The Contingency Anchor of Organizational Behaviour States That

question 60

Multiple Choice

The contingency anchor of organizational behaviour states that:

• A)we should have a second OB theory to explain the situation in case our first choice doesn't work.
• B)OB theories must view organizations as systems that need to adapt to their environments.
• C)there is usually one best way to resolve organizational problems.
• D)a particular action may have different consequences in different situations.
• E)All of the answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Contingency Table

A tabular method to represent and analyze the relationship between two or more categorical variables, showing the distribution of one variable across levels of the other variable(s).

Chi-square Test of Independence

A statistical analysis aimed at identifying a meaningful relationship between two variables that can be categorized.

Quantitative Variables

Variables that represent measurable quantities and can take on numerical values.

Chi-Square Test

A statistical method to assess the differences between categorical variables in a contingency table, comparing observed frequencies to expected frequencies.