103 Test Bank for Organizational Behavior 4th Edition by
Colquitt

True - False Questions
The Rule of One-Eighth suggests that about 88 percent of the companies will
actually do what is required to build profits by putting people first.
1.

True

2.

False

Leader power and negotiation summarize how individuals attain authority over
others.
1.

True

2.

False

The resource-based view suggests that a resource is more valuable when it can
be imitated.
1.

True

2.


False

Causal inferences means establishing that one variable really does cause
another.
1.

True

2.

False

Much of what we know about organizational behavior is considered universal
and "culture-free" showing that managing people faces the sane challenges
everywhere.
1.

True

2.

False

The strength of a correlation can be inferred from the "compactness" of its
scatterplot.
1.

True


2.

False

According to the method of experience, people hold firmly to some belief
because scientific studies have tended to replicate results using a series of
samples, settings, and methods.
1.

True

2.

False

The method of authority suggests that people hold firmly to some belief
because some respected official, agency, or source has said it is so.
1.

True

2.

False

To counter the effects of a bad product, effective management of OB can help
make the product get better, incrementally, over the long term.
1.

True

True

2.

False

Meta-analyses cannot form the foundation for evidence-based management.
1.

True

2.

False

The integrative model of OB was designed with the Rule of One-Eighth in mind.
1.

True

2.

False

Resources like culture, teamwork, trust, and reputation are termed "socially
complex" because it is not always clear which organizations do (and do not)
possess them, though it is clear how they came to develop.
1.

True


2.

False

People create history, a collective pool of experience, wisdom, and knowledge
that benefits the organization.
1.

True

2.

False

Job satisfaction does not have an effect on job performance and organizational
commitment.
1.

True

2.

False

The integrative model of organizational behavior suggests that individual
mechanisms result in organizational and group mechanisms which, when
combined with individual characteristics, lead to individual outcomes.
1.



True


2.

False

Learning and decision making deal with how employees gain job knowledge
and how they use that knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job.
1.

True

2.

False

According to the resource-based view of organizations, a firm's resources do
not include resources related to organizational behavior, such as the
knowledge, ability, and wisdom of the workforce.
1.

True

2.

False

Theory is defined as a collection of assertions—both verbal and symbolic—that

Strategic management focuses on the product choices and industry
characteristics that affect an organization's profitability.
1.

True


2.

False

The integrative model of OB acknowledges that employees work in one or more
work teams led by some formal leader.
1.

True

2.

False


Multiple Choice Questions - Page 1
_____ is a field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately
improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in
organizations.
1.

A. Organizational behavior


4.

D. Strategic management

5.

E. Human resource management

Which of the following reflect(s) the degree to which employees feel that their
company does business with fairness, honesty, and integrity?
1.

A. Job satisfaction

2.

B. Trust, justice, and ethics

3.

C. Team processes

4.

D. Personality and ability

5.

E. Motivation



B. Culture

3.

C. Team processes

4.

D. Personality

5.

E. Stress

Which of the following considers employees' psychological responses to job
demands that tax or exceed their capabilities?
1.

A. Job satisfaction

2.

B. Ability

3.

C. Job performance

4.

Which of the following group mechanisms summarize how individuals attain
authority over others?
1.

A. Leader cultural values

2.

B. Leader personality

3.

C. Leader styles and behaviors

4.

D. Leader responsibilities

5.

E. Leader power and negotiation

Which of the following is an example of a group mechanism?
1.

A. Team characteristics and diversity

2.

B. Motivation


5.

E. Leader power

Research on satisfaction, emotions, and team processes found in OB draws
heavily from studies in _____.
1.

A. anthropology


2.

B. organizational goals

3.

C. industrial relations

4.

D. social psychology

5.

E. team management

In the integrative model which organizational mechanism captures shared
knowledge about the rules, norms, and values that shape employee attitudes


3.

C. Team processes

4.

D. Personality

5.

E. Organizational commitment

OB primarily uses _______ models to understand motivation, learning, and
decision making.
1.

A. marketing

2.

B. economic

3.

C. labor union

4.

D. strategic


A. individual outcome

2.

B. organizational mechanism

3.

C. individual characteristic

4.

D. individual mechanism

5.

E. group outcome

OB research on job performance and individual characteristics draws primarily
from studies in _____.
1.

A. industrial and organizational psychology

2.

B. social relations

3.

5.

E. It suggests that the value of resources depends on a single factor.

_____ is the organizational mechanism in the integrative model that captures
"the way things are" in an organization.
1.

A. Organizational structure

2.

B. Organizational ability

3.

C. Organizational leadership

4.

D. Organizational performance

5.

E. Organizational culture

Which of these individual mechanisms captures the energetic forces that drive
employees' work efforts?
1.


3.

C. Job performance and organizational commitment

4.

D. Learning and decision making

5.

E. Organizational structure and organizational culture


As employees gain experience, they obtain job knowledge and use this
knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job. Which individual
mechanism is referred to in this statement?
1.

A. Team processes

2.

B. Trust, justice, and ethics

3.

C. Learning and decision making

4.



A. individual mechanisms

2.

B. organizational mechanisms

3.

C. group mechanisms

4.

D. individual outcomes

5.

E. group outcomes

Which of the following is one of the two primary goals managers have for their
employees?
1.

A. Maximization of job performance.

2.

B. Optimization of stock price.

3.


5.

E. Collections

The level of creativity demonstrated by PIXAR animators is rare. Therefore,
according to the _______, these employees are valuable to the firm.
1.

A. resource-based view of organizations

2.

B. integrative theory of organizational behavior

3.

C. normative selection model

4.

D. economic theory of the firm

5.

E. performance based theory of organizations

Donna believes that 360 degree performance review is ideal for her company
because she recently read about a major survey of Fortune 100 companies that
highlighted the effectiveness of this method. Which of the following

B. technologically advanced

3.

C. socially complex

4.

D. rare

5.

E. simple

Which of the following correlations indicate no statistical relationship between
two variables?
1.

A. 1

2.

B. -1

3.

C. 0

4.



A. Method of education

2.

B. Method of experience

3.

C. Method of intuition


4.

D. Method of authority

5.

E. Methods of science

Culture, teamwork, trust, and reputation are examples of _____.
1.

A. socially complex resources

2.

B. easy-to-develop resources

3.


E. The sample size is large enough.

In the 1960s, a popular ad stated that "Blondes have more fun!" This is an
example of ______.
1.

A. a positive correlation

2.

B. negative causation

3.

C. data

4.

D. verification

5.

E. a proven fact

Frank, an HR manager, believes that his implementation of HR practices in the
company is impeccable, because he received the inputs for these practices
from the CEO himself. Which of the following philosophies is he relying on?
1.


3.

C. Method of science

4.

D. Method of experience

5.

E. Method of behavior

The scientific method begins with _____.
1.

A. auditing

2.

B. hypotheses

3.

C. theory

4.

D. verification

5.


2.

B. Gamma analysis

3.

C. Meta-analysis

4.

D. Causal analysis

5.

E. Beta analysis

Which of the following methods suggests that people hold firmly to some belief
because it is consistent with their own experience and observations?
1.

A. Method of intuition

2.

B. Method of authority

3.

C. Method of science


In organizational behavior research, a correlation of +1 between two variables
is considered:
1.

A. weak.

2.

B. to be an absence of relationship.

3.

C. arbitrary.


4.

D. irrelevant.

5.

E. perfect.

Which of the following correlations indicate a perfect statistical relationship
between two variables?
1.

A. 1



4.

D. Data

5.

E. Theory

Culture, trust, teamwork, and reputation are termed "_____" because it's not
always clear how they came to develop, though it is clear which organizations
do possess them.
1.

A. socially complex

2.

B. vague

3.

C. natural structures

4.

D. evidence-based resources

5.



2.

B. Multiple alternative explanations exist for the correlation.

3.

C. The presumed cause precedes the presumed effect in time.

4.

D. The study was conducted in an open environment.

5.

E. The sample size is large enough.

Of the following methods, which suggests that people hold firmly to some
belief because some respected official, agency, or source has said it is so?
1.

A. Method of intuition

2.

B. Method of authority

3.

C. Method of science


Tran is interested in the effects of the choice of reward on employee motivation.
She knows that there have been several studies done on this subject and
compares their results looking for an average correlation. Tran is conducting a
______.
1.

A. meta-analysis

2.

B. mediocre analysis

3.

C. medial analysis

4.

D. remedial analysis

5.

E. moderated analysis

Which of the following suggests that people hold firmly to some belief because
it "just stands to reason"—it seems obvious or self-evident?
1.

A. Method of intuition

4.

D. Collections

5.

E. Consolidations


According to the Rule of One-Eighth,
1.

A. at least 88 percent of organizations will do everything necessary to put people first and
thereby build profits.

2.

B. at best 12 percent of organizations will actually do what is required to build profits by
putting people first.

3.

C. 75 percent of organizations won't believe the connection between how they manage
their people and the profits they earn.

4.

D. 38 percent of the organizations try to make a single change to solve their problems.

5.


B. Frederick Taylor

3.

C. Charles Darwin

4.

D. Sir Francis Bacon

5.

E. Adam Smith

10 Free Test Bank for Organizational Behavior 4th Edition
by Colquitt Free Text Questions
Explain the scientific method and its impact on Organizational Behavior.
Answer Given

The scientific method begins with theory, defined as a collection of assertions—both
verbal and symbolic—that specify how and why variables are related, as well as the


conditions in which they should (and should not) be related. But theories must be tested
to verify that their predictions are accurate. The scientific method requires the formation of
a hypothesis, which is a written prediction that specifies relationships between variables.
Then relevant data is collected and the hypothesis is verified or tested for accuracy. The
theory is reformulated if the hypothesis is wrong.


Answer Given

Correlation is a method used to identify the statistical relationship between two variables.
A correlation, abbreviated r, describes the statistical relationship between two variables.
Correlations can be positive or negative and range from 0 (no statistical relationship) to ±1
(a perfect statistical relationship).


Briefly explain the importance of individual mechanisms that feature in the
integrative model of organizational behavior.
Answer Given

Several individual mechanisms directly affect job performance and organizational
commitment. These include job satisfaction, which captures what employees feel when
thinking about their jobs and doing their day-to-day work. Another individual mechanism is
stress, which reflects employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or
exceed their capacities. The integrative model also includes motivation, which captures
the energetic forces that drive employees' work effort. Trust, justice, and ethics reflect the
degree to which employees feel that their company does business with fairness, honesty,
and integrity. The final individual mechanism shown in the model is learning and decision
making, which deals with how employees gain job knowledge and how they use that
knowledge to make accurate judgments on the job.

Explain the Rule of One-Eighth.
Answer Given

According to the rule of One-Eighth, only one-half of organizations will believe the
connection between how they manage their people and the profits they earn. One-half of
these organizations, who see the connection, will do what other organizations have
already done—try to make a single change to solve their problems, not realizing that the