Reaction Assignments & Class Activity Questions
During Adam Grant podcast, on what basis were people hired, fired, and assigned T-shirts?
Marie-Louise shared her experience of how they assigned T-shirts and fired those not matching the executive’s personality.
Fill in the blank: correlation does not equal _______
causation
The acronym used to describe the 5 factor model of personality
O.C.E.A.N
What is the phenomenon called where each added occurrence in a given domain of life has less of an impact on us
Desensitization
What are the four different types of leadership?
Democratic/Participative, Autocratic/Directive, Laissez-faire, Transformational
To build on the weekly reaction assignments, what were 2 class activities that Professor Fienberg hosted?
Build the tallest paper tower, RSM Personality Test, and Paper Crane competition.
What is the most common and correct answer to an OB question?
it depends
Are two ways to measure someone’s personality
SELF REPORT (QUESTIONNAIRE)
INFORMANT
ASSESSING PERSONAL ARTIFACTS
Which is more susceptible to hedonic adaptation?
Gratification
Why are there fewer women leaders than men (name the three reasons we discussed in class)?
The double bind, Opt-in reluctance, Motherhood penalty
What was mentioned as temporary in the Dr. Laurie Santos Podcast & explain why it is temporary?
Acceptable answers are happiness or satisfaction as the podcast mentions how sometimes the thought of attaining joy from something isn’t the same when we get that thing. Good things only provide temporary satisfaction.
Name one research method used in OB research.
Observation, Interviews, Existing Cases, Surveys, Questionnaire,s Experiments
The psychologist that developed the frameworks for cultural values (power distance, uncertainty avoidance, short vs long term orientation etc.)
HOFSTEDE
What type of motivation is living up to your parents' expectations?
Extrinsic
When women adopt masculine traits they are ______ likely to be sexually assaulted more often. (less, more, or as).
More
When asked to draw your ideal leader; what was a trend common between men and women mentioned by my Professor? You have two attempts.
Professor Fienberg mentioned that women drew women leaders and men drew men leaders, maybe because it aids them in visualizing an “ideal” leader.
What two factors does OB aim to understand, explain, and improve?
attitudes and behaviours
One of the 5 factor model of Personality characterizes being sensitive and nervous or stable and confident.
NEUROTICISM
Recall the daycare incident what did parents consider the late fees as?
Payment for service
How many CEOs at Fortune 500 companies are women?
52 (10%)