Deck 2: Influences on Employee Behavior

Question 1

KSA stands for knowledge, skills and attitudes.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Downsizing is the voluntary reduction in the size of the workforce

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In general need theories of motivation focus on a deficiency that energizes behavior.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The self-fulfilling prophecy is also called the Pygmalion effect

Question 5

A major focus of most HRD interventions is to change employee behavior.

Question 6

Cohesiveness means that group members are willing to remain a part of the group?

Question 7

Outcomes can be either personal to the employee or organizationally focused.

Question 8

In expectancy theory, the importance that an individual places upon a particular outcome is called instrumentality.

Question 9

In equity theory employees compare themselves to their goals.

Question 10

Attitudes can easily be used to explain all behaviors.

Question 11

The motivational theories by Maslow and Alderfer are examples of cognitive theories of motivation.

Question 12

Goals do not need to be agreed to by employees to be effective.

Question 13

According to path-goal theory of leadership motivation and job satisfaction will be high if the leader identifies the goals and clarifies the paths employees can take to reach these goals.

Question 14

According to social learning theory, self-efficacy is defined as a person's beliefs about their ability to perform a job.

Question 15

The employee work outcomes in the Wagner-Hollenbeck model of motivation and performance are: Desire to perform, effort, performance and motivation.

Question 16

Specific and difficult goals lead to higher performance than do vague and easy goals.

Question 17

Groupthink means that a group is 'smarter' than the individuals in the group.

Question 18

Leadership is the coercive influence used to direct and coordinate the activities of a group toward accomplishing a goal.

Question 19

According to the self-fulfilling prophecy a supervisors expectations of behavior can impact the employee's behavior

Question 20

According to the leader-member exchange model of leadership supervisors have a similar relationship with all of their employees?

Question 21

Downsizing is:

A)When one company buys another
B)When two companies merge their operations
C)When an employees work load is reduced by hiring more employees
D)When a company reduced the size of the work force

Question 22

In expectancy theory, the importance that an individual places upon a particular outcome is called a(n):

A)instrumentality
B)valence
C)expectancy
D)extrinsic motivation

Question 23

The idea that a supervisor's (or trainer's) expectations for an employee (or trainee) can influence the employee's (or trainee's) behavior is referred to as the:

A)Pygmalion effect
B)vertical-dyad-linkage theory
C)path-goal theory
D)Groupthink theory

Question 24

Behavior modification principles suggests four choices for controlling an employee's behavior. These include all of the following EXCEPT:

A)positive reinforcement
B)termination
C)extinction
D)negative reinforcement

Question 25

Internal forces impacting employee behavior include all of the following except?

A)KSA's
B)Motivation
C)Technological changes
D)Attitudes

Question 26

An organizational outcome of employee behavior would include:

A)Downsizing
B)Pay
C)Productivity
D)Recognition

Question 27

A personal outcome of employee behavior would include:

A)Downsizing
B)Pay and recognition
C)Teamwork
D)Productivity

Question 28

Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCB) can include behaviors such as:

A)the specific job task
B)organizational responsibility
C)organizational ethics
D)an organization's commitment to innovation and initiative taking

Question 29

Reinforcement theory deals mainly with:

A)trainability
B)rewards and punishment
C)intrinsic motivation
D)the need for social belonging

Question 30

A person's general feeling of favorableness or unfavorable toward some object is the definition of a(n):

A)ability
B)outcome
C)motivation
D)attitude

Question 31

According to social learning theory, self-efficacy is defined as a person's beliefs:

A)about their ability to successfully perform a particular task or activity
B)about their overall worth or sense of value
C)that performing a particular task will lead to a given outcome
D)that the cause of their behavior is something external to themselves

Question 32

Internal forces that impact employee behavior:

A)Include the nature of the organization
B)Include motivation, attitude and KSA'S
C)Are those things outside the employee him/her self
D)Would include praise for a job well done

Question 33

Which motivation theory suggests that people compare the outcomes they received to the outcomes received by others?

A)equity theory
B)attribution theory
C)goal-setting theory
D)expectancy theory

Question 34

Employee behavior at work is not influenced by:

A)Coworkers
B)Political issues outside work
C)The organization reward structure
D)The supervisor one works for

Question 35

According to the text an organization can influence employee behavior in the following ways EXCEPT:

A)bonus pay
B)culture
C)laws and regulations
D)job design

Question 36

The motivational theories by Maslow and Alderfer are examples of what type of motivational approach?

A)cognitive
B)meta-analytic
C)noncognitive
D)need-based

Question 37

Downsizing.

A)Is not very common among large companies
B)Was a trend of the 1950's but not seen often today
C)Usually causes a large jump in profits and stock price
D)Is a voluntary reduction in the overall size of the workforce

Question 38

In terms of salesperson's knowledge, skill and abilities, which of the following task would be considered an ability?

A)technical troubleshooting
B)"cold calling"
C)developing relationships
D)audiovisual expertise

Question 39

The following are factors in the work environment that effect an employee's behavior EXCEPT:

A)supervision
B)coworkers
C)organizational design
D)outcomes

Question 40

External forces impacting employee behavior include all of the following except?

A)KSA's
B)Labor market conditions
C)Labor Unions
D)Economic conditions

Question 41

Maslow's need theory of motivation:

A)Contains 2 factors
B)Contains 5 categories of needs
C)Focuses on existence, relatedness and growth
D)None of the above are true

Question 42

According to Social Learning Theory a person's self-efficacy expectations will determine:

A)Whether or not they will do the task correctly
B)How much effort a person will spend on a task
C)The size of the reward they expect
D)Whether or not they like doing the task

Question 43

Alderfer's theory of motivation:

A)Contains 2 factors - hygiene and motivator factors
B)Contains 5 categories of needs
C)Focuses on existence, relatedness and growth
D)None of the above are true

Question 44

The behavioral intentions model:

A)Explains why attitudes always predict actual behaviors
B)Impact behavior only to the extent that they influence one's intentions
C)Is the best way to evaluate a training program
D)Has no link to employee's intentions to use what they learn during a training program.

Question 45

Goals setting theory:

A)Is well supported by research
B)Works only for some employees
C)Has no role in training
D)Works only if the goals are easy to achieve

Question 46

Job design is:

A)Not important in the way employees behave
B)A function of the tasks one performs and the scope of responsibilities
C)Done by HR Designers only once each year
D)The way the employee performs the job

Question 47

Organization culture is:

A)Illegal to talk about
B)Of no interest to training and development
C)A set of values, beliefs and patterns of behaviors that are shared by members of the organization
D)A factor only for management level employees

Question 48

According to path-goal theory of leadership motivation and job satisfaction will be high if:

A)The leader identifies the goals and clarifies the paths employees can take to reach these goals.
B)The leader identifies the goals and lets the employees seek their own path to reach these goals.
C)The leader lets the employee identify their own goals and then ignores their efforts
D)None of the above are true

Question 49

Groupthink means that:

A)People are grouped at work by their IQ
B)People in groups usually seek unanimity
C)Groups spend more time thinking than doing
D)It actually does not exist as a concept

Question 50

Abilities

A)Are a combination of what you can do and what you have learned over time
B)Reflects what you have been trained to do
C)Are an understanding you have of a particular subject
D)Are a general capacity to perform a task

Question 51

Herzberg's theory of motivation:

A)Contains 2 factors - hygiene and motivator factors
B)Contains 5 categories of needs
C)Focuses on existence, relatedness and growth
D)None of the above are true

Question 52

The self-fulfilling prophecy means that:

A)What you see is what you get
B)A picture is worth 1000 words
C)If you value the reward you will work hard
D)The supervisors expectations can impact employee behavior

Question 53

Which is the correct sequence of events according to Behavior modeling theory?

A)Let them see a model, tell the trainee what to do practice, feedback and social reinforcement
B)Tell the trainee what to do, let them see a model, practice, feedback and social reinforcement
C)Tell the trainee what to do, let them see a model, feedback, practice and social reinforcement
D)Tell the trainee what to do, let them see a model, social reinforcement, practice and feedback

Question 54

Motivation focuses on all of the following processes affecting behavior except:

A)Energizing
B)Direction
C)Cohesiveness
D)Persistence

Question 55

A norm is best defined as:

A)A part of company policy
B)An informal rule for appropriate behavior with a group
C)A written policy for behavior
D)Something each employees makes up for themselves

Question 56

The organization impacts employee behaviors based on:

A)The type, distribution and criteria for rewarding people
B)How much money a person makes compared to others
C)Whether or not there is a bonus
D)Pay has not impact on employee behaviors

Question 57

A major goal of HRD efforts includes all except:

A)Stay within budget
B)Help employees attain their goals
C)Improve organizational performance
D)Change employee behavior

Question 58

Social loafing:

A)Increases as group size increases
B)Goes down as the group gets smaller
C)Is a tendency of members to reduce performance
D)All of the above are true

Question 59

Organizational rewards:

A)Includes only things like pay and benefits
B)Has no impact on employee behavior
C)Includes pay and intangible things like recognition.
D)Work most effectively when they are used as control mechanisms

Question 60

The concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy is also called:

A)Pygmalion effect
B)Self efficacy
C)Instrumentality
D)Valence