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DO ALL PLEASE Which of the following statements is true? attitudes are ingrained

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Question

DO ALL PLEASE

Which of the following statements is true?

attitudes are ingrained; something that a person is born with and that cannot be changed

attitudes are hypothetical and not of real significance

attitudes are not influenced by values

values are more stable than attitudes

Which of the following is NOT something you should do when learning to say "no"?

take guilt out of the equation

view the situation from the other person's perspective

weigh the yes-to-stress ratio

focus on what matters most

The extent to which an employee is dedicated to his/ her job is called as

job involvement

positive attitude

job satisfaction

organizational citizenship

A disadvantage of Skills-based pay is that

it cannot be implemented quickly

it may not lead to higher productivity and efficiency

employees know in advance how their pay will be determined

it allows flexibility to the organization since employees could do each other's jobs

a.

attitudes are ingrained; something that a person is born with and that cannot be changed

b.

attitudes are hypothetical and not of real significance

c.

attitudes are not influenced by values

d.

values are more stable than attitudes

Explanation / Answer

Which of the following statements is true?

d.

values are more stable than attitudes

As compared to the attitudes that are moderately stable, values are highly stable and hence form the basis for the attitudes. It is hence known as the ‘End state of existence’ because it is the strongly built values that add more convictions to the notions and attitudes of the person. Therefore, in terms of stability and endurance, values are more stable than attitudes.

Which of the following is NOT something you should do when learning to say "no"?

b.

view the situation from the other person's perspective

If the situation is always viewed from the other person’s perspective, then the chances of saying “No” to such other person would be rather more challenging. Introspecting one own self is fine but trying to put oneself into the shoes of others, would only worsen the chances of saying, “No” to the other person. Therefore, it needs to be avoided otherwise it shall be difficult to say “No”.

The extent to which an employee is dedicated to his/ her job is called as

a.

job involvement

Job involvement is concerned with the extent to which an employees is willing to show enthusiasm and interest towards a given job and dedicates itself into the performance of the same. Here, incentives play an important part in inciting more dedication from the employee’s end in order to involve them more into the job. The monetary incentives are of great deal of help in increasing the job involvement of the employees and thereby approaching faster to the achieve the business goals.

A disadvantage of Skills-based pay is that

a.

it cannot be implemented quickly

It cannot be implemented quickly due lots of complexities involved in it such as the assessment of skills in the employees, to impart appropriate training to them, design the proper methods of training, availing for feedbacks and inputs from the peers regarding designing of the same, time taken in evaluation, etc. make it difficult for quicker implementation of this system.

d.

values are more stable than attitudes