Question 1

Employees learn about the organization's culture:

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A)   beginning with the role management stage of organizational socialization.
B)   long before the first day of work.
C)   beginning with the company's orientation program on the first day of work.
D)   only when they enter management positions.
E)   beginning with the encounter stages of organizational socialization.

Question 2

A strong corporate culture bonds employees together and makes them feel part of the organization.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Rituals are:

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A)   programmed routines of daily organizational life that dramatize the organization's culture.
B)   deliberate attempts to communicate the corporate culture to new employees.
C)   events that suggest the organization's culture is about to change.
D)   physical structures that convey the dominant values of an organization's culture.
E)   games that people play to defy the dominant culture and, instead, support countercultural beliefs and values.

Question 4

Organizational socialization is best described as a process of:

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A)   cooperation and stability.
B)   power and restructuring.
C)   negotiation and concession-making.
D)   learning and adaptation.
E)   None of these describes the process of organizational socialization.

Question 5

Superb Consultants have submitted a proposal to analyze the cultural values of your organization.The proposal states that Superb has developed a revolutionary new survey to tap the company's true culture.The survey takes just ten minutes to complete and the consultants say results can be based on a small sample of employees.Discuss the merits and limitations of this proposal.

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Question 6

The content of an organization's culture:

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A)   is usually apparent as soon as a visitor walks in the front door.
B)   can be placed into one of five main types, such as a 'mercenaries or 'communes.
C)   represents the relative ordering of rewards and status symbols found throughout the organization.
D)   is all of these things.
E)   is none of these things.

Question 7

Organizational socialization is the process of meeting other employees and spending more time with them throughout the work day.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The observable symbols and signs of an organization's values,beliefs and assumptions are called:

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A)   organizational culture
B)   mental models
C)   artifacts
D)   values
E)   socialization

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