All of the Following Statements About the Field of Organizational

question 37

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about the field of organizational behaviour are accurate, EXCEPT:

• A)Organizational behaviour scholars study individual, team, and structural characteristics that influence behaviour within organizations.
• B)OB scholars study what people think, feel, and do in and around organizations.
• C)Organizational behaviour emerged as a distinct field around the 1940s.
• D)Given the specific utility of the field, OB is useful for the managers in the organizations and not the employees.
• E)The field of OB has adopted concepts and theories from other fields of inquiry.

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Definitions:

Notice A Difference

The act of observing or identifying a change or dissimilarity between two or more things, often an initial step in analytical or critical thinking processes.

Psychophysical Function

The relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce.

Magnitude Estimation

A psychophysical method where participants assess and assign numerical values to the magnitude of a stimulus, comparing it to a reference.

Perception Study

A research area focused on how individuals interpret and make sense of sensory information.