Key HR Management and Organizational Behavior Questions and Answers for Effective Workforce Management

Answers: 1. The correct answer is: Organizing process 2. The correct answer is: More training programs to improve time management 3. The correct answer is 'False'. 4. The correct answer is: Mission and vision statements 5. The correct answer is 'False'. 6. The correct answer is: Openness 7. The correct answer is: False 8. The correct answer is: Organizing decisions about the job 9. The correct answer is: Leading 10. The correct answer is 'True'. 11. The correct answer is 'False'. 12. The correct answer is: Stereotyping 13. The correct answer is: Procedural, distributive and interactional 14. The correct answer is 'False'. 15. The correct answer is 'False'. 16. The correct answer is 'True'. 17. The correct answer is 'False'. 18. The correct answer is: Personality in relation to work behavior 19. The correct answer is 'True'. 20. The correct answer is: Neuroticism 21. The correct answer is 'False'. 22. The correct answer is: How highly performance oriented a person will be 23. The correct answer is: Will shape the behavior of the person we are interacting with 24. The correct answer is 'False'. 25. The correct answer is 'False'. 1. Job design and enrichment is an aspect of: a. Planning process b. Organizing process c. Leading process d. Controlling process 2. Companies may deal with work/balance reasons for absences by giving employees all of the following EXCEPT: a. More flexibility in work hours b. More training programs to improve time management c. Getting rid of sick leave altogether d. Have a single paid time off policy 3. Research reveals a consistent link between personality and absenteeism. True False 4. A firm’s values are often described in the: a. Company’s handbook b. Company’s brochure c. Mission and vision statements d. Policy and procedure manuals 5. Biased visual perception may not necessarily lead to the wrong inferences about the people and objects around us. True False 6. Teams that experience unforeseen changes in their tasks do well if they are populated with people high in: a. Conscientiousness b. Agreeableness c. Originality d. Openness 7. In jobs with high complexity, it is not critical to have high “g”. True False 8. Managers need to consider the individual and the situation when making: a. Organizing decisions about the job b. Leading decisions about the organization c. Controlling decisions about the departments d. Planning decisions about the strategies of the company 9. Motivating employees is a managerial function of: a. Leading b. Controlling c. Organizing d. Planning 10. In order to effectively manage organizational behavior, it is helpful to have an understanding of different employees’ personality. True False 11. Impressions may be defined as the process by which individuals detect and interpret environmental stimuli. True False 12. Believing that women are more cooperative than men, or men are more assertive than women, are examples of: a. Categorizing b. Stereotyping c. Biasing d. Reality check 13. Organizational justice can be classified into three categories: a. Procedural, distributive and interactional b. Psychological, reactional, motivational c. Procedural, psychological, and motivational d. Interactional, distributive, and psychological 14. Having role ambiguity and experiencing conflicting role demands are related to higher job performance. True False 15. Studies show that our personality does not have lasting consequences for us. True False 16. Under the psychological contract, an employee may believe that if he or she works hard and receives favorable performance evaluations, he or she will receive an annual bonus. True False 17. Health related absenteeism is costly, and it would be affective to institute organizational policies penalizing it. True False 18. When engaging in job design or enrichment, a manager should consider: a. Autonomy in relations to employee personality b. Freedom relative to employee personality c. Personality in relation to work behavior d. Personality in relation to job design 19. Job attitudes are more related to citizenship behavior than they are to job performance. True False 20. Which one of the following Big Five personality traits is also referred to as “negative affect”? a. Openness b. Neuroticism c. Conscientiousness d. Agreeableness 21. Stereotypes are generalizations based on an individual characteristi~ True False 22. Conscientiousness is the one personality trait that uniformly predicts: a. How highly adaptable to change a person is b. How highly motivated a person is to learn a new skill c. How highly detailed a person will be d. How highly performance oriented a person will be 23. How we perceive others will shape our behavior, which in turn: a. Will shape the behavior of the person we are interacting with b. Will lead to undue success or failure c. May lead to wrong inferences about objects in our environment d. Will lead to generalizations 24. Organizational commitment is the unemotional attachment people have toward the company they work for. True False 25. Research shows that fitting in with a company culture is a strong predictor of job performance. True False