Management and Organizational Behavior

File: ch01, Chapter 1: Introducing Organizational Behavior

True/False

1. Organizational behavior is the study of human behavior in organizations.

Ans: True
Difficulty: Easy
Response: See page 4
Reference: Introducing Organizational Behavior

2. Learning about organizational behavior will help individuals develop a better work-related understanding about themselves and others.

Ans: True
Difficulty: Medium
Response: See page 4
Reference: Introducing Organizational Behavior

3. The early focus of the systematic study of management was on physical working conditions, principles of administration, and principles of industrial engineering.

Ans: True
Difficulty: Medium
Response: See page 4
Reference: Introducing Organizational Behavior

4. Organizational behavior is an interdisciplinary body of knowledge with strong ties to psychology, sociology, criminal justice, and anthropology.

Ans: False
Difficulty: Medium
Response: See page 5
Reference: Introducing Organizational Behavior

5. Organizational behavior seldom uses scientific methods to develop generalizations about behavior in organizations.

Ans: False
Difficulty: Easy
Response: See page 5
Reference: Introducing Organizational Behavior

6. Research in organizational behavior is based on scientific thinking which means the proposed explanations are carefully tested and the explanations that can be scientifically verified are the only ones that are accepted.

Ans: True
Difficulty: Easy
Response: See page 5
Reference: Introducing Organizational Behavior

7. Scientific methods models in OB are not able to link causes with outcomes due to the human element.

Ans: False
Difficulty: Hard
Response: See page 5
Reference: Introducing Organizational Behavior

8. Commonly used organizational behavior research methods include case studies, survey studies, meta analyses, field studies and laboratory studies.

Ans: True
Difficulty: Medium