chapter 5

Question 1

___ is defined as “a psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor”?

Question 1 options:

Emotion

Demeanor

Mood

Attitude

Answer 1

Answer: d (Attitude)

Question 2

Which of the following is not a component of attitudes?

Question 2 options:

Cognitive

Affective

Relational

Behavioural

Answer 2

Answer: c (Relational)

Question 3

According to research, promotion has the strongest relationship to overall job satisfaction among the various job facets.

Question 3 options:
True
False

Answer 3

Answer: False

Question 4

If employees are satisfied with their coworkers, they are satisfied with their job.

Question 4 options:
True
False

Answer 4

Answer: False

Question 5

Which of the following is not a core characteristic within the Job Characteristic Theory?

Question 5 options:

Autonomy

Task variety

Skills

Task significance

Feedback

Answer 5

Answer: c (Skills)

Question 6

The value-percept theory utilizes three critical psychological states to measure job satisfaction.

Question 6 options:
True
False

Answer 6

Answer: False

Question 7

_______ captures the degree to which employees feel that they are key drivers of the quality of the unit’s work.

Answer 7

meaningfulness of work

Question 8

When employees are very talented and feel a strong need for growth, core job characteristics have minimal effect on their job satisfaction.

Question 8 options:
True
False

Answer 8

Answer: False