Lance Recently Earned His Doctorate from a Historic University, Famous

question 42

Multiple Choice

Lance recently earned his doctorate from a historic University, famous for its top academics and sports programs. While in graduate school, he was very active in student life and intramurals and maintained an active social life while earning high marks for his teaching and research. Upon graduation, he was elected "senator at large" for the alumni association and still maintains strong relationships with his faculty and mentors. After graduation, Lance was hired as an assistant professor at a metropolitan University. This University is only 30 years old, has no sports program and very little collegiality among the faculty and staff. Although his teaching evaluations are high, he gets very little positive input from his supervisors and feels that he is constantly being abused and overworked by the administration, regardless of his personal life. With which two job attitudes is Lance most likely having issues?

• A) cognitive dissonance and job satisfaction
• B) job satisfaction and employee engagement
• C) employee engagement and perceived organizational support
• D) perceived organizational support and cognitive dissonance
• E) job satisfaction and perceived organizational support

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