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| What are the dimensions of an organizational chart? |
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Division of labor
delegation of authority
span of control
structure |
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| What is the Human Relations Theory |
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| This theory added a personal element to the study of organizations |
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| a method focusing on reducing waste in every form including overproduction, excessive costs, and defective products |
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| The adoption of new values, beliefs, and attitudes by an individual |
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| The extent to which the skills, abilities, and interests of an individual are compatible with the demands of a particular job. |
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| What are functions of an organization where socialization typically occurs? |
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Recruitment
Orientation
Selection |
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| What is an organic organization? |
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| The type of organization depends on larger spans of control, less formalization of procedure, and decisions made at middle levels of the organization |
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| Theory that tends to emphasize the use of punishments and rewards as a way of managing employees |
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| What is a central assumption in classical organizational theory? |
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| Members find it satisfying and motivating to specialize in a particular area |
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| A mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive group when members' desires for agreement override their motivation to consider alternative courses of action. |
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| Example: being loud in a library when it is common for all patrons to remain quiet. |
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| What are the ways to make team tasks motivating according to Job Characteristics Theory |
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| Team tasks that: require a variety of skills, that provide performance feedback, and are meaningful and importanat |
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| What is an individualist culture? |
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| Type of culture in which social loafing tends to occur most often |
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| Type of team that has the advantages of saving time, decreasing traveling expenses, and expanding labor markets |
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| What are team composition variables? |
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| The attributes of team members including skills, abilities, experiences, and personality characterisitcs |
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| An interdependent collection of individuals who work toward a common goal and share responsibility for specific outcomes. |
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| What are characteristics of charismatic leaders? |
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| Supreme confidence, strong need for power, and articulation of an appealing vision of the future. |
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| What is the thinking behind LMX? |
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| Leaders should develop high quality relationships with all group members |
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| a leadership approach attempting to show that leaders possess certain characteristics that non-leaders do not possess. |
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| The personality train most consistently correlated with leader emergence and effectiveness. |
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| What is leader emergence? |
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| Refers to whether or not an individual becomes a leader |
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| The norm that mandates that every person gets the same share of rewards regardless of effort. |
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| What is interactional justice? |
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| This is the larger type of justice under which interpersonal and informational justices are found. |
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| This model of diversity recruits, trains, and motivates employees so that they all share the same values and culture |
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| What is affirmative action? |
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| A program that helps underrepresented demographic groups in the workplace |
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| The diversity model in which individuals feel safe, valued, and able to be authentic at work as both individuals and members of various groups. |
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| The ability to challenge a process or an outcome |
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| What is a challenge-related stressor? |
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| A stressor that could potentially result in a gain for the individual |
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| What is a continuance commitment? |
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| A type of organizational commitment, the costs of leaving are perceived as greater than the costs of staying. |
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| What are ways to develop self-efficacy? |
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| Social persuasion, mastery experiences, and modeling |
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| In this theory, employees compare their ratio of inputs and outputs to the ratio of a referent other and are motivated to reduce any discrepancies |
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| This occurs when an employer is accused of unknowingly discriminating against a group of employees. |
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| When raters give themselves lower ratings than warranted in performance appraisal. |
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| What are components of performance management? |
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Measurement of processes
Definition of performance
Communication between supervisor and subordinate about behavior |
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| What is comparable worth? |
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| The concept that people performing similar work should receive similar pay |
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| What are ways to conduct job analysis? |
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| Observation, interviews, and work diaries |
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| What is counterproductive work behavior? |
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| Voluntary behavior that violates significant organizational norms and threatens the well-being of the company |
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| What is an in-basket technique? |
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| An assessment center method in which individuals must deal with e-mails, memos, and voicemails appropriately |
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| What is a structured interview |
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| A type of interview that is more reliable and valid than an unstructured interview |
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| Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other characteristics |
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| What are the dimensions of the Five-Factor Model of Personality |
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Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Emotional Stability
Extraversion
Openness to experience |
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| What is general mental ability? |
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| The construct commonly abbreviated as 'g' |
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| A system of beliefs in which individuals share meaning and common ways of viewing objects |
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| What are things that I/O psychologists are interested in? |
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| How peoples work affect their home life, how culture influences people's perceptions of their working environments, and how personality characteristics influence work behavior |
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