4 factors in Oreg's resistance to change measure?
Distrust
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Psychosocial transition theory is a way of understanding:
Our psychological reactions to change.
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In terms of organisational cultures, what name does Schiens' give to the viable organisational structures and processes as manifestations of culture?
Artefacts
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Which is NOT a dimension in Hostede's model of national culture?
Future thinking
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The GLOBE study of cultural influences at work focused on which element of organisation?
Leadership
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In positive psychology, Eudaimonia is the name given to one of the paths to authentic happiness. It involves:
Seeking to use and develop the best in ourselves.
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Students who were categorised as flourishing in Howell's research were found to have:
Higher levels of perseverance
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Maslow, self - actualisation is:
A long and difficult process.
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Humanistic psychology is criticised for:
Not being scientifically rigorous
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Broaden and Build theory - experiences emotions such as joy and pride helps us to develop personal resources like:
Social relationships
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Which is NOT a feature of strengths based development
Developing your weaknesses
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The best way to increase the likelihood of flow at work is to:
Give employees more autonomy
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Out of the strengths defined in the character strengths and virtues guide, which virtue is most strongly associated with work satisfaction in jobs directly involving others?
Justice
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Ethical psychological research should be based around these principles:
Informed consent, debriefing, confidentiality and right to withdraw.
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Which are example of the sources of information that evidence based practitioners should use?
Perspective of those who may be affected by an intervention AND the practitioners own experiences.
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A challenge for many occupational psychologists in promoting evidence based practice is:
They are often acting in a consultative capacity rather than as final decision makers.
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How many questions beginning with A should you ask when considering evidence based practice?
6
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What evidence should you consider for evidence based practice?
Scientific research, professional judgement and organisational data
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Which is NOT what Frese considers to be a factor of the changing nature of work?
Enhanced bureaucracy
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Who used the term 'soulful' when discussing reinventing organisations?
Laloux
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The reality of occupational psychology is:
Anything along the lives of is great, its the best, i love it
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Work psychology is considered synonymous with
Applied psychology
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Hackman's and Oldham's core job dimensions include:
Task significance, skill variety and feedback
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Which is NOT true of intrinsic rewards?
They are described and understood by behaviourist theorists.
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Which theorist developed a theory specifically for work motivation?
Herzberg
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Which personality traits are associated with high performance motivation?
Emotional stability and conscientiousness
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Self-efficacy is an important part of goal setting theory as it:
Affects how committed we are to our goals
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Which is NOT one of McCellands needs?
Need for esteem
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Which of the following isn't a component of Vrooms expectancy theory?
Efficacy
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Locke and Latham are best known for which approach to motivation?
Goal-setting theory
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How does the mechanistic view of communication in organisations see people?
As passive recipients of a message within a workplace
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Proxemics is the study of:
The role of interpersonal space in communication.
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The kinesics communication channel is used to:
Express emotion
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Jargon is used as:
Shorthand in a conversation for common work elements
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Paralanguage is
The sounds noises and way we pronounce works rather than the actually words.
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Informal communication networks:
Contain much of the important communication at work
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Which is NOT 1/4 of the structural dimensions of communication in organisations?
Clarity
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Which of the following examples of organisational communication are associated with regulative functional network?
Policy statements
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Cognitive appraisal of stress, what does secondary appraisal refer to?
An evaluation of our coping options
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The cost of stress in a workplace can be estimated in terms of:
Absenteeism, lost productivity and compensation claims.
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Which of the following is an expamle of a personal resource?
Self - efficacy
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Which is a symptoms of organisational stress?
Long hours culture
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Palmer - of of the following isn't a potential hazard
Responsibility
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3 stages of Seyle's General Adaption Syndrome:
Alarm, resistance, exhaustion
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Secondary interventions to manage stress focus on:
Helping employees to modify the way they react to stressor's.

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