Section 2

Question 1

What makes up the MARS Model?

Answer 1

• Motivation
• Ability
• Role Perceptions
• Situational Factors

Question 2

What are the big 5 personality traits?

Answer 2

-  Openness to Experience
-  Conscientiousness
-  Extraversion (Introversion)
-  Agreeableness
- Neuroticism (Emotion stability)

Question 3

What are the 3 ethical principles?

Answer 3

1. Utilitarianism
2. Individual Rights
3. Distributed Justice

Question 4

What is Utilitarianism?

Answer 4

seek the greatest good for the greatest

number of people.

Question 5

What is Individual Rights?

Answer 5

everyone has entitlements that let her or

him act in a certain way.

Question 6

What is Distributed Justice?

Answer 6

people who are similar should receive

similar benefits and burdens

Question 7

What are the cross-cultural values?

Answer 7

• Individualism vs. Collectivism
  - Power Distance
  - UncertaintyAvoidance
  - Masculinity vs. Femininity (Achievement vs. Nurturing)

Question 8

What does the ASA process mean?

Answer 8

• Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA)

Organizations attract and select individuals with similar
personalities & values and lose individuals with dissimilar personalities & values.

Question 9

What are deep-level and surface-level diversity?

Answer 9

Surface-Level – Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Age, & Disabilities
Deep-Level – Personality Values, Religion, & Sexual Orientation

Question 10

What are the 4 consequences of job dissatisfaction?

Answer 10

1. Exit
2. Voice
3. Loyalty
4. Neglect

Question 11

What is the trait that employers often focus on during hiring?

Answer 11

Conscientiousness

Question 12

What are the two traits that are important for improving team performance?

Answer 12

1. Conscientiousness

2. Agreeableness

Question 13

Individualism vs. Collectiveness

Answer 13

The focus of this dimension is on the question regarding whether people have a preference for being left alone to look after themselves or want to remain in a closely knitted network.

Question 14

What is Power Distance?

Answer 14

This dimension explains the extent to which members who are less powerful in a society accept and also expect that the distribution of power takes place unequally.

Question 15

What is Uncertainty Avoidance?

Answer 15

the extent to which the members belonging to a society are capable of coping with future uncertainty without going through stress.

Question 16

Masculinity vs. Femininity (Achievement vs. Nurturing)

Answer 16

Masculinity implies a society’s preference for assertiveness, heroism, achievement and material reward for attaining success. On the contrary, femininity represents a preference for modesty, cooperation, quality of life and caring for the weak.

Question 17

What feeds into the MARS model?

Answer 17

• Personality
• Values
• Self-concept
• Perceptions
• Emotions & Attitudes
• Stress