DEMC 1033 QUIZ 4

Employee who experience job dissatisfaction or work-related stress are more likely to be absent or late for work.

• True

• False

Personality tests are important in the hiring process of an organization to hire the right person for the job and the organization.

• True

• False

When communicating, a sender decodes a message and passes the message through a medium.

• True

• False

Family, upbringing, peers and religious studies are some example of environmental factors that can influence an individual’s personality to some extent.

• True

• False

Formal groups operating within the work settings exert strong social controls over the work habits and performance of the individual workers.

• True

• False

In Maslow’s hierarchy needs, which of the following pair of needs is ranked as “lower order needs”?

• Physiological and safety needs

• Physiological and social need

• Self actualization and safety needs

• Social and esteem needs

Psychology’s major contribution to the field of organizational behavior have been primarily at what level of analysis?

• The level of group

• The level of organization

• The level of the individual

• The level of the culture

Raymond’s one day salary was deducted because of his uninformed leave, as he was already warn about this behaviour. It is an example of which method of shaping behaviors?

• Reinforcement

• Positive reinforcement

• Punishment

• Negative reinforcement

Company policy, administration, supervision, interpersonal relations, working conditions, and salary are characterized as _____.

• Motivating factors

• Hygiene factors

• Growth factors

• Esteem factors

Kimberly Ann is an honest and straightforward person. She believes her employees are all similarly honest and straightforward, ignoring signs that they may be manipulating her. What perceptual shortcut is Kimberly Ann most likely using?

• Halo effect

• Stereotyping

• Contrast effect

• Projection