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Assignment:
May you just give the answer to the following Multiples choice (one sentence explanation would be great).
1. On her second day on the job, Ronda was having difficulty using a software program. Within a few minutes of noticing she was having trouble, another associate came to her aid. This voluntary activity may or may not be rewarded buy will improve the overall quality of the workplace. Does this scenario best describe which of the following?
- Creative task performance
- Adaptive task performance
- Citizenship behavior
- Routine task performance
- Counterproductive behavior
2. The efforts of Coach Anderson have made the Silver Hawks the best football team in Brooklyn. The team owners tell Coach Anderson that his efforts have varsity improved the team's performance and they believe his continuing efforts will result in the Silver Hawks being ranked as the best team on the East Coast. Which psychological empowerment concept best describes the impact of the owner's comments on Coach Anderson's motivation?
- Meaningfulness
- Self-determination
- Impact
- Competence
- Self-Dignity
3. Mei decides to go out for the softball team. In the off-season, she began a strict training program to prepare for tryouts. She believes this high-level effort will result in her making the team. This best describes which of the following:
- Psychological empowerment
- Instrumentality
- Expectancy
- Equity
- Valence
4. Ashley, the Human Resources manager at People's Pulse, wants to introduce a new method of performance appraisal that clearly differentiates the good performers from the average and low performers because executives at the company are thinking about reducing the workforce because of financial difficulties. The appraisal method she chooses should help management link each employee's performance to his or her compensation and decisions about whether to retain them. Which of the following approaches should he adopt?
- Social networking systems
- Linear graph
- Forced ranking
- Up-down approach
- Behaviorally anchored rating scales.
5. Amelia was working in her cubicle and having a productive workday. When it came time for a coffee break she headed to the breakroom. There, Amelia found a group of colleagues talking One of them began complaining about a new policy. As Amelia returned to work she felt okay, but began to feel distracted and not as happy as she did before this interaction. When one person can "catch" or be infected by the emotions of another person it is called"
- Emotional contagion
- Engagement
- Empathy
- Emotional Labor
- Attachment
6.. Juan was reading a top strategy scientific journal. During his reading, he discovered a series of articles that replicated results from various population samples. The results he read about changed his opinion of the subject. Of the following methods, which best fit this scenario?
- Method of behavior
- Method of experience
- Method of authority
- Method of science
- Method of intuition
7. At Mechanic Inc. a new engineering firm, the Director of Talent Acquisition decided to use a relatively new performance appraisal system. It involved collecting performance information not just from the supervisor but from anyone else who might have firsthand knowledge about the employee's performance behaviors. Which of the following best describes that?
- Benchmarking
- Behavioral observation scales
- Management by objectives
- Behaviorally anchored rating scales
- 360-degree feedback
8. Jason Brown decided to leave the NFL to pursue a career in farming. Although he had a lot of money and notoriety from his NFL career, he decided that the outcome of giving back to others by combating hunger via farming was more satisfying. The idea of assigning value to outcomes is best defined as____
- Job Change Theory
- Instrumentality
- Past Accomplishments
- Valence
9.____theory argues that employee behavior is directed toward pleasure and away from pain or more generally, toward certain outcomes, and away from others.
- Expectancy
- Goal setting
- Equity
- Psychological empowerment
- Extrinsic
10. Which of the following is true regarding emotions?
- Being moved by another's situation is a negative emotion
- Enhancement of identity by taking credit for achievement is a negative emotion.
- Failing to live up to your ideal self is termed as guilt, a negative emotion
- Emotions are directed at someone or some circumstance.
- Revulsion aroused by something offensive is a shame.
11. Employees consider__ for a given task by taking into account their observations and discussions with others who have performed similar tasks.
- vicarious experience
- verbal persuasion
- past accomplishments
- Instrumentality
- emotional cues
12. Mary was listening to her favorite podcast during a morning run. Coincidently, a CEO Mary respected was being interviewed on the podcast. While listening, Mary heard the CEO make some bold investing beliefs and strategies. Mary was impressed with the CEO's statements and change her opinion based on what she heard. Of the following methods, which best fits this scenario?
- Method of science
- Method of experience
- Method of behavior
- Method of intuition
- Method of authority
13. According to scholars, the resource-based view of organizations states that people are valuable assets because their knowledge, skills, and abilities are rare and also because people are___. Which of the following best describes the importance of people?
- good followers
- Easy to train
- easily available
- inimitable
- infallible