OBHR 330 Exam 1 – Purdue Questions And Answers 2023 What is OB? - Answer "A field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations." What are the primary methods that we use to know things in OB? - Answer 1.Experience
- Intuition
- Authority
- Science
What are the steps in the scientific method? - Answer Theory, Hypotheses, Data, Verification, repeat.Theory - Answer 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 be related.Hypotheses - Answer Testable predictions about the conditions under which an event(s) will occur Explain the resource based view of organizations and its different facets - Answer Resource value to Rare to Inimitable (History, Numerous Small Decisions, Socially Complex Resources) "Good people are hard to find." What is a correlation? - Answer Variants of the correlation coefficients are used to test hypotheses, to see if they verify our theory.Task Performance - Answer The behaviors directly involved in transforming organizational resources into the goods or services an organization produces (i.e., the behaviors included in one's job description) What are the facets of task performance and examples of each? - Answer Routine, Adaptive, & Creative Citizenship Behavior - Answer Voluntary activities that may or may not be rewarded but that contribute to the organization by improving the quality of the setting where work occurs What are the forms of citizenship behavior and examples of each? - Answer Interpersonal & Organizational.Organizational- Voice, Civic Virtue, & Boosterism, Interpersonal - Helping, Courtesy, & Sportsmanship Helping - Answer Assisting coworkers with heavy workloads, aiding them in personal matters, showing new people the ropes 1 / 2
OBHR 330 Exam 1 – Purdue Questions And Answers 2023 Courtesy - Answer keeping coworkers informed/in the loop about stuff that might be relevant to them Sportsmanship - Answer maintain a good attitude with coworkers (not competing) maintain a good attitude with coworkers (not competing) - Answer Sportsmanship Voice - Answer speaking up for and offering constructive suggestions for change Civic Virtue - Answer attending voluntary meetings, keeping up with company announcements & news Boosterism - Answer Representing the organization in a positive way when "outside" in public Counterproductive Behavior - Answer Employee behaviors that intentionally hinder organizational goal accomplishment What are the forms of counterproductive work behaviors and examples of each? - Answer Property deviance, Production deviance, Political deviance, & Personal aggression Production Deviance - Answer wasting resources & Substance abuse Property Deviance - Answer sabotage & theft Political Deviance - Answer gossiping & incivility Personal Aggression - Answer harassment & abuse How are the facets of job performance related? - Answer Counterproductive behavior has a strong negative correlation with citizenship behavior, but is only weakly related to task performance.Organizational Commitment - Answer a desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of an organization Describe the different facets of org commitment and provide examples - Answer affective commitment, continuance commitment, & normative commitment Affective commitment - Answer Want - A desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of an organization because of an emotional attachment to, or involvement in, that organization Continuance commitment - Answer Need - A desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of an organization because of an awareness of the costs associated with leaving
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