Major Job Attitudes and Cognitive Dissonance Theory Quiz
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What is the degree to which a person identifies with his/her job, actively participates in it, and considers his/her performance important to self-worth?

  • Organizational Commitment
  • Value theory
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Job Involvement (correct)

    • Which theory emphasizes the link between attitudes and behavior, where individuals seek a stable state and want to reduce dissonance or incompatibility?

  • Cognitive Dissonance Theory (correct)
  • Organizational Commitment
  • Two-factor theory
  • Locke’s Value theory

    • What is the degree to which an employee identifies with a particular organization, its goals, and wishes to maintain membership in the organization?

  • Organizational Commitment (correct)
  • Job Involvement
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Two-factor theory

    • Which theory of job satisfaction focuses on the distinction between job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction as two separate factors?

    <p>Two-factor theory (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an individual’s general attitude towards his/her job, as defined in the text?

    <p>Job Satisfaction (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which theory of job satisfaction is based on the premise that job satisfaction depends on the perceived fairness of the outcomes received compared to one's inputs?

    <p>Locke’s Value theory (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is cognitive dissonance?

    <p>The incompatibility between attitudes or behavior and attitudes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines the desire to reduce dissonance according to the text?

    <p>The importance of the elements creating the dissonance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three ways to eliminate dissonance mentioned in the text?

    <p>Reduce the importance of the dissonant beliefs, add more consonant beliefs, change the dissonant beliefs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is emotional dissonance in the workplace?

    <p>The conflict between emotions experienced by the employee and those required by the organization (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does emotional dissonance develop in the workplace?

    <p>When there is an internal conflict in an employee caused by a difference in emotions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the desire to reduce dissonance influenced by according to the text?

    <p>The importance of the elements creating the dissonance (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is cognitive dissonance?

    <p>The incompatibility between attitudes or behavior and attitudes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines the desire to reduce dissonance according to the text?

    <p>The importance of the conflicting elements and the individual's perceived influence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many ways are mentioned in the text to eliminate dissonance?

    <p>Three (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is emotional dissonance in the workplace?

    <p>Conflict between required and experienced emotions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does emotional dissonance develop in the workplace?

    <p>When there is an internal conflict in an employee caused by a difference in emotions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What becomes evident when an employee is dealing with negative emotions at work?

    <p>The conflict between experienced and required emotions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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