49) Which of the following is a terminal value according to the Rokeach value survey?
A) ambition
B) personal discipline
C) goal-orientation
D) social recognition
E) self-improvement
50) Which of the following is an instrumental value according to the Rokeach value survey?
A) prosperity and economic success
B) social recognition
C) personal discipline
D) health and well-being
E) meaning in life
51) John Holland’s personality–job fit theory presents six personality types. Which of the
following is one of these six types?
A) analytic
B) imaginative
C) practical
D) investigative
E) intuitive
52) With reference to John Holland’s personality–job fit theory, people belonging to the
“realistic” type will be most suitable for the job of a(n) ________.
A) painter
B) accountant
C) mechanic
D) lawyer
E) biologist
53) You are seeking to fill the position of corporate accountant, and have administered Holland’s
Vocational Preference Inventory questionnaire to all candidates. The best candidates for the
position would have which of the following personality types?
A) conventional
B) realistic
C) enterprising
D) investigative
E) social
54) With reference to John Holland’s personality–job fit theory, people belonging to the
“investigative” type tend to be ________.
A) imaginative, disorderly, and idealistic
B) shy, genuine, and persistent
C) sociable, friendly, and cooperative
D) analytical, curious, and independent
E) conforming, efficient, and practical
55) With reference to John Holland’s personality–job fit theory, people belonging to the
________ type prefer verbal activities in which there are opportunities to influence others and
attain powers.
A) realistic
B) conventional
C) artistic
D) enterprising
E) investigative
56) With reference to John Holland’s personality–job fit theory, people belonging to the
“enterprising” type prefer ________.
A) activities that involve helping others
B) activities that involve thinking, organizing, and understanding
C) physical activities that require skill, strength, and coordination
D) ambiguous and imaginative activities that allow creative expression
E) activities in which there are opportunities to influence others and attain power
57) Which of the following is not one of Hofstede’s five dimensions of national culture?
A) power distance
B) flexibility versus rigidity
C) individualism versus collectivism
D) long-term versus short-term orientation
E) uncertainty avoidance
58) With reference to the Hofstede’s framework, a class or caste system that discourages upward
mobility is more likely to exist in a nation that scores ________.
A) high on individualism
B) low on masculinity
C) high on power distance
D) low on uncertainty avoidance
E) high on long-term orientation
59) With reference to the Hofstede’s Framework for Assessing Cultures, ________ emphasizes a
tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look
after them and protect them.
A) uncertainty avoidance
B) long-term orientation
C) masculinity
D) collectivism
E) power distance
60) According to the Hofstede’s framework, ________ indicates the degree to which people in a
country prefer structured to unstructured situations.
A) collectivism
B) power distance
C) long-term orientation
D) uncertainty avoidance
E) collectivism
61) People in cultures with long-term orientation ________.
A) are less rule oriented, take more risks, and more readily accept change
B) look to the future and value thrift, persistence, and tradition
C) treat women as the equals of men in all respects
D) emphasize a tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are
a part to look after them and protect them
E) tolerate large inequalities of power and wealth
62) Which of the following cultural dimensions identified by GLOBE does not have an
equivalent in Hofstede?
A) future orientation
B) power distance
C) performance orientation
D) individualism/collectivism
E) gender differentiation
63) Personality appears to be a result of both hereditary and environmental factors but research
has tended to support the importance of the environment over heredity.
64) According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to
the “feeling” type are flexible and spontaneous.
65) According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification, people belonging to
the “judging” type want control and prefer their world to be ordered and structured.
66) According to the Big Five Model, a person who scores low on the openness to experience
dimension tends to be nervous, anxious, depressed, and insecure.
67) The openness to experience dimension of the Big Five Model captures our comfort level
with relationships.
68) Generally, agreeableness is associated with higher levels of career success (especially
earnings).
69) Janet keeps emotional distance from her co-workers and believes that the ends can justify the
means. Janet would rate high in Machiavellianism.
70) High Machs perform better when they interact face to face with others rather than indirectly.
71) High self-monitoring managers are less likely to occupy central positions in an organization
than low self-monitoring managers.
72) High self-monitors tend to pay less attention to the behavior of other people than do low self-
monitors.
73) Values tend to be stable and enduring.
74) According to the Rokeach Value Survey, instrumental values refer to preferable modes of
behavior, or means of achieving one’s terminal values.
75) According to John Holland’s personality–job fit theory, individuals belonging to the
“realistic” type prefer rule-regulated, orderly, and unambiguous activities.
76) According to the Hofstede’s framework, individualism describes the degree to which people
in a country accept that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
You are assembling a team to work on a long-term project which requires creativity, persistence,
and formal thinking. The only piece of information available to you is the Myers-Briggs Type of
each of the applicants. These results are shown below:
Candidate
Alan
Brenda
Cameron
Drusilla
Ellen
Myers-Briggs
Type
INTJ
ESTJ
ENTP
ESFP
INFP
77) You need to choose a lead person for the team. This person must be a visionary; combining
an original mind with great drive. Who would be the best candidate based on their Myers-Briggs
Type?
A) Alan
B) Brenda
C) Cameron
D) Drusilla
E) Ellen
78) You are looking for an organizer, a person who is realistic, logical, and analytical. Who
would be the best candidate based on their Myers-Briggs Type?
A) Alan
B) Brenda
C) Cameron
D) Drusilla
E) Ellen
79) You need a person who is innovative, individualistic, and versatile and is attracted to
entrepreneurial ideas. Who would be the best candidate based on their Myers-Briggs Type?
A) Alan
B) Brenda
C) Cameron
D) Drusilla
E) Ellen
80) You know that your customers are demanding and sometimes difficult. So the salesperson
should be able to withstand high levels of stress. Which personality dimension taps a person’s
ability to withstand stress?
A) extraversion
B) openness to experience
C) conscientiousness
D) emotional stability
E) agreeableness
81) Jane Simpson rates low on conscientiousness. Which of the following statements is most
likely to be true about Jane?
A) She will be easily distracted.
B) She will be creative.
C) She will be nervous, depressed, and insecure.
D) She will perform better in jobs that require significant interpersonal interaction.
E) She will be positive and optimistic.
82) You wish to predict job satisfaction for each of your employees. Which of the five facets of
personality will probably be of the most interest in this case?
A) extraversion
B) agreeableness
C) conscientiousness
D) emotional stability
E) openness to experience
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You have decided to use Holland’s Typology of Personality and Congruent Occupations to help
your friends recognize which jobs they would be well-suited for. Monica is shy, stable, and
persistent. Neil is ambitious and energetic and likes to dominate conversations. Jessica is
idealistic, impractical, and very imaginative. Walter is efficient and practical, but he lacks
imagination and tends to be inflexible. Chris is analytical, independent, and an original thinker.
83) According to Holland’s Typology, Monica’s personality type is “________”.
A) investigative
B) social
C) realistic
D) artistic
E) enterprising
84) Which of your friends is best suited to being an accountant?
A) Walter
B) Neil
C) Jessica
D) Monica
E) Chris
85) Which of your friends is most likely to find a successful career as a writer?
A) Walter
B) Neil
C) Jessica
D) Monica
E) Chris
86) Who might be well-suited to being a lawyer?
A) Walter
B) Neil
C) Jessica
D) Monica
E) Chris
87) Define personality.
88) What are the various categories in which the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classifies
people?
89) Briefly describe the five key traits in the Big Five personality model.
90) Describe conscientiousness and explain how it can predict behavior at work.
91) Describe the Big Five personality dimension of emotional stability and explain how it can
predict behavior at work.
92) Compare the characteristics of extraverts with those of introverts.
93) Explain the effect of core self-evaluation on job performance.
94) Describe the personality characteristic of Machiavellianism.
95) Describe the personality trait of self-monitoring.
96) Describe the characteristics of people with a high level of other-orientation.
97) What are values?
98) Discuss with examples terminal values and instrumental values as identified by the Rokeach
Value Survey.
99) Discuss John Holland’s personality–job fit theory.
100) Describe the five value dimensions of national culture as identified by the Hofstede‘s
framework for assessing cultures.
101) What is the main difference between Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and the GLOBE
framework?