Question 1

Your cousin Bob, who works for a woman, tells you that research shows that women likely to use the command-and-control militaristic style of leadership. You look this up in the textbook. Do you find his statement to be true or false?

Accepted Answer

Research generally shows that women are more likely to adopt a transformational leadership style, emphasizing collaboration, mentorship, and empowerment, rather than a command-and-control approach.

Question 2

You are in the process of motivating your employees and one tactic you are using is job enrichment. This is the process of adding different kinds of duties to the individual's job so that work is performed at both a higher level and is more personally satisfying.

Accepted Answer

Job enrichment involves adding more variety and responsibilities to an employee's role, aiming to give them more satisfaction and motivation by making their work more meaningful and engaging.

Question 3

The notion of individual will was the concept developed by Rousseau in The Social Contract.

Accepted Answer

The concept of the "general will" (volonté générale) is central to Rousseau's The Social Contract, not individual will. Rousseau argued that the general will represents the collective interest of the people, which can sometimes differ from individual desires.

Question 4

The idea that "work expands to fill the time available for its completion," is the Peter Principle.

Accepted Answer

This idea is known as Parkinson's Law, not the Peter Principle. The Peter Principle states that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence."

Question 5

Your older sister, Beth, once sent you a postcard from her job in Washington saying, among other things, that she was feeling alienated at work. You believed then that she had a feeling of belongingness in work, good control of the job, and joy in her position. Now that you have read this chapter was your understanding true or false?

Accepted Answer

Feeling alienated at work typically means feeling isolated, disconnected, or out of sync with the workplace, which contradicts the notions of belongingness, control, and joy in one's position.

Quiz 7: Organizational Behavior

Your cousin Bob, who works for a woman, tells you that research shows that women likely to use the command-and-control militaristic style of leadership. You look this up in the textbook. Do you find his statement to be true or false?

You are in the process of motivating your employees and one tactic you are using is job enrichment. This is the process of adding different kinds of duties to the individual's job so that work is performed at both a higher level and is more personally satisfying.

The notion of individual will was the concept developed by Rousseau in The Social Contract.

The idea that "work expands to fill the time available for its completion," is the Peter Principle.