MBA 560 CH.8 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS 2024.

MBA 560 CH.8 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS 2024. 1) One of the challenges in understanding organizational behavior is that it addresses issues that aren't obvious. - CORRECT ANSWER True 2) Organizational behavior is primarily concerned with group interactions. - CORRECT ANSWER False, it's concerned w/ individual, group, and organizational. 3) The goals of OB are to explain, predict, and understand behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER False, explain, predict, and influence 4) Attitudes are evaluative statements concerning objects, people, or events. - CORRECT ANSWER T 5) Individuals try to reconcile attitudes and behavior so they are both rational and consistent. - CORRECT ANSWER T 6) Cognitive dissonance arises when people feel that their behavior and attitudes are consistent. - CORRECT ANSWER False, inconsistent 7) The discomfort that results from high dissonance can be reduced when an individual feels that she has a choice in the matter. - CORRECT ANSWER False, no choice 8) Research shows that high job satisfaction correlates with high productivity. - CORRECT ANSWER T 9) Personality is defined as a unique combination of behavioral, emotional, and thinking patterns that each person has. - CORRECT ANSWER T