. . . . . . . . is a systematic and planned introduction of employees to their jobs, their co-workers and the organisation.
A. Job evaluation
B. Investiture orientation
C. Induction
D. Placement
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Match the following.
List-I (Methods)
List-II (Definitions)
a. Graphic rating scale
1. Order of ranking from best to worst
b. BARS
2. Evaluation based on key incidents
c. Simple ranking
3. It lists a number of traits and a range of performance for each
d. Critical incident method
4. Rating in behavioural terms
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
C. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
D. a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
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Empowering workers is good for the organisation because
A. they then work best
B. they are better trained and productive
C. they then make better decisions and satisfy consumer needs
D. so that managers can have greater control
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A person looks at two circle. One is black and the other, is white. The retinal images are also different for the two circles, inspite of these differences, the person perceives the two circles as being identical in form. This is a case of
A. perception of Ganzfeld
B. transposition of form
C. from parallax
D. law of similarity
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Training information system includes
A. training aids
B. internal and external faculty
C. training resources
D. training needs
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A local airline refuses to hire as flight attendants, any person who is below 5 feet tall. This is an example of
A. a neutral hiring policy
B. discrimination on the basis of age
C. a permissible employee practice
D. discrimination on the basis of race and gender
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Match the following.
List-I (Stress related terms)
List-II (Their descriptions)
a. Coping behaviour
1. The resultant feeling caused by a sense of privation, deprivation or conflict in relation to the goal directed activities.
b. Deprivation
2. Dealing with situations of privation, deprivation, frustration and stress.
c. Frustration
3. Blocking or interfering with goal directed activities.
d. Glow-up
4. Feeling of challenge, high job satisfaction, creativity effectiveness and better adjustment to work and life.
A. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
B. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
C. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
D. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
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Match the following.
List-I (Key phrases)
List-II (Theorists)
a. Habit strength
1. E. L. Thorndike
b. Trial and error
2. I. P. Pavlov
c. Contiguity
3. C. L. Hull
d. Contingencies
4. B. F. Skinner
A. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
B. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
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Celebrity endorsements and objects that bring positive attitude of customer's towards a produced is classified as
A. Peripheral cues
B. Value route
C. Value cues
D. Central cues
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The study of people's perception of and reactions to fairness and unfairness in organisations is known as
A. organisational ethics
B. ethical standards
C. corporate responsibility
D. organisational justice
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Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the given figure?
A. Similar lines are grouped into one unit
B. Lines are in different directions
C. Proximity of lines makes it one unit
D. Incomplete figures are seen as complete
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The BARS constructed by Charles L. Hulin and Milton R. Blood, for appraising the performance of a clerk in a grocery store, had how many anchors of job performance?
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Internal standards used to judge stimuli are referred to as
A. adaptation level
B. context
C. intuition
D. frames of reference
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Which of the following is not a feature of development?
A. It is an education process
B. It is a process for a specific period of time
C. It causes behavioural changes
D. It leads to self-development
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Which is/are true of stress?
A. It involves physiological responses
B. It can be positive
C. It can ultimately lead to withdrawal behaviours
D. Both A and C
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When people give 'cause and effect explanation' to their behaviour, it is called
A. closure
B. stereotyping
C. attribution
D. inference
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Which of the following is not a simulation technique of development?
A. In-basket
B. Case study
C. Sensitivity training
D. Management games
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Trait approach to personality asserts that traits are
A. adjectives describing behaviour
B. discrete and discontinuous categories of people
C. generalised systems which ensure consistency in behaviour of individuals
D. psychological categories of temperament associated with specific body physique
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Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Organisation Behaviour (OB) has been influenced by the contingency approach and the interactional approach.
2. Hawthorne studies led to human relations movement.
3. Human relations movement's main emphasis was an economic needs i.e. people were more motivated by economic needs rather than social needs.
4. McGregor and Maslow were not the main proponents and figure heads of the human relations movement.
A. 1, 2 and 3 are true, 4 is false
B. 3 and 4 are true, 1 and 2 are false
C. 2 and 4 are true, 1 and 3 are false
D. 1 and 2 are true, 3 and 4 are false
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Theory demonstrates that employees react emotionally to things that happen to them at work and that this reaction influences their job performance and satisfaction.
A. Affective events
B. Self-awareness
C. Emotional intelligence
D. Multiple intelligence
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