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MGMT 363 TEST 3
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03/15/2011

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team
Definition
consists of two or more people who work interdependently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task oriented purpose
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team characteristics
Definition
the task, unit, and member qualities that can be used to describe teams and that combine to make some teams more diverse than others
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work teams
Definition
designed to be relatively permanent; purpose is to produce goods or provide services, generally require full time commitment
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management teams
Definition
designed to be relatively permanent; participate in managerial level tasks that affect the entire organization
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work teams
Definition
focus on the accomplishment of core operational level production and service tasks
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management teams
Definition
responsible for coordinating the activities of organizational subunits to help the organization achieve its long term goals
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parallel teams
Definition
composed of members from various jobs who provide recommendations to managers about important issues that run parallel to the organization's production process
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parallel teams
Definition
only require part time commitment; may deal wit unique issues or that arise only periodically
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project teams
Definition
formed to take on one time tasks that are generally complex and require a lot of input from members with different types of training and expertise
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work team
Definition
long life span, high member involvement
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management team
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long life span, moderate member involvement
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parallel team
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low member involvement, varied life span
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project team and action team
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varied life span, varied member involvement
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action team
Definition
perform complex tasks that vary in duration and take place in highly visible or challenging circumstances
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project team
Definition
produce a one time output
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parallel team
Definition
provide recommendations and resolve issues
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management team
Definition
integrate activities of subunits across business functions
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work team
Definition
produce goods and provide services
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action teams
Definition
perform tasks that are normally limited in duration but are complex
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virtual teams
Definition
teams in which the members are geographically dispersed, and interdependent activity occurs through electronic communications
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forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning
Definition
five stages of team progression
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punctuated equilibrium
Definition
situation in which the development sequence is less applicable; pattern of development in project teams
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task interdependence
Definition
refers to the degree to which team members interact with and rely on other team members for the information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work for the team
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pooled interdependence
Definition
the lowest degree of required coordination
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pooled interdependence
Definition
group members complete their work assignments independently, then the work is piled up to represent the group's output
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sequential interdependence
Definition
different tasks are done in a prescribed order, and the group is structured such that the members specialization these tasks
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reciprocal interdependence
Definition
members are specialized to perform specific tasks; interact with a subset of other members to complete the team's work
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comprehensive interdependence
Definition
requires the highest level of interaction and coordination among members as they try to accomplish work
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goal interdependence
Definition
the degree to which team members have a shared vision of the team's goal and align their individual goals with that vision as result
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mission statement
Definition
how to create high levels of goal interdependence
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outcome interdependence
Definition
relates to how members are linked to one another in terms of the feedback and outcomes they receive as a consequence of working in the team
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outcome interdependence
Definition
exists when team members share in the rewards that the team earns
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team composition
Definition
the mix of ppl who make up the team
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roles, ability, personality, diversity, and team size
Definition
five aspects of team composition
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role
Definition
defined as a pattern of behavior that a person is expected to display in a given context
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leader staff teams
Definition
the leader makes decisions for the team and provides direction and control over members who perform assigned tasks, so this distinction makes sense in that the responsibilities of the leader and the rest of the team are distinct
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team task roles
Definition
behaviors that directly facilitate the accomplishment of team tasks
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team building roles
Definition
behaviors that influence the quality of the team's social climate
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orienter, devil's advocate, energizer
Definition
types of team task roles
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harmonizer, encourager, compromiser
Definition
team building roles
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individualistic roles
Definition
reflect behaviors that benefit the individual at the expense of the team
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aggressor, recognition seeker, dominator
Definition
types of individualistic roles
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disjunctive tasks
Definition
tasks with an objectively verifiable best solution, the member who possesses the highest level of the ability relevant to the task will have the most influence on the effectiveness of the team
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conjunctive tasks
Definition
TEAM'S Performance depends on the abilities of the weakest link
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team diversity
Definition
the degree to which members are different from one another in terms of any attribute that might be used by someone as a basis of categorizing people
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value in diversity problem solving approach
Definition
theory used to explain why diversity has positive effects
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says that diversity in teams is beneficial b/c it provides for a larger pool of knowledge and perspectives from which a team can draw as it carries out its work
Definition
value in diversity problem solving approach
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similarity attraction approach
Definition
widely used to explain why diversity may have detrimental effects on teams
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ppl tend to be more attracted to others who are perceived as more similar
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similarity attraction approach
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surface level diversity
Definition
refers to diversity regarding observable attributes such as race, ethnicity, sex, and age
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deep level diversity
Definition
refers to diversity with respect to attributes that are less easy to observe initially but that can be inferred after more direct experience
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member roles, member ability, member personality, member diversity, team size
Definition
relevant member characteristics
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team viability (aka team commitment)
Definition
refers to the likelihood that the team can work together effectively into the future
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moderate positive
Definition
what effect does task interdependence have on team performance
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weak
Definition
what effect does task interdependence have on team commitment
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hybrid outcome interdependence
Definition
means that members receive rewards that are dependent on both their team's performance and how well they perform as individuals
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personality
Definition
the structures and propensities inside people that explain their characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior
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traits
Definition
defined as recurring regularities or trends in people's responses to their environment
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cultural values
Definition
defined as shared beliefs about desirable end states or modes of conduct in a given culture
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conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion
Definition
Big Five dimensions used to summarize personalities
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accomplishment striving
Definition
reflects a strong desire to accomplish task related goals as a means of expressing personality
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communion striving
Definition
reflects a strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships as a means of expressing personality
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zero acquaintance
Definition
situations in which two people have only just met
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status striving
Definition
reflects a strong desire to obtain power and influence within a social structure as a means of expressing personality
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positive affectivity
Definition
a dispositional tendency to experience pleasant, engaging moods such as enthusiasm, excitement, and elation (experienced by extroverts)
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negative affectivity
Definition
associated with neuroticism; a dispositional tendency to experience unpleasant moods such as hostility, nervousness, and annoyance
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differential exposure
Definition
neurotic ppl are more likely to appraise day to day situations as stressful
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differential reactivity
Definition
neurotic ppl are less likely to believe they can cope with the stressors that they experience
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locus of control
Definition
reflects whether ppl attribute the causes of events to themselves or to the external environment
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Myers Briggs type indicator
Definition
personality measures evaluating individuals based on: extroversion, sensing, thinking, judging
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interests
Definition
expressions of personality that influence behavior through preferences for certain environments and activities
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realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, conventional
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RIASEC model
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culture
Definition
defined as the shared values, beliefs, motives, identities, and interpretations that result from common experiences of members of a society and are transmitted across generations
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project GLOBE
Definition
purpose is to examine the impact of culture on the effectiveness of various leader attributes, behaviors, and practices
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ethnocentrism
Definition
a propensity to view one's own cultural values as right and those of other cultures as wrong
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conscientiousness
Definition
which of the big five has the strongest effect on task performance
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typical performance
Definition
reflects performance in the routine conditions that surround daily job tasks
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maximum performance
Definition
reflects performance in brief, special circumstances that demand a person's best effort
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moderate positive
Definition
conscientiousness has what effect on both organizational commitment and job performance
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situational strength
Definition
strong situations have clear behavioral expectations, incentives, or instructions that make differences between individuals less important, whereas weak situations lack those cues
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trait activation
Definition
suggest that some situations provide cues that trigger the expression of a given traits
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Personality
Definition
refers to the structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior.
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Personality.
Definition
captures what people are like
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Traits
Definition
are defined as recurring regularities or trends in people’s responses to their environment.
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Conscientiousness
Definition
dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering.
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Conscientiousness
Definition
has the biggest influence on job performance.
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accomplishment striving
Definition
Conscientious employees prioritize __________ , which reflects a strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing personality.
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accomplishment striving
Definition
which reflects a strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing personality.
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Agreeableness -
Definition
warm, kind, cooperative, sympathetic, helpful, and courteous.
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communion striving
Definition
agreeable people Prioritize _________, which reflects a strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships as a means of expressing personality
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communion striving
Definition
reflects a strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships as a means of expressing personality
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Extraversion -
Definition
talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold, and dominant.
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zero acquaintance situations —
Definition
situations in which two people have only just met.
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status striving
Definition
extraverted people Prioritize _________, which reflects a strong desire to obtain power and influence within a social structure as a means of expressing personality.
Tend to be high in positive affectivity — a
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status striving
Definition
reflects a strong desire to obtain power and influence within a social structure as a means of expressing personality.
Term
positive affectivity —
Definition
a dispositional tendency to experience pleasant, engaging moods such as enthusiasm, excitement, and elation.
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high
Definition
are extra verted people high or low in affectivity?
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Neuroticism -
Definition
nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, and jealous.
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negative affectivity
Definition
dispositional tendency to experience unpleasant moods such as hostility, nervousness, and annoyance.
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differential exposure to stressors
Definition
means that neurotic people are more likely to appraise day-to-day situations as stressful.
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differential reactivity to stressors
Definition
means that neurotic people are less likely to believe they can cope with the stressors that they experience.
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locus of control
Definition
reflects whether people attribute the causes of events to themselves or to the external environment.
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external locus of control
Definition
means that they often believe that the events that occur around them are driven by luck, chance, or fate.
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internal locus of control
Definition
means that they believe that their own behavior dictates events.
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Openness to experience -
Definition
curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined, and sophisticated.
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (or MBTI)
Definition
evaluates individuals on the basis of four types of preferences
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extraversion
Definition
being energized by people and social interactions
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introversion
Definition
being energized by private time and reflection
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sensing
Definition
preferring clear and concrete facts and data
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intuition
Definition
preferring hunches and speculations based on theory and imagination
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thinking
Definition
approaching decisions with logic and critical analysis
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feeling
Definition
approaching decisions with logic and critical analysis
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judging
Definition
approaching tasks by planning and setting goals
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perceiving
Definition
approaching tasks by planning and setting goals
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Holland’s RIASEC model
Definition
suggests that interests can be summarized by six different personality types
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Culture
Definition
defined as the shared values, beliefs, motives, identities, and interpretations that result from common experiences of members of a society and are transmitted across generations.
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Institutional Collectivism
Definition
Formalized practices encourage collective action and collective distribution of resources
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In-group Collectivism
Definition
Individuals express pride and loyalty to specific in-groups
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Gender Egalitarianism
Definition
The culture promotes gender equality and minimizes role differences between men and women.
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Assertiveness
Definition
The culture values assertiveness, confrontation, and aggressiveness in social relationships.
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Future Orientation
Definition
The culture engages in planning and investment in the future while delaying individual or collective gratification.
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Performance Orientation
Definition
The culture encourages and rewards members for excellence and performance improvements.
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Humane Orientation
Definition
The culture encourages and rewards members for being generous, caring, kind, fair, and altruistic.
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
defined as a propensity to view one’s own cultural values as “right” and those of other cultures as “wrong.”
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typical performance
Definition
performance in the routine conditions that surround daily job tasks.
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maximum performance
Definition
performance in brief, special circumstances that demand a person’s best effort.
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The principle of situational strength
Definition
suggests that “strong situations” have clear behavioral expectations, incentives, or instructions that make differences between individuals less important, whereas “weak situations” lack those cues.
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The principle of trait activation
Definition
suggests that some situations provide cues that trigger the expression of a given trait.
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Integrity tests
Definition
focus specifically on a predisposition to engage in theft and other counterproductive behaviors.
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Integrity test scores
Definition
more strongly related to job performance than conscientiousness scores.
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Clear purpose tests
Definition
ask applicants about their attitudes toward dishonesty, beliefs about the frequency of dishonesty, endorsements of common rationalizations for dishonesty, desire to punish dishonesty, and confessions of past dishonesty.
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Veiled purpose tests
Definition
assess more general personality traits that are associated with dishonest acts.
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faking
Definition
—exaggerating your responses to a personality test in a socially desirable fashion
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include conscientiousness), agreeableness , neuroticism , openness to experience , and extraversion
Definition
“Big Five”
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The Big Five
Definition
the dominant taxonomy of personality
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individualism–collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity–femininity, and short-term vs. long-term orientation
Definition
Hofstede’s taxonomy of cultural values
Term
moderate positive
Definition
Conscientiousness has a ___________relationship with job performance and a ____________relationship with organizational commitment
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Ability
Definition
refers to the relatively stable capabilities people have to perform a particular range of different
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Cognitive abilities
Definition
capabilities related to the acquisition and application of knowledge in problem solving.
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Verbal ability
Definition
refers to various capabilities associated with understanding and expressing oral and written communication.
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Oral comprehension
Definition
the ability to understand spoken words and sentences.
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Number facility
Mathematical reasoning
Definition
Quantitative ability refers to two types of mathematical capabilities:
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Reasoning ability
Definition
actually a diverse set of abilities associated with sensing and solving problems using insight, rules, and logic.
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Problem sensitivity
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
Originality
Definition
aspects of Reasoning ability
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Spatial ability
Definition
refers to the capabilities associated with visual and mental representation and manipulations of objects in space.
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Perceptual abilities
Definition
generally refer to being able to perceive, understand, and recall patterns of information.
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Emotional intelligence
Definition
a human ability that affects social functioning.
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Emotion regulation
Definition
refers to being able to recover quickly from emotional experiences.
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Use of emotions
Definition
reflects the degree to which people can harness emotions and employ them to improve their chances of being successful in whatever they are seeking to do.
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Strength
Definition
the degree to which the body is capable of exerting force.
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Stamina
Definition
refers to the ability of a person’s lungs and circulatory system to work efficiently while he or she is engaging in prolonged physical activity
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Flexibility
Definition
refers to the ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach.
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Extent flexibility
Definition
when people need to work in a cramped compartment or an awkward position.
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Dynamic flexibility
Definition
happens when a job requires repeated and somewhat quick bends, stretches, twists, or reaches.
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Coordination
Definition
quality of physical movement.
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Psychomotor abilities
Definition
generally refer to the capacity to manipulate and control objects.
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Fine manipulative abilities
Definition
refer to the ability to keep the arms and hands steady while using the hands to do precise work.
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Control movement abilities
Definition
important in tasks for which people have to make different precise adjustments using machinery to complete the work effectively.
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Response orientation
Definition
refers to the ability to choose the right action quickly in response to several different signals
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Response time
Definition
reflects how quickly an individual responds to signaling information after it occurs.
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Sensory abilities
Definition
refer to capabilities associated with vision and hearing.
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Hearing sensitivity
Definition
the capability to hear and discriminate sounds that vary in terms of loudness and pitch.
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Auditory attention
Definition
being able to focus on a single sound in the presence of many other sounds.
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Speech recognition
Definition
the ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
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Wonderlic Personnel Test
Definition
a 12-minute test of general cognitive ability that consists of 50 questions.
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ability
Definition
refers to the relatively stable capabilities people have to perform a particular range of different but related activities
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emotional, cognitive, and physical
Definition
three general categories of ability
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cognitive ability
Definition
refers to capabilities related to the acquisition and application of knowledge in problem solving
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verbal ability
Definition
refers to various capabilities associated with understanding and expressing oral and written communication
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quantitative ability
Definition
refers to two types of mathematical capabilities (number facility and mathematics reasoning)
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number facility
Definition
capability to do simple math operations
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mathematical reasoning
Definition
the ability to choose and apply formulas to sole problems that involve numbers
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reasoning ability
Definition
a diverse set of abilities associated with sensing and solving problems using insight, rules, and logic
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problem sensitivity
Definition
the ability to sense that there's a problem right now or likely to be one in the near future
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deductive reasoning
Definition
the use of general rules to solve problems
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inductive reasoning
Definition
the ability to consider several specific pieces of information and then reach a general conclusion regarding how those pieces are related
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originality
Definition
the ability to develop clever and novel ways to solve problems
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spatial ability
Definition
capabilities associated with visual and mental representation and manipulation of objects in space
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perceptual ability
Definition
being able to perceive, understand, and recall patterns of information
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speed and flexibility of closure
Definition
refers to being able to pick out a pattern of information quickly in the presence of distracting information, even without all the information present
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perceptual speed
Definition
being able to examine and compare numbers, letters, and objects quickly
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general cognitive ability
Definition
g factor
Term
emotional intelligence
Definition
a set of distinct but related abilties
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strong positive
Definition
potency has what impact on team performance
Term
personality
Definition
refers to the structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior
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openness to experience
Definition
inquisitive, artistic
Term
femininity
Definition
hofstede's dimensions of cultural values = caring for others and about quality of life
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moderate positive
Definition
conscientiousness has what effect on performance and commitment
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cognitive ability
Definition
SAT measures what ability
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emotional
Definition
self and other awareness are which type of abilities
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strong positive
Definition
general cognitive ability has what effect on task performance
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work teams
Definition
focus on the accomplishment of core operational level production and service tasks
Term
pooled interdependence
Definition
type of task interdependence with the lowest degree of required coordiantion
Term
social loafing
Definition
when members of a team exert less effort when working on team tasks than they would if they worked alone on those same tasks
Term
teamwork processes
Definition
the interpersonal activities that facilitate the accomplishment of the team's work but do not directly involve task accomplishment itself
Term
transition processes
Definition
teamwork activities that focus on preparation for future work
Term
task interdependence
Definition
the degree to which team members interact with an rely on other team members for the information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work for the team
Term
pooled, sequential, reciprocal, comprehensive
Definition
four types of task interdependence
Term
pooled interdependence
Definition
group members complete their work assignments independently, and then this work is piled up to represent the groups output
Term
sequential interdependence
Definition
different tasks are done in a prescribed order and the group is structured such that the members specialize in these tasks
Term
goal interdependence
Definition
exists when team members have a shared vision of the team's goal and align their individual goals with that vision as a result
Term
role
Definition
a pattern of behavior that a person is expected to display in a given context
Term
conjunctive tasks
Definition
tasks for which the team's performance depends on the abilities of the weakest link
Term
additive tasks
Definition
tasks for which the contributions resulting from the abilities of every member add up to determine team performance
Term
value in diversity problem solving approach
Definition
predominant theory that has been used to explain why diversity has positive effects
Term
similarity attraction approach
Definition
theory widely used to explain why diversity may have detrimental effects on teams
Term
management and project
Definition
having a greater number of members is beneficial to what types of teams
Term
team viability
Definition
aka team commitment; likelihood that the team can work together effectively in the future
Term
moderately positive
Definition
relationship between task interdependence and team performance
Term
weak
Definition
relationship between task interdependence and team commitment
Term
team process
Definition
reflects the different types of communication, activities, and interactions that occur within teams that contribute to their ultimate end goals
Term
process gain
Definition
getting more from the team than you would expect according to the capabilities of its individual members
Term
coordination loss
Definition
the extra effort focused on integrating work in a team that consumes time and energy that could otherwise be devoted to task activity
Term
production blocking
Definition
often drives coordination losses; occurs when members have to wait on one another before they can do their part of the team tasks
Term
motivational loss
Definition
fosters process loss; the loss in team productivity that occurs when team members don't work as hard as they could
Term
social loafing
Definition
members exert less effort when working on team tasks than they would if they worked alone on the same tasks
Term
taskwork process
Definition
activities of team members that related directly to the accomplishment of team tasks
Term
creative behavior, decision making, boundary spanning
Definition
three types of taskwork processes
Term
brainstorming
Definition
best known activity to foster creative behavior
Term
production blocking, fear of criticism, social loafing
Definition
problems with brainstorming
Term
decision informity, staff validity, hierarchical sensitivity
Definition
what factors account for a team's ability to make effective decisions?
Term
ambassador activities
Definition
communications intended to protect the team, persuade others to support it, or obtain important resources for it
Term
teamwork processes
Definition
interpersonal activities that facilitate the accomplishment of the team's work but do not directly involve task accomplishment
Term
transition processes, action processes, interpersonal processes
Definition
teamwork processes
Term
transition processes
Definition
teamwork activities that focus on preparation for future work
Term
mission analysis
Definition
analyze the team's task, the challenges that face the team, and the resources available for completing the work
Term
action processes
Definition
important as the taskwork is being accomplished
Term
before and between periods of task work
Definition
when are transition processes important?
Term
transition, action, interpersonal
Definition
categories of teamwork processes
Term
network structure
Definition
the pattern of communication that occurs regularly among each member of the team
Term
team states
Definition
specific types of feelings and thoughts that coalesce in the minds of team members as a consequence of their experience working together
Term
cohesion, potency, mental models, transactive memory
Definition
types of team states
Term
potency
Definition
the degree to which members believe that the team can be effective across a variety of situations and tasks
Term
mental models
Definition
the level of common understanding among team members with regard to important aspects of the team/task; "the degree to which the knowledge is shared among members"
Term
transactive memory
Definition
how specialized knowledge is distributed among members
Term
moderate positive
Definition
relationship between teamwork processes and team performance
Term
strong positive
Definition
relationship between teamwork process and team commitment
Term
emotional ability
Definition
foundation for cultural intelligence
Term
psychomotor abilities
Definition
the capacity to manipulate and control objects
Term
none; in fact high ability employees MORE likely to leave for another job
Definition
relationship between cognitive ability and organizational commitment
Term
moderate positive
Definition
relationship between task interdependence and team performance
Term
weak
Definition
relationship between task interdependence and team commitment
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