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BUSM 2011 Final Exam: Questions With SolutionsWhat are the big five personality traits? Right Ans - openness,
conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, negative affectivity
Extraversion Right Ans - the tendency to experience positive emotions and
moods and to feel good about oneself and the rest of the world EX: walking
around chatting with people
Negative Affectivity Right Ans - the tendency to experience negative
emotion and moods, to feel distressed, and to be critical of oneself and others
EX: "I'll never get this done"
Agreeableness Right Ans - get along well with others, but does not mean
agree to everything
EX: help a person in need
Conscientiousness Right Ans - tendency to be careful, scrupulous, and
persevering
EX: someone who is always on time, always above standard
Openness (to Experience) Right Ans - tendency to be original, have broad
interests, be open to a wide range of stimuli, be daring, and take risks
EX: "I'll do it!"
Internal locus of control Right Ans - tendency to locate responsibility for
one's fate within oneself
EX: "I failed the exam because I didn't study enough"
External locus of control Right Ans - tendency to locate responsibility for
one's fate in outside forces and to believe one's own behavior has little impact
on outcomes
EX: "I failed the exam because of the teacher, the exam, the book, the class
Self-esteem Right Ans - the degree to which individuals feel good about
themselves and their capabilities
Need for achievement Right Ans - desire to perform well and meet
standards for excellence
,Correlated with "Conscientiousness" and "Achievement-oriented" leadership
style
Need for affiliation Right Ans - - extent to which an individual is concerned
about establishing and maintaining good interpersonal relations, being liked,
and having other people get along
- An unhealthy level of this might be correlated with low self-esteem
Need for power Right Ans - - the extent to which an individual desires to
control or influence others
- Studies showed presidents were high in this
- Some jobs require a need for power
Job satisfaction Right Ans - collections of feelings and beliefs that a
manager has about their job
Organizational commitment Right Ans - collective of feelings and beliefs
that a manager has about their organization as a whole
Things related to job dissatisfaction Right Ans - - Uninteresting work
- Lack of job security
- Incomes not on pace with inflation
- Spending more on health insurance
- Bad boss
- Long hours
example of formal culture Right Ans - Bank, accounting firm
example of informal culture Right Ans - start-ups, Google
example of top-down culture Right Ans - boss is boss and no one gives
input
example of bottom-up culture Right Ans - employees give input
example of flexible culture Right Ans - Google
example of unyielding culture Right Ans - accounting firms
, example of creative culture Right Ans - Google
example of predictable culture Right Ans - accounting firms
example of serious culture Right Ans - bank or accounting firm
example of fun culture Right Ans - Google
ASA framework Right Ans - A model (Attraction - Selection - Attrition) that
explains how personality may influence organizational culture
What does the ASA framework do for a company? Right Ans - You are
attracted to similar others so then you select or hire similar others and then
the similar others are more likely to stay so even if you hire people different
from you, they are more likely to leave
terminal value Right Ans - A lifelong goal or objective that an individual
seeks to achieve
instrumental value Right Ans - A mode of conduct that an individual seeks
to follow
Norms Right Ans - Unwritten, informal codes of conduct that prescribe
how people should act in particular situations and are considered important
by most members of a group or organization
Value system Right Ans - the terminal and instrumental values that are
guiding principles in an individual's life
Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB's) Right Ans - Behaviors that are
not required of organizational members but that contribute to and are
necessary for organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and competitive
advantage
Attitude Right Ans - a collection of feelings and beliefs
Moods Right Ans - a feeling or state of mind
emotions Right Ans - intense, relatively short-lived feelings
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