5. Which of the following is most strongly related to employee absenteeism? A Ge

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5.    Which of the following is most strongly related to employee absenteeism? A General mental ability B Health problems C Personality D Age of employee

6.    Which of the following refers to the voluntary behaviors employees perform to help others and benefit the organization? A Organizational citizenship B In-role performance C Job performance D Job quality

7.    Which of the following refers to an employee's reasoning ability, verbal and numerical skills, analytical skill and overall intelligence level? A Personality B Job performance C Attitude D General mental ability

8.    Which of the following costs companies an estimated $153 billion annually due to employee-related health problems? A Employee turnover B Low employee morale C Absenteeism D Job dissatisfaction

Explanation / Answer

(5) General mental ability refers to how intelligently the employee performs his tasks, personality refers to how the employee perceives thinks and reacts to it, age of the employees do not affect how well the employees are working and how regular are they for work, health problems are related to poor health and immune system due to which the employees tend to take leaves from office.

It can be said that health problems are strongly related to the employee absenteeism. hence, the answer is (B) Health Problems.

(6) In role performance refers to the how well the employee performs the tasks related to his role in the organization, Job performance refers to how effectively the job is being performed by the employees, Job quality refers to the quality of the job which is good for the employees and their families, moreover organizational citizenship refers to the how well the employees work in the organization with a main aim to help other employees perform their task and hence benefit the organization at large.

Hence, it can be said that voluntary behavior of employees to help others perform their tasks and benefit the organization, is called organizational citizenship. Hence the answer is (A) Organizational Citizenship.

(7) Personality refers to how the employee perceives thinks and reacts to it, Job performance refers to how effectively the job is being performed by the employees, Attitude refers to the viewpoint or the way of thinking about something, whereas General mental ability refers to how intelligently the employee performs his tasks and the level of analytical skills, reasoning ability, numerical skills present in him.

Hence, it can be said that general mental ability refers to an employee's reasoning ability, verbal and numerical skills, analytical skill and overall intelligence level. The answer is (D) General mental ability.

(8) The low morale of the employees is not linked to the employee related health problems, means an unhealthy employee's morale will not be affected just because he is sick. Also on being sick the employee will not leave the job and give his resignation. Moreover, an employee health related problems are no reason for job dissatisfaction.

But it can be said that due to poor health of the employee he will take leaves regularly and will remain absent for days, from the workplace. Hence, an unhealthy employees' absenteeism can cost $153 billion annually. Therefore the answer is (C) Absenteeism.

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