Question 1

Among business students,undergraduates have been found to be more ethical than MBA students.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Research indicates that among business students,

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A)  undergraduates have been found to be more ethical than MBA students.
B)  undergraduates have been found to be just as ethical as MBA students.
C)  undergraduates have been found to be just as unethical as MBA students.
D)  MBA students have been found to be just as ethical as undergraduates.
E)  undergraduates have been found to be more ethical than top managers.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Soon after Liam began his new job,he started to observe his co-workers to learn about the organization and how people get things done.One thing he noticed was that some of his co-workers would try very hard to get high-profile work projects and to also sit on important committees and task forces.What is Liam observing?

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A)  Maintaining contacts
B)  Increasing internal visibility
C)  Assertiveness
D)  Ingratiation
E)  Upward appealF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

The relationship between performance and empowerment suggests which of the following relationships?

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A)  Low power-effective performance
B)  High power-effective performance
C)  Sufficient power-effective performance
D)  Legitimate power-expert performance
E)  None of the aboveF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

Legitimate power

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A)  is a function of one's formal organizational role.
B)  is less important than the other power bases.
C)  is applied equally by all those who possess it.
D)  exists when the power holder is well liked by others.
E)  is perfectly correlated with coercive power.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Research has found that harassment is more likely to be experienced by women who exhibit traditionally personality traits.

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Question 7

Which of the following is most accurate?

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A)  Older people are much more ethical than the young.
B)  Older people are marginally more ethical than the young.
C)  Young people are much more ethical than the old.
D)  Young people are marginally more ethical than the old.
E)  Old and young people are equally ethical.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

Research indicates that

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A)  formal education in ethics has little impact on ethical attitudes.
B)  extreme competition reduces unethical behaviour.
C)  business students have higher ethical standards than practising managers.
D)  people with strong economic values seem prone to unethical behaviour.
E)  managers view themselves as having looser ethical standards than their peers.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

Ethical questions usually revolve around the impact of organizational politics on various

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A)  stakeholders.
B)  subunits.
C)  Machiavellians.
D)  networks.
E)  managers.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

A political network could include

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A)  peers.
B)  subordinates.
C)  people outside one's organization.
D)  superiors.
E)  All of the aboveF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 11

More men than women have a high need for power.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Employees who very strongly with their organizations can sometimes engage in unethical activities to "help" the organization.

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Question 13

Power is a concept that applies to individuals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Describe four influence tactics and explain how each may be related to one of the individual power bases.

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Six influence tactics are actually prese...

Question 15

When it comes to performance,politics take a toll on workers.

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Question 16

The text defines ethics as treating others the way you or your organization would expect to be treated.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Blaming others when things go wrong is known as .

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Question 18

What influence tactics are most favoured for influencing peers and subordinates?

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A)  Assertiveness,ingratiation,and rationality
B)  Exchange,ingratiation,and upward appeal
C)  Exchange,assertiveness,and ingratiation
D)  Ingratiation,rationality,and exchange
E)  Upward appeal,ingratiation,and rationalityF) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

Networking can be an example of organizational politics.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to David McClelland,the most effective managers do not

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A)  use their power to achieve organizational goals.
B)  have a high need for power.
C)  show a high degree of concern about how much others like them.
D)  adopt a participative or coaching style of leadership.
E)  clarify organizational priorities for subordinates.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

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