Organizational Behavior An Evidence-Based
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Approach, 12 Edition by Fred Luthans
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Table l#of l#Content
Chapter l#1: l#Introduction l#to l#Organizational l#Behavior: l#An l#Evidence-Based l#Approach
Chapter l#2: l#Environmental l#Context: l#Globalization, l#Diversity, l#and l#Ethics
Chapter l#3: l#Organizational l#Context: l#Design l#and l#Culture
Chapter l#4: l#Organizational l#Context: l#Reward l#Systems
Chapter l#5: l#Personality, l#Perception, l#and l#Employee l#Attitudes
Chapter l#6: l#Motivational l#Needs, l#Processes, l#and l#Applications
Chapter l#7: l#Positive l#Organizational l#Behavior l#and l#Psychological l#Capital
Chapter l#8: l#Communication l#and l#Decision l#Making
Chapter l#9: l#Stress l#and l#Conflict
Chapter l#10: l#Power l#and l#Politics
Chapter l#11: l#Groups l#and l#Teams
Chapter l#12: l#Behavioral l#Performance l#Management
Chapter l#13: l#Effective l#Leadership l#Processes
Chapter l#14: l#Great l#Leaders: l#An l#Evidenced-Based l#Approach
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Chapter 01 l#
l# Introduction to Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach
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True l#/ l#False l#Questions
1. The l#major l#challenge l#and l#critical l#competitive l#advantage l#for l#any l#organization l#is l#the l#human
l # resource l#of l#that l#company.
True False
2. Casey, l#a l#relationship l#manager l#in l#a l#bank l#creates l#value l#for l#her l#organization l#through l#her
l # networks, l#connections, l#and l#friends. l#These l#values l#can l#be l#referred l#to l#as l#"positive l#psychological
l # capital."
True False
3. Roger, l#a l#sales l#manager l#for l#Heust l#Pvt. l#Ltd., l#is l#impressed l#with l#his l#new l#sales l#executive, l#Tim.
l # According l#to l#Roger, l#Tim l#is l#optimistic, l#can l#perform l#well l#under l#pressure, l#and l#is l#very l#confident
l # about l#what l#he l#does. l#These l#qualities l#can l#be l#referred l#to l#as l#"positive l#psychological l#capital." l#
l # True False
4. The l#problems l#with l#human l#organizations l#and l#the l#solutions l#over l#the l#ages l#have l#undergone
l # drastic l#changes l#compared l#to l#their l#emphasis l#and l#surrounding l#environmental l#context.
True False
5. A l#paradigm l#establishes l#only l#written l#rules.
l # True False
6. ‘Paradigm l#shift' l#refers l#to l#the l#situation l#in l#which l#those l#in l#the l#existing l#paradigm l#may l#not l#even
l # see l#the l#changes l#that l#are l#occurring, l#and l#therefore, l#cannot l#analyze l#the l#changes.
True False
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7. Reasons l#for l#considerable l#resistance l#to l#change l#and l#difficulty l#to l#move l#from l#the l#old
l # management l#paradigm l#to l#the l#new l#can l#be l#explained l#by l#the l#"paradigm l#effect."
True l# l# l # False
8. The l#fact l#that l#today's l#managers l#are l#competent l#in l#their l#functional l#specialization l#is l#sufficient
l # to l#reiterate l#that l#most l#of l#them l#paid l#close l#attention l#to l#the l#conceptual l#and l#human l#dimensions l#of
l # their l#jobs.
True l# l# l # False
9. According l#to l#Theory l#X, l#if l#employees l#were l#kept l#happy, l#they l#would l#become l#high
l # performers.
True l# l# l # False
10. Theory l#X l#is l#the l#natural l#choice l#for l#most l#organizations l#in l#today's l#environment.
l # True False
11. Most l#of l#the l#practicing l#managers l#and l#their l#organizations l#cultures l#believe, l#fully l#implement,
l # and l#consistently l#adhere l#to l#a l#full-fledged l#HPWPs l#approach l#to l#management.
True l# l# l # False
12. The l#movement l#to l#not l#only l#recognize, l#but l#also l#do l#something l#about l#the l#"Knowing-Doing
l # Gap" l#is l#the l#movement l#towards l#evidence-based l#management.
True l# l# l # False
13. Most l#of l#the l#"new l#management l#practices" l#are l#essentially l#a l#readapted l#version l#of l#existing
l # "old l#management l#truths."
True l# l# l # False
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