- When implementing culture change, a manager should use a laissez-faire approach.
- True
- False
- Intelligence and conscientiousness are positively related to leader effectiveness.
- True
- False
- Which of the following statements about the effect of power is true?
- Expert power has a generally negative effect
- Referent power has a slightly positive effect
- Reward power has a generally negative effect
- Coercive power has a slightly negative effect
- Legitimate power has a slightly negative effect
- An example of a stressor at the group level is:
- Excessive job demands
- A manager providing inadequate direction
- A high-pressure environment
- Life-work imbalance
- A job with no autonomy
- A program to help new recruits integrate, assimilate, and transition to new jobs by making them familiar with corporate policies, procedures, culture, and politics and by clarifying work-role expectations and responsibilities is known as a(n):
- Onboarding program
- Realistic job preview
- Mentoring program
- Sponsorship program
- Developmental network
- Organizations with hierarchical cultures are described as:
- Internally focused and valuing flexibility
- Externally focused and valuing flexibility
- Internally focused and valuing stability and control
- Externally focused and valuing stability and control
- Both internally and externally focused and valuing flexibility
- The process by which a person learns the values, norms, and required behaviors which permit her or him to participate as a member of the organization is known as:
- Anticipatory socialization
- Organizational socialization
- Mentoring
- A realistic job preview
- Coaching
- Normally, organizations with a hierarchical culture have narrower spans of control than flatter organizations.
- True
- False
- An organization’s long-term direction and the actions necessary to achieve planned results are contained in its mission statement.
- True
- False
- Reward, coercive, and negative legitimate power tend to produce compliance, and sometimes resistance.
- True
- False
- Situational theories of leadership propose that the effectiveness of a particular leader style depends on the situation.
- True
- False
- A functional structure can save money by grouping together people who need similar materials and equipment.
- True
- False
- Of the following, the strongest predictor(s) of organizational politics is(are):
- Personality
- Organizational structure
- Trust in coworkers and negative affect
- Counterproductive work behaviors
- High turnover and absenteeism
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