Due to Increasing Costs in Hiring Practices,your Boss Asks You

question 24

Multiple Choice

Due to increasing costs in hiring practices,your boss asks you to find out if any dimensions of personality have been positively linked to job performance.This finding may help in creating a future assessment for job applicants.After some research,you discover that ____ has been linked to job performance across many occupations.

• A) openness
• B) conscientiousness
• C) extraversion
• D) agreeableness

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Definitions:

Option

A financial derivative that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a set price within a specific period.

Firm Completion

A commitment to finish a project or deliver a product by a specified date.

Asymmetric Information

Assumes managers have more complete information than investors about a firm’s prospects—can have an important effect on capital structure.

Diversified Portfolios

Investment strategies involving the mixing of various asset classes and securities to reduce risk through diversification.