Managing Organizational Behavior International Edition 10th Edition By Gregory Moorhead – Test Bank
Chapter 3—Behavior of Individuals
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A psychological contract is usually
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a. |
written down on a piece of paper. |
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b. |
clear about what the organization will provide employees. |
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c. |
explicitly negotiated. |
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d. |
a formal document. |
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e. |
very well-defined. |
ANS:BPTS:1
NAT:AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Communication | AACSB: HRM
TYP:Understanding
2.A psychological contract is
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a. |
a description of the intellectual work the employee will be required to complete on the job. |
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b. |
a legally binding agreement between the employer and the worker. |
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c. |
a person’s overall expectations regarding the employment arrangement. |
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d. |
a written document outlining what the employee will be paid. |
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e. |
a ideal employment contract developed by industrial psychologists. |
ANS:CPTS:1
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Ethical | AACSB: Individual Dynamics
TYP: Knowledge
3.Which of the following is an example of a contribution made to an organization as part of the psychological contract?
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effort |
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b. |
skills |
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c. |
ability |
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d. |
time |
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e. |
all of the above are contributions |
ANS: E PTS: 1 NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Individual Dynamics
TYP: Understanding
4. If you accept a position with an organization that promises advancement opportunities, the organization is providing
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a. |
inducements. |
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b. |
tangibles. |
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c. |
competencies. |
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d. |
contributions. |
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e. |
psychological contracts. |
ANS: APTS:1
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Individual Dynamics | AACSB: Motivation
TYP: Understanding
5. Expatriate managers may have a difficult time returning from an international assignment because
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a. |
the organization that they are coming back to may be different than the one they left. |
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b. |
their company is required by law to wait 30 days before rehiring them. |
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c. |
their personality has changed in the course of their absence. |
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d. |
former coworkers attempt to draw them away to different organizations. |
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e. |
they lose their citizenship if they stay away longer than five years. |
ANS: APTS:1
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Ethical | AACSB: HRM TYP: Understanding
6. The extent to which the contributions made by an individual match the inducements offered by the organization is referred to as
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a. |
a complementary contract. |
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b. |
employment alignment. |
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c. |
person-job fit. |
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d. |
workplace balance. |
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e. |
job security. |
ANS: CPTS:1
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Individual Dynamics | AACSB: HRM
TYP: Knowledge
7. A precise person-job fit is seldom achieved because
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a. |
it is easy to measure employee skill levels. |
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b. |
organizations tend to remain the same over time. |
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c. |
each person is unique. |
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d. |
hiring procedures, if implemented correctly, generate near-perfect results. |
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e. |
employees rarely make true contributions to organizations. |
ANS: CPTS:1
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Individual Dynamics | AACSB: HRM
TYP: Understanding
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