chapter 1

Question 1

The main reason for studying organizational behaviour is to:

a) Understand the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations.

b) Explain the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations.

c) Improve the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations.

d) All of the above

e) Only ‘a’ and ‘c’

Answer 1

d (all of the above)

Question 2

Organizational events are usually studied from which of these three common levels of analysis?

Question 2 options:

Team, global, and organizational

Contingency, universal, and systematic

Acquisition, sharing, and use

Team, individual, and organizational

Virtual, real, and hypothetical

Answer 2

Answer: d (team, individual, and organizational)

Question 3

Which theory suggests that rare and inimitable resources help firms maintain competitive advantage?

Question 3 options:

Scientific management

Resource-based view

Rational-legal model

None of the above

Answer 3

Answer: b (Resource-based view)

Question 4

Hypotheses are a collection of assertions that specify how and why variables are related, as well as the conditions in which they should (and should not) be related.

Question 5 options:
True
False

Answer 4

Answer: False

Question 5

A study showed that the correlation between social recognition and job performance among a group of Burger King employees was .28. In organizational behaviour research, this correlation is considered strong.

Question 6 options:
True
False

Answer 5

Answer: False

Question 6

The two primary outcomes in studies of OB are __________
and _____________:

Answer 6

job performance and organizational commitment