IO Prelims - E2

According to the Hawthorne Studies, how is the workplace viewed?

• As a completely isolated environment from social interactions

• As a place for individual competition and advancement

• As a social system where people interact and everything affects one’s actions and behaviors

• As a place where personal life should not interfere

What is the conventional view of work according to the text?

• Work is glorified reducing human vitality

• Work is regarded as something that must be avoided because it makes life unhappy

• Work is a means to our individually defined ends

• Work is the price we pay to get the things that make life enjoyable

What is work centrality referring to?

• The level of automation in the workplace

• The number of tasks completed in a workday

• The physical location of the workplace

• How important work is for an individual’s life at any given point in time

What is the Marxist view of work focused on?

• Achieving work-life balance

• Creating a harmonious work environment

• Alienation of workers from the creative process and final product

• Maximizing profits for the organization

What is the mechanism of meaning of work related to self-efficacy?

• Work offering a social system from which one anchors his or her identity

• Finding work meaningful if able to live out their true self at work

• Achieving at work and receiving affirmation of their value at work increasing one’s self-worth

• Work contributing to something greater than the self such as a cause of group

What are the factors that affect organizations according to the text?

• Aging workforce & the Millennial generation

• Racial diversity & literacy

• Union representation & class

• Gender representation & employability

What is the implicit contract between an employer and an employee about?

• The employee's responsibility to work overtime without pay

• The legal obligations of the employer towards the employee

• The employer's commitment to provide unlimited benefits

• The unwritten rules such as be kind, be courteous, etc.

What is the purpose of the job offer according to the text?

• To terminate the employment contract

• To evaluate the performance of the employee

• To assign tasks to the new employee

• To provide details about the job, compensation, and benefits

What does the modern work ethic refer to?

• The physical demands of the job

• The dress code in the workplace

• The unwritten rules, policies, and directives in life

• The number of breaks allowed during work hours

What is the historical work pattern of Ancient Greece focused on?

• Viewed work as unpleasant drudgery

• Work makes one healthy and diverts one from sinful thoughts and habits

• Work and the acquisition of wealth focus human attention away from mischief

• Regarded the most desirable and the only “good” life as one of leisure