Chapter 1 Organizational Behavior Test

1.The systematic study and application of knowledge about how individuals andgroups act within the organizations where they work.

employee engagement

levels of analysis

kinesthetic learner

organizational behavior (OB) - Correct answer

2. The act of making something happen.

control group

meta-analysis

organizational behavior (OB)

causation - Correct answer

3.Evaluating organizations against three performance criteria including economic,

social, and environmental viability.

validity

correlation

triple bottom line - Correct answer

reliability

4. Measures the strength of the relationship between two variables.

kinesthetic learner

correlation - Correct answer

organizational behavior (OB)

case studies

5.The term used to describe multiple observations and is always plural (as if youwere using the word numbers).

data - Correct answer

generalizability

journaling

correlation

6. In OB, includes examining the individual, the group, and the organization.

levels of analysis - Correct answer

surveys

outsourcing

reliability

7.Practices that meet the current needs of businesses without compromising the

needs of future generations.

treatment group

correlation

sustainable business practices - Correct answer

visual learner

8. The consistency of measurement.

reliability - Correct answer

offshoring

case studies

hypotheses

9.Research conducted under controlled conditions and may include observation,

interviews, surveys, or experiments.

lab study - Correct answer

hypotheses

levels of analysis

levels of analysis

10. One who processes information most effectively by listening or talking.

causation

kinesthetic learner

auditory learner - Correct answer

meta-analysis

11.The likelihood that findings in a given study would be found in another setting orstudy.

reliability

case studies

sustainable business practices

generalizability - Correct answer

12. The term that refers to a single observation.

journaling

data

generalizability

datum - Correct answer

13. Entities that can take on different values.

variables - Correct answer

treatment group

treatment group

triple bottom line

14.An organization asking an outside organization to perform functions that couldhave been performed by itself.

experimental design

outsourcing - Correct answer

reliability

offshoring

15.One who processes information most effectively by actively engaging with the

material.

field studies

experimental design

kinesthetic learner - Correct answer

treatment group

16. Research tools used to elicit respondents reactions to specific questions.

case studies

surveys - Correct answer

treatment group

reliability

17. In-depth descriptions of a single industry or company.

case studies - Correct answer

generalizability

datum

hypotheses

18.Research conducted in actual organizations. They may include observation,

interviews, surveys, or experiments.

reliability

datum

surveys

field studies - Correct answer

19.One who processes information most effectively by looking at words and

diagrams.

visual learner - Correct answer

offshoring

sustainable business practices

hypotheses

20.Refers to some or all of a business process being moved from one country to

another country.

validity

organizational behavior (OB)

correlation

offshoring - Correct answer

21. A group that receives experimental manipulation.

reliability

lab study

treatment group - Correct answer

experimental design

22.Tentative guesses or hunches for an expected observation, phenomenon, or

scientific problem that can be tested.

hypotheses - Correct answer

meta-analysis

treatment group

auditory learner

23. A person who is fully involved in and enthusiastic about their work is engaged.

generalizability

validity

employee engagement - Correct answer

control group

24. The truth of the measurement.

offshoring

validity - Correct answer

sustainable business practices

correlation

25.A study having a group that receives a treatment and a comparison group thatreceives no treatment.

hypotheses

experimental design - Correct answer

organizational behavior (OB)

auditory learner

26.A group that does not receive any experimental manipulation so it can be

compared to a treatment group.

correlation

control group - Correct answer

variables

auditory learner

27. The process of writing out thoughts and emotions on a regular basis.

causation

experimental design

journaling - Correct answer

outsourcing

28. The process of summarizing research findings from studies on related topics.

datum

journaling

meta-analysis - Correct answer

auditory learner

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