All Free Management Sciences MCQs with Answers
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- A. Halo effect
- B. Recency effect
- C. Contrast effect
- D. Projection effect
Explanation: The halo effect occurs when one favourable characteristic shapes judgments about unrelated characteristics.
Correct answer: Halo effect- A. Belongingness needs
- B. Self-actualisation needs
- C. Esteem needs
- D. Cognitive needs
Explanation: Belongingness needs involve affiliation, friendship and acceptance, and they follow physiological and safety needs in the hierarchy.
Correct answer: Belongingness needs- A. Social loafing
- B. Role conflict
- C. Group polarisation
- D. Organisational citizenship
Explanation: Social loafing is the reduction of individual effort when a person works in a group rather than alone.
Correct answer: Social loafing- A. Transactional leadership
- B. Servant leadership
- C. Authentic leadership
- D. Laissez-faire leadership
Explanation: Transactional leadership is based on clear exchanges between performance and rewards or corrective action.
Correct answer: Transactional leadership- A. Expert power
- B. Referent power
- C. Reward power
- D. Coercive power
Explanation: Expert power comes from knowledge, skills or experience that others value.
Correct answer: Expert power- A. Organisational citizenship behaviour
- B. Counterproductive work behaviour
- C. Role ambiguity
- D. Withdrawal behaviour
Explanation: Organisational citizenship behaviour consists of helpful, discretionary actions that support the organisation but are not formally…
Correct answer: Organisational citizenship behaviour- A. Narrow span of control
- B. Wide span of control
- C. Flat organisational structure
- D. Decentralised authority system
Explanation: A narrow span of control means that one manager directly supervises relatively few employees.
Correct answer: Narrow span of control- A. Job autonomy
- B. Job simplification
- C. Job standardisation
- D. Job fragmentation
Explanation: Job autonomy gives employees discretion over work methods, scheduling or decisions, which can strengthen responsibility and motivation.
Correct answer: Job autonomy- A. Avoiding
- B. Competing
- C. Collaborating
- D. Accommodating
Explanation: Avoiding involves low assertiveness and low cooperation, so the person withdraws from or suppresses the issue.
Correct answer: Avoiding- A. Emotional attachment to the organisation
- B. Perceived cost of leaving the organisation
- C. Obligation to remain with the organisation
- D. Agreement with every organisational decision
Explanation: Affective commitment is an employee's emotional attachment, identification and involvement with the organisation.
Correct answer: Emotional attachment to the organisation271. Which term describes a positive feeling resulting from evaluating the characteristics of a job?
- A. Job satisfaction
- B. Job involvement
- C. Organisational commitment
- D. Employee engagement
Explanation: Job satisfaction is the positive or negative feeling a person has about a job after evaluating its features.
Correct answer: Job satisfaction- A. Bounded rationality
- B. Escalation of commitment
- C. Representative bias
- D. Intuitive leadership
Explanation: Bounded rationality means decision makers operate with limited information, time and mental capacity, so they often select a satisfactory…
Correct answer: Bounded rationality- A. Emotional intelligence
- B. Cognitive dissonance
- C. Locus of control
- D. Political skill
Explanation: Emotional intelligence includes recognising, understanding and managing one's own emotions, as well as responding effectively to others'…
Correct answer: Emotional intelligence274. Visible office rituals, stories and symbols are examples of which level of organisational culture?
- A. Observable artefacts
- B. Underlying assumptions
- C. Espoused values
- D. Formal procedures
Explanation: Observable artefacts are the visible and easily noticed aspects of culture, such as rituals, stories, language and symbols.
Correct answer: Observable artefacts- A. Centralisation
- B. Formalisation
- C. Departmentalisation
- D. Specialisation
Explanation: Centralisation refers to the extent to which decision authority is concentrated at higher organisational levels.
Correct answer: Centralisation- A. Psychological contract
- B. Formal employment contract
- C. Collective agreement
- D. Performance standard
Explanation: A psychological contract consists of an employee's unwritten expectations about mutual obligations between the employee and organisation.
Correct answer: Psychological contract- A. Procedural justice
- B. Distributive justice
- C. Interactional conflict
- D. Resource dependence
Explanation: Procedural justice concerns the fairness of the process used to reach a decision.
Correct answer: Procedural justice- A. Integrative negotiation
- B. Distributive negotiation
- C. Avoidance behaviour
- D. Unilateral decision making
Explanation: Integrative negotiation seeks solutions that create value and satisfy important interests of both sides.
Correct answer: Integrative negotiation- A. Sustained workload with little recovery
- B. Clear duties with regular feedback
- C. High autonomy with meaningful work
- D. Strong support from trusted colleagues
Explanation: Burnout is more likely when prolonged job demands combine with inadequate recovery and limited resources.
Correct answer: Sustained workload with little recovery- A. Situational leadership
- B. Trait leadership
- C. Bureaucratic leadership
- D. Laissez faire leadership
Explanation: Situational leadership holds that effective behaviour depends on adapting direction and support to the follower's readiness or development…
Correct answer: Situational leadership