Petra Made a Large Mistake on a Report She Submitted

question 14

Multiple Choice

Petra made a large mistake on a report she submitted to her boss,and it ended up costing the company a significant amount of money.When asked why this had occurred,she blamed one of her coworkers for giving her erroneous information for the report.Petra is expressing

• A) low agreeableness.
• B) an external locus of control.
• C) organizational citizenship behavior.
• D) counterproductive work behavior.
• E) low emotional stability.

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Definitions:

Applied Research

Investigations designed to tackle concrete challenges instead of just accumulating information for the sake of it.

Basic Research

Investigation and study conducted to increase fundamental knowledge and understanding of physical, chemical, or functional mechanisms, without immediate practical application.

Temporal Precedence

A principle in establishing causation indicating that the cause must occur before the effect.

Covariation

The measure of how much two variables change together, indicating the extent to which they are associated.