Organizational Behavior and Theory Quiz 1

States of feeling that are mild in intensity, last for an extended period of time, and are not directed at anything.

• Mood
• Taste
• Color
• Temperature

An employee's desire to remain a member of an organization due to an awareness of the costs of leaving.

• individual commitment
• Continuous commitment

• company loyalty
• organizational dedication

Employee actions that are not intended to avoid work situations.

• Inappropriate work behavior
• withdrawal

• Unprofessional conduct
• Avoiding work situations

The belief that are best one-eight, or 12 percent, of organizations will actually do what is required to build profits by placing people first.

• rule of 1/8

• 12 percent rule

• 1/16th rule

• 1/32 rule

A performance management system in which managers rank subordinates relative to one another.

• forced ranking system
• random ranking system
• voluntary ranking system
• equal ranking system

A model that suggests that employees with fewer bonds with coworkers are most likely to quit an organization.

• Loyalty model

• Embedded theory

• Social Isolation Theory
• Erosion Model

The statistical relationship between two variables

• Correlation
• Standard deviation
• Regression
• Causation

The degree to which a job allows individual freedom and direction regarding how the work is to be done

• Work collaboration
• Task supervision
• autonomy

• Job micromanagement

Employees' feelings about how the company handles promotions

• Job performance

• Promotion satisfaction

• task performance

• Autonomy

Employee behaviors that are directly involved in the transformation of organizational resources into the goods or services that the organization produces

• Task Performance

• Marketing performance

• Financial behaviors
• Strategic behaviors