Midterm Questions And Answers 2023-2024
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A contingent worker is…
• an offshore worker
• FLSA-nonexempt
• part-time or
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• a knowledge worker
As a cultural dimension, masculinity reflects the extent to which people in a society learn to tolerate…
• inequality
• uncertainty
• gender differences
• collectivism
As a cultural dimension, power distance reflects the extent to which people in a society learn to
tolerate…
• gender differences
• inequality
• short-term thinking
• uncertainty
Thinking that one member of a group in society must be like all other members:
• self-similarity bias
• categorical imperative
• fundamental attribution error
• stereotyping
Offshoring is a special type of outsourcing that involves…
• bringing foreign workers into the country to decrease labor costs
• selling off a business unit to another company
• moving financial assets offshore to avoid taxation
• contracting with a firm in another country
Ethnocentrism refers to a belief in one’s own…
• ability to learn
• imagination
• stereotypes
• culturalsuperiority
Self-esteem refersto…
• confidence in one’s ability to perform tasks
• an orientation toward learning and growth
• awareness of one’s own emotionalstate
• pride in oneself or one’s accomplishments
As a personality factor, neuroticism refersto…
• sensitivity to the aftereffects of one’s own actions
• a lack of flexibility to changing circumstances
• a kind of mental illnessthat requirestreatment
• a preference forsocializing oversolitary activity
As a personality factor, extraversion refersto…
• sensitivity to the aftereffects of one’s own actions
• a lack of flexibility to changing circumstances
• a kind of mental illnessthat requirestreatment
• a preference forsocializing oversolitary activity
Short definition of a Machiavellian philosophy:
• the ends justify the means
• to the victor go the spoils
• all’s well that ends well
• the leader is above the law
Tolerance for ambiguity refersto…
• a propensity to pursue risky endeavors
• comfort with vague or incomplete information
• having an open mind about racial differences
• feeling that one is the master of one’s own fate
As an MBTI category, thinkers make decisions…
• impersonally, based on objective criteria and logic
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