Organizational Culture MCQs (Chapterwise Multiple Choice Questions)

The dominant culture is:

The sum of the subcultures.

Synonymous with the organization’s culture.

The degree of sharedness.

Management s perception about the organization.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Synonymous with the organization’s culture.

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A communal culture is best described as one where people:

Have a feeling of belonging

Are intense and determined to meet goals

Are commited to individual tasks

Know and like each other

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Are intense and determined to meet goals

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________ cultures value hard work and promote entrepreneurial risk taking.

Short-term oriented.

High uncertainty avoidance.

Individualist.

All of these

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Individualist.

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If there is a basic conflict between the individual′s expectations and the organization′s expectations, the employee is most likely to be disillusioned and quit during which stage?

Pre-arrival

Metamorphosis

Encounter

Adjustment

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Encounter

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A strong organizational culture increases behavioural consistency and, therefore, can act as a substitute for:

Leadership

Followership

Formalization

Socialization

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Formalization

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The key characteristic of organizational culture that assesses the degree to which organizational activities emphasize maintaining the status quo in contrast to growth is:

Outcome orientation

Stability

Aggressiveness

Attention to detail.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Outcome orientation

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Today, the role of culture in influencing employee behaviour seems to:

Be increasingly important.

Be disappearing.

Have minimum value.

Be decreasing in importance.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Be increasingly important.

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Goffee and Jones argue that the two dimensions that underlie organizational culture are sociability and solidarity. High sociability people will:

Do kind things for one another

Overlook personal bias

Expect something in return for their efforts

Be less aggressive and individually oriented

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Expect something in return for their efforts

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______are cultures that form around geographic or organizational units in a company.

Micro cultures.

Intracultures.

Counter cultures.

Subcultures.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Subcultures.

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If you possess good social skills and empathy and like to forge close relationships, you are cut out for this type of culture:

Dominant

Mercenary

Fragmented

Networked

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Networked

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