Basing managerial decisions on the best available scientific support is called ________.

Organizations use many variants of teams in their pursuit of achieving organizational goals. Some teams reflect traditional team-structure models as reflected in functional work-unit teams that help to provide the ongoing, day-to-day work of the organization. Other team models, designed to respond to immediate, specific needs of the organization, have different team characteristics in that they are often small in size, are fast forming, and are short-duration in their life span. These teams include committees, task forces, and project or problem-solving teams. This quantitative study, using small, fast forming, short-duration teams, examined the relationship between leadership behaviors and level of group cohesion and team dynamics including follower’s level of extra effort, level of satisfaction, and perception of leadership effectiveness among 85 university administration and faculty members that performed onsite evaluations on behalf of an accrediting body (ACBSP) as part of the accreditation process. This study used the MLQ (Form-5x short) questionnaire to measure transformational and transactional leadership styles, perception of leadership effectiveness, and member satisfaction with leader; the ten item Classroom Cohesion Questionnaire to measure levels of perceived group cohesion; and the five item Group Satisfaction Questionnaire to measure levels of satisfaction with the group. Spearman’s correlation and t-tests determined positive, significant levels of relationship between the level of leader’s transformational and contingent reward behaviors and the group dynamic elements of group cohesion, member satisfaction, levels of member’s extra effort, and member’s perception of leader’s effectiveness.

Related Questions

• Q32:

  Which field of study has contributed to OB through its research on organizational culture and formal organization theory and structure? A) psychology B) operations management C) corporate strategy D) political science E) sociology

• Q33:

  Psychology's major contributions to the field of organizational behavior have been primarily at what level of analysis? A) the level of the group B) the level of the individual C) the level of the organization D) the level of the culture E) the level of interacting groups

• Q34:

  Organizational behavior is constructed from all of the following disciplines except ________. A) physics B) psychology C) anthropology D) sociology E) social psychology

• Q35:

  Which of the following fields has most helped us understand differences in fundamental values, attitudes, and behavior among people in different countries? A) anthropology B) psychology C) political science D) operations research E) psycholinguistics

• Q36:

  Myriam is analyzing the gender roles of men and women in management in the United States compared to those of management in Japan. She is surveying fifty men and fifty women managers in each country to compare their daily behavior. Myriam's study exemplifies how ________ contributes to OB. A) anthropology B) psychology C) social psychology D) political science E) corporate strategy

• Q38:

  Janet needs to assign a very important advertising account to one of her writers. First she reviewed each writers work load, then she studied the sales data of the products for the last three campaigns of each writer, then she reviewed each writer's annual review to familiarize herself with their goals. Finally, she gave the account to Paula, a very creative, efficient, writer who has had high sales results with her last three clients' products. Janet's management style is based on ________. A) intuition or "gut feeling" B) organizational behavioral studies C) substantive evidence approach D) preconceived notions E) systematic study

• Q39:

  Raymond is completing a study on discrimination in which he has noted that saleswomen who wear skirt suits make more sales than saleswomen who only wear pant suits . However, Raymond determined that his findings only pertained to those industries in which the purchasing decision maker is traditionally masculine. For example, the sales results were the same for all women selling to medical office managers, a female dominated field. Raymond used ________ variables to more accurately explain his results. A) global B) general C) dependent D) non-reactive E) contingency

• Q40:

  Austin is a graduate student helping to organize a study about individual job satisfaction. The study focuses on the top five reasons that a person is satisfied or dissatisfied in his current job. His department is surveying 200 individuals in 100 different types of organizations. Austin is most likely a graduate student in the department of ________. A) psychology B) anthropology C) political science D) social psychology E) archaeology

• Q41:

  Which of the following statements is not an implication of increased workplace diversity? A) Managers should recognize differences between workers. B) Diversity training should be provided. C) Employee benefits should be revamped to accommodate the different needs of different employees. D) It is critical that all workers be treated alike. E) Innovation and creativity in organizations is likely to increase.

• Q42:

  Which of the following is the major challenge to managers in a fully networked organization? A) eliminating the need for paper communication by relying entirely on e-mail, file transfers and the like B) retaining team members who can easily move to another employer when demand for their services changes C) managing contract and temporary workers D) maintaining a "virtual office" through the use of computers, interoffice networks and the Internet E) managing people who work together but are geographically separated

What refers to basing managerial decisions on the best available scientific proof?

What is intuition and systematic study?

What are the three primary determinants of behavior in organizations?

Why OB is called systematic and interdisciplinary study?