A Supervisor's Negative Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of an Employee Is More

question 134

Multiple Choice

A supervisor's negative self-fulfilling prophecy of an employee is more likely to influence that employee's behaviour and performance when:

• A)the employee has a history of low achievement.
• B)the employee has been working in that job for at least one year.
• C)the employee's coworkers have confidence in the employee's potential.
• D)All of the answers are correct.
• E)the employee has a history of low achievement and the employee has been working in that job for at least one year.

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Definitions:

Cronbach's Alpha

A measure of internal consistency or reliability of the items in a test or questionnaire, indicating how closely related the items are as a group.

Correlation Coefficients

Correlation coefficients are statistical measures that quantify the degree to which two variables change in relation to each other, indicating both the strength and direction of this relationship.

Concurrent Validity

The extent to which test scores correlate with scores from other related measures assessed at the same time.

Discriminant Validity

The extent to which a construct is truly distinct from other constructs by correlating weakly with variables from which it is supposed to differ.