When Trait Appraisals Are Used

question 59

Multiple Choice

When trait appraisals are used,

• A)managers focus on the outcomes of work behaviors.
• B)it is important that employees possess specific traits to ensure high job performance.
• C)evaluations may be viewed as unfair or discriminatory by employees.
• D)managers can give employees feedback to help significantly improve performance.
• E)the characteristic traits are usually short-lived and change often.

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Definitions:

Action Potentials

Rapid and temporary electrical impulses that travel along neurons, essential for nerve impulse transmission.

Axon Hillock

The cone-shaped region of an axon of a neuron where the axon joins the cell body, and where action potentials are initiated.

Initial Segment

The part of a neuron where the axon originates from the cell body, crucial for the initiation of action potentials.

EPSPs

Excitatory PostSynaptic Potentials, which are increases in post-synaptic membrane potential caused by the flow of positively charged ions into the post-synaptic cell, potentially leading to action potential.