Which of These Statements About the Field of Organizational Behavior

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements about the field of organizational behavior is FALSE?

• A) Organizational behavior scholars study individual, team and structural characteristics that influence behavior within organizations.
• B) Leadership, communication and other organizational behavior topics were not discussed by scholars until the 1940s.
• C) Organizational behavior emerged as a distinct field around the 1940s.
• D) The field of OB has adopted concepts and theories from other fields of inquiry.
• E) OB scholars study what people think, feel and do in and around organizations.

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Analyze cognitive development stages according to Piaget and their implications on learning and reasoning.

Consider the impact of psychosocial crises throughout human development according to Erikson.

Understand the concepts of economies and diseconomies of scale.

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