ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR CHAPTER 3

Which of the following statements about personality is correct?

• Personality is always stable

• Personality is a part of a person

• Personality is an aggregate whole

• Personality is for the most part comprised of traits that cannot be measured

You wish to hire a person who has an original mind, is skeptical, critical, independent, and determined. Candidates for this position would ideally have what classification on the Myers-Briggs type Indicator?

• INTJs

• ESTJs

• ENTPs

• ISFPs

All of the following are classifications on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator except.

• extroverted / introverted

• sensing / intuitive

• perceiving / judging

• independent / dependent

How would someone who is described as an ESTJ on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator best be described?

• as a visionary

• as a conceptualizer

• as an innovator

• as an organizer

What does the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator classification of “E or I” stand for?

• extroverted / intuitive

• emotional / introverted

• extroverted / introverted

• .emotional / intuitive

What does the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator classification of “S or N” stand for?

• sensing / intuitive

• sensing / thinking

• .emotional stability/ intuitive

• emotional stability / thinking

What is the major problem with the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator as a measure of personality?

• It is very difficult to administer

• It probably should not be used as a selection test for choosing among job candidates since it is not necessarily a valid measure of personality

• it does not include enough dimensions to differentiate all the variety of human personality

• it tends to overemphasize intuitive personality traits analytical personality traits

A high score in which dimension of the Big Five model predicts good job performance for all occupational groups?

• extraversion

• agreeableness

• conscientiousness

• emotional stability

Which of the following is not included in the Big Five Model?

• agreeableness

• conscientiousness

• intuitiveness

• emotional stability

Which dimension of the Big Five model refers to an individual’s propensity to defer to others?

• conscientiousness

• agreeableness

• extraversion

• feeling