Intro to orgb
Term for a belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes
Psychological Safety
What is the strongest indicator of job performance amongst the Five Factor Model of Personality?
Conscientiousness
Fill in the blank: (blank) is the mental or physical capacity to do something
Ability
Term that describes two or more people working interdependently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose
Team
Which concept describes the tendency of group members to conform to group norms and suppress dissenting viewpoints, often leading to poor decision-making?
Groupthink
Term for assuming that others can read our minds- that others know what our intentions are
Illusion of Transparency
What is the major criticism of the Myers-Briggs test?
Low reliability – 50% of people who take the exam 5 weeks later get a different result
What theory holds that motivation is a function of fairness in social exchanges?
Equity theory
Fill in the blank: Time-consumption, conformity pressures (groupthink), and domination by small numbers are all examples of (blank) in group decision-making
Weaknesses
Fill in the blank: (blank) is a personality test used by many top companies in the US, but was found to be unreliable after subjects personality type results changed every few months.
Myers-Briggs
Fill in the blanks: Organizational behavior is the field of behavioral science that explores the (blank) and (blank) of individuals and groups in organizations
Attitudes and Behaviors
Who is best at assessing someone’s personality?
Friends, colleagues, and acquaintances
Fill in the blank: Relationships at work determine the potential flow of (blank)
Resources
Term used to describe when members exert less effort when feeling less accountable for team outcomes relative to independent work that results in individually identifiable outcomes
Social loafing
Which personality trait from the Big Five model is most strongly associated with leadership effectiveness?
Extraversion
What are the 2 types of approaches that cohesive teams can take to define roles and plan?
Labor-based and Outcome based
What is the term that describes the feeling of attachment and loyalty an employee may feel towards their company?
Organizational commitment
What are the 3 parts of the expectancy theory?
Effort, performance, and rewards
What are the 2 types of conflicts that arise in group decision-making and how do they differ?
Task conflict and Relationship conflict; whether the disagreement is related to the task at hand
Which theory suggests that employees are more likely to be motivated when they believe their efforts will lead to good performance and desirable rewards?
Expectancy theory
What are the 3 qualities of a good goal?
Ambitious but attainable, well-defined implementation intentions, explicitly defined and shared by all
What theory states that job satisfaction is dependent on how well a job aligns with the employee’s values?
Value-Percept Theory
What are the 4 pathways to building high-quality connections?
Respectfully engaging, task enabling, playing, and trusting
What are the two basic kinds of norms and how do they differ?
Descriptive norms and Prescriptive norms; shared beliefs about what is typical/usual vs shared beliefs about what people should do
Fill in the blank: Low (blank) on the big 5 personality test is correlated with high job satisfaction and lack of burnout
Neuroticism