Choosing a job that offers health care as part of its benefit package over a position that pays more but has no such health care might reflect the job seeker’s concern about
a. inner harmony.
b. imaginative.
c. family security.
d. self-respect.
(c) Medium/Application
50. Which instrumental value might surveys find to be prevalent in Wall Street brokers?
a. forgiveness
b. ambition
c. obedience
d. imagination
(b) Difficult/Application
51. Values change over the generations, evolving in response to historical contexts. Which of the following statements is true regarding values of different generations?
a. Generation Xers (born between the mid-1960s and 1980s) are very group-oriented.
b. Generation Xers (born between the mid-1960s and 1980s) see work as central in their lives.
c. Generation Xers (born between the mid-1960s and 1980s) don’t care what they do for work, they just want money.
d. Generation Xers (born between the mid-1960s and 1980s) have to see a congruence between personal goals and organizational ones before they work toward company goals.
(d) Medium/Evaluation
52. Which of the following statements about values is true?
a. Values impact the individual, but not how they work.
b. Values are not very stable; they change over short periods of time.
c. Values affect the decisions people make, but have little impact on their behavior.
d. Values are the result of accumulation of life experiences.
(d) Medium/Synthesis
53. Early experiences are important influences over dominant values. If Sharon was raised by an aunt because her parents had both died when she was ten, she most likely would see what value as central to her life?
a. an exciting life
b. security
c. self-respect
d. forgiveness
(b) Medium/Evaluation
54. The relatively stable feelings, thoughts, and behavioral patterns a person has is
a. values.
b. personality.
c. self-esteem.
d. conscientiousness.
(b) Easy/Knowledge
55. Study findings on personality indicate
a. we are more emotionally stable and more organized between the ages of 20 and 40.
b. personality is the primary predictor of work behavior.
c. although personality impacts us during our youth it has no lasting consequences for us.
d. although it is interesting information, employee personality has relatively little impact on placing individuals in jobs.
(a) Medium/Analysis
56. Maurice is described as “very curious. He has very original thoughts. He is a bright young man with a very creative flair.” Maurice exhibits the personality trait of
a. extraversion.
b. agreeableness.
c. conscientiousness.
d. openness.
(d) Medium/Application
57. Lauren takes a personality survey and finds she strongly exhibits the trait of agreeableness. She might be described as being
a. organized, punctual, systematic and dependable.
b. nice, tolerant, sensitive and kind.
c. outgoing, talkative, and sociable.
d. curious, creative and original.
(b) Easy/Comprehension
58. Jennifer complains to her friends every Friday night about her job. Each week she tells them she is going to leave her company even though she has been working there for five years. Jennifer is likely to be
a. high in conscientiousness.
b. high in neuroticism.
c. low in agreeableness.
d. high in extraversion.
(b) Difficult/Evaluation
59. __________ is the degree to which a person is anxious, irritable, aggressive and moody.
a. Neuroticism
b. Extraversion
c. Conscientiousness
d. Openness
(a) Easy/Knowledge
60. People who exhibit the Big 5 personality characteristic of openness would be most likely to work in which of the following firms?
a. an entrepreneurial start-up in the high tech industry
b. a large discount retailer like Wal-Mart
c. a large fast food franchise
d. a small business that makes cardboard boxes
(a) Difficult/Synthesis
61. Across a variety of occupations and jobs, what is the one personality trait that most uniformly predicts how high a person’s performance will be?
a. conscientiousness
b. extraversion
c. agreeableness
d. openness
(a) Medium/Analysis
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