Online Access Free Organizational-Behaviors-and-Leadership Practice Test

What is true about social loafing in the work place?
Select one.

• A.It challenges the logic that the productivity of a group should be at least equal to the sum of productivity of each individual in the group.
• B.It seeks to reconcile divergent attitudes and to align attitudes and behaviors so they appear rational and consistent.
• C.It supports low employee performance and satisfaction when employees are performing structured tasks in groups.
• D.It increases employee expectations that effort will lead to a lower level of performance when tasks are ambiguously structured.

Which contingency theory of leadership proposes that early in the interaction between a leader and a given follower the leader implicitly categorizes the follower as an "in" or an "out"?
Choose 1 answer

• A.Situational leadership theory
• B.Leader-participation model
• C.Path-goal theory
• D.Leader-member exchange theory

What is a positive effect of a cohesive group?
Select one.

• A.Improving group productivity
• B.Bringing heterogeneity to the process
• C.Promoting value flexibility
• D.Reducing group norm effect

Recognize how workplace politics influence behavior within an organization.
How do employees often respond when feeling threatened by organizational politics?
Choose 1 answer

• A.With high performance pressures
• B.With proactive behaviors
• C.With defensive behaviors
• D.With organizational investment

When organizing a team to develop a new quality control system, management wanted to assign team members having characteristics common to effective teams.
Which list specifies common characteristics of effective teams?
Choose 1 answer

• A.A climate of trust, members who fill role demands, and a large team size
• B.A manageable level of conflict, members who are conscientious, and effective leadership
• C.Group performance evaluation, absence of conflict, and members who fill role demands
• D.Group performance evaluation, members who score low on the personality characteristic of extroversion, and effective leadership