WEEK 8 Culture and Socializations

Question 1

1) Which motive for conformity most clearly involves effect dependence?
A) Socialization
B) Compliance
C) Internalization
D) Identification
E) Dissension

Answer 1

(B) Compliance as it has effect dependence (Doing work to get good marks)

Question 2

2) If I conform to my boss’s wishes because of identification, I am conforming because
A) I’m afraid of her.
B) I might be able to get her to recommend me for promotion.
C) I absolutely believe, trust, and accept her directives.
D) I see myself as similar to her.
E) I believe the issues at hand are difficult and ambiguous.

Answer 2

(D) Identification is seeing those promoting the norms as attractive or similar to oneself

Question 3

3) Which of the following is N OT a characteristic of compliance?
A) It occurs because a member subscribes to the beliefs and values underlying the norm.
B) It primarily involves effect dependence.
C) It is the simplest, most direct motive for conformity to group norms.
D) It occurs because a member wishes to avoid punishment.
E) It occurs because a member wishes to acquire rewards.

Answer 3

(A) Compliance has an effect dependence and is done to avoid punishment. answer is not related to Compliance its related to Internalization

Question 4

4) Which of the following best explains why most religious leaders conform to the norms of their religion?
A) Effect dependence.
B) Information dependence.
C) Internalization.
D) Compliance.
E) Identification.

Answer 4

(C) to avoid punishment

Question 5

5) What is the most likely motive for mere compliance to a request?
A) You identify with the person making the request.
B) You like the person making the request.
C) The request is easy and straightforward.
D) You are afraid of the person making the request.
E) You truly believe in the idea underlying the request.

Answer 5

(D) afraid of them because they could punish you

Question 6

6) From first stage to last stage, which of the following sequences accurately portrays the stages of organizational
socialization?
A) Encounter; role management; anticipatory socialization
B) Anticipatory socialization; encounter; role management
C) Anticipatory socialization; role management; encounter
D) Role management; anticipatory socialization; encounter
E) Encounter; anticipatory socialization; role management

Answer 6

(B) Anticipatory socialization - Employee begin with certain expectations about the org and the job
Encounter- First day of work
Role Management- Settling in

Question 7

7) In his last year of college, even before he took a job with a conservative bank, Randall began wearing three piece
suits regularly. To which stage of socialization does this example refer?
A) Encounter
B) Anticipatory socialization
C) Role management
D) Debasement
E) Identification

Answer 7

(B) Anticipatory Socialization. Randall knew the job and expectations.

Question 8

8) A psychological contract is
A) conformity to a social norm prompted by the desire to acquire rewards.
B) the shared beliefs, values and assumptions that exist in an organization.
C) the set of beliefs held by employees concerning the reciprocal obligations between them and their
employer.
D) an explicit agreement between a worker and their employer which states the pay and benefits offered in
exchange for work.
E) the process by which people learn the norms required to function in an organization.

Answer 8

(C) It is not explicit, Psychological is more of a set of belief that is reciprocated by the org and the employee

Question 9

9) The first day on his new job, John’s experienced workmates sent him to the equipment shed to ask the attendant
for a ridiculously named, nonexistent tool. John came back very embarrassed, much to their amusement. This is
not an example of
A) a divestiture tactic.
B) debasement.
C) a realistic job preview.
D) socialization.
E) hazing.

Answer 9

(C) Realistic job preview is shadowing, watching videos and work simulation

Question 10

10) Given the research findings, an organization would most likely introduce realistic job previews to
A) increase applicant expectations about the job.
B) increase the rate of job offer acceptance by applicants.
C) reduce absenteeism.
D) reduce turnover.
E) reduce the effects of socialization.

Answer 10

(D) Applicants are already interested in the org and know some set expectations. All the reasons to do the Job preview relates to reducing TURN OVER

Question 11

11) What socialization tactics are also known as debasement or hazing?
A) disjunctive
B) investiture
C) random
D) divestiture
E) serial

Answer 11

(D) Divestiture is embarrassing new recruits or building them up while Investiture is the opposite and it builds on the skills and attitude of new recruit’s

Question 12

12) At which stage of socialization is the new organizational member most likely to be information dependent and
effect dependent on experienced organizational members?
A) Role management
B) Anticipatory socialization
C) Encounter
D) Internalization
E) Identification

Answer 12

(C) Only three roles and when just starting it means Just ENCOUNTERING the job

Question 13

13) Even before he graduated from business school, Stan replaced his knapsack with an expensive leather briefcase.
This is an example of
A) anticipatory socialization.
B) a strong culture.
C) debasement.
D) collective socialization.
E) a realistic job preview.

Answer 13

A

Question 14

14) Alan acts in accordance with group norms because he believes that the norms are truly right. He __________ the
norms.
A) is complying with
B) is dissenting from
C) is identifying with
D) is imitating
E) has internalized

Answer 14

(E) Internalization is when you accept the beliefs and values

Question 15

15) What do newcomers need to learn about during the socialization process?
A) Performance expectations, psychological contract, culture, task.
B) Task, performance expectations, psychological contract, organization.
C) Career and psychosocial functions.
D) Health and safety issues, terms and conditions of employment, psychological contract, organizational
procedures.
E) Task, role, group, organization.

Answer 15

(E) During the Socialization process
Most important things are
Task, Role, Group, Organization

Question 16

16) Which is the best example of collective socialization?
A) Marine Corps boot camp
B) A n apprenticeship
C) Mentoring
D) On-the-job training
E) Any manager- employee relationship

Answer 16

(A) Collective Socialization is recruits going through the same experience

Question 17

17) As normally practiced, a realistic job preview
A) is put in place to reduce employee absenteeism.
B) permits a person to try out the job for a couple of weeks.
C) increases the likelihood of job offer acceptance by applicants.
D) portrays both the good and bad aspects of the j

Answer 17

(D) Shows pros and cons

Question 18

18) The patriotic soldier truly agreed with the statement, “My country, right or wrong.” His agreement is indicative
of
A) compliance.
B) dissension.
C) internalization.
D) identification.
E) effect dependence.

Answer 18

(C) Internalization as he agrees and believes in it

Question 19

19) Person- organization fit refers to
A) the match between an employee’s knowledge, skills, and abilities and the requirements of a job.
B) the match between an employee’s expectations and the expectations of the organization.
C) the match between an employee’s personal values and the values of the organization.
D) the match between an employee’s goals and the goals of the organization.
E) the match between an employee’s personality and the personality of other members of the organization.

Answer 19

(C) The math of values and culture of a person and an organization

Question 20

20) Research indicates that the expectations people have about organizations before they actually join them
A) are unrealistically low.
B) are unrealistically high.
C) are amazingly accurate.
D) are unbelievably poor.
E) are extremely vague.

Answer 20

(B)

Question 21

21) Collective socialization is not used to
A) promote loyalty to the organization.
B) promote uniform behaviour among organizational members.
C) socialize police officer recruits in a large urban police force.
D) encourage individuality in the way jobs are performed.
E) train soldiers in army boot camp.

Answer 21

(D) Collective Social is about a collection of Recruits no Individuality

Question 22

22) Organizations that handle a substantial proportion of their own socialization rather than relying on external
agents to socialize their members
A) expect their recruits to enter the organization with a high degree of anticipatory socialization.
B) don’t socialize very extensively and pretty much accept recruits as they are.
C) are less susceptible to inbreeding.
D) are especially open to new ideas and procedures.
E) wish to foster reliable, stable job behaviour over time.

Answer 22

(E) It helps build the recruit with in the org and could lead to stable job behavior over time

Question 23

23) Which person least likely experienced collective socialization with regard to her work?
A) A soldier
B) A novelist
C) A police officer
D) An airline cabin attendant
E) An IBM salesperson

Answer 23

B

Question 24

24) Which practice is most likely to lead to uniform conformity to a standard set of organizational norms?
A) Individual socialization
B) Socialization by external agents
C) Socialization via debasement
D) Disjunctive socialization
E) Collective socialization

Answer 24

(E) Such as police camps they wear the same Uniform

Question 25

25) The tailor sent the eager apprentice out to find some (nonexistent) striped thread. This is
A) socialization.
B) debasement.
C) divestiture tactic.
D) hazing.
E) all of the above.

Answer 25

E

Question 26

26) Institutionalized socialization involves all of the following tactics EXCEPT:
A) investiture
B) collective
C) serial
D) fixed
E) disjunctive

Answer 26

(E) Disjunctive as it is a Individualized Socialization

Question 27

27) Individualized socialization involves all of the following tactics EXCEPT:
A) disjunctive
B) informal
C) variable
D) random
E) serial

Answer 27

(E) Apart of Institutionalized socialization

Question 28

28) Mentoring provides a number of career enhancing benefits for the apprentice. These include
A) special tours of company facilities and presentations by top managers.
B) sponsorship, exposure and visibility, and developmental assignments.
C) acceptance and confirmation, optimal levels of stress, and financial incentives.
D) recognition and a “positive reinforcer” for being included in such a program.
E) rigorous divestiture and debasement experiences.

Answer 28

(B) Gives career functions and Psychlogical Functions like role modelling

Question 29

29) Research on women and mentoring suggests that
A) men have far more problems establishing this relationship due to the threat they pose to their mentors.
B) women who make it to executive positions invariably have had a mentor earlier in their careers.
C) women tend to link up with male mentors and men tend to link up with female mentors because
cross- gender dynamics help cement these relationships.
D) women generally make better mentors than men.
E) women, unlike men, build successful careers through peer relationships rather than linking up with a
mentor.

Answer 29

(B) Women reaching exec positions definetly had mentoring earlier

Question 30

30) There are a number of career functions of mentoring. Which of the following is NOT a mentoring career
function?
A) discipline
B) developmental assignments
C) coaching
D) visibility
E) sponsorship

Answer 30

(A) Discipline cant be mentored

Question 31

31) Which mentoring relationship is most likely to experience difficulties?
A) female protege, male mentor
B) visible minority protege, visible minority mentor
C) male protege, female mentor
D) female protege, female mentor
E) male protege, male mentor

Answer 31

(A) Male mentor have ego. Female protégé could affect his ego

Question 32

32) The hardware division and the software division had rather different beliefs, values, and assumptions. This
illustrates the operation of
A) symbolic cultures.
B) subcultures.
C) ritual cultures.
D) strong cultures.
E) pathological cultures

Answer 32

(B) Sub-Cultures are smaller cultures that develop within a larger organization based on different training

Question 33

33) Which of the following is N OT a benefit of developing and maintaining a strong organizational culture?
A) Increased coordination
B) Increased financial success
C) Ease of conflict resolution
D) Improved communication
E) Resistance to change

Answer 33

(E) Strong Culture has pros and cons
A con is Resistance to change meaning the frims ability to be innovative

Question 34

34) Stories about events in organizations
A) reflect several common themes across organizational cultures.
B) are a poor source of information about an organization’s culture.
C) generally have a good version only.
D) are not meant to communicate how things work.
E) are of historical value but fail to capture the essence of the organization’s current culture.

Answer 34

(A) Stories about past organizations reflect the Cultures themes

Question 35

35) Which of the following is a benefit of developing and maintaining a strong organizational culture?
A) Resistance to change.
B) Pathological behaviours.
C) Increased dissension.
D) Culture clash.
E) Conflict resolution.

Answer 35

(E) Conflict Resolution is a benfit to maintain a strong culture

Question 36

Organizational cultures that involve intense and pervasive beliefs, values, and assumptions are called
__________ cultures.
A) strong
B) sub
C) pathological
D) symbolic
E) ritual

Answer 36

(A)