Human Resource Management & Talent Development Flashcards

An organization experiences high voluntary turnover among high performers six months after a merger. According to organizational psychology, which factor MOST likely explains this pattern?

Answer: Person-organization fit disruption due to cultural integration failures

Mergers often create P-O fit misalignment when acquiring cultures clash with target cultures, causing high performers—who have the most external options—to exit first.

Which workforce planning method uses employee ratios to predict future staffing needs based on projected business volume?

Answer: Ratio analysis

Ratio analysis forecasts staffing needs by applying historical employee-to-output ratios (e.g., sales per employee) to projected future production or sales levels.

A job evaluation system ranks jobs by comparing the whole job to other whole jobs without analyzing factors separately. Which method does this describe?

Answer: Job ranking method

The job ranking method evaluates jobs holistically, ordering them from highest to lowest value without decomposing them into compensable factors.

In I-O psychology, what does the term 'organizational socialization' primarily refer to?

Answer: The process by which new employees learn the values, norms, and behaviors required to function within an organization

Organizational socialization is the process through which newcomers learn the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to participate as effective organizational members.

Which concept explains why employees who perceive their performance appraisal process as fair are more likely to accept unfavorable outcomes without reducing their work effort?

Answer: Procedural justice

Procedural justice—fairness of the process—predicts that employees tolerate unfavorable outcomes when they believe the evaluation process was unbiased, consistent, and transparent.

An organization wants to identify future leaders early in their careers. Which assessment method provides the HIGHEST predictive validity for managerial potential?

Answer: Assessment centers combining multiple exercises and assessors

Assessment centers that combine multiple simulation exercises rated by trained assessors consistently demonstrate the highest predictive validity for managerial advancement among early-career employees.

Under FLSA regulations, which criterion is NOT part of the duties test for exempting an employee from overtime requirements as an 'executive' employee?

Answer: The employee holds a graduate degree in management or business administration

The FLSA executive exemption duties test does not require any educational credential; it focuses on management duties, supervision of at least two employees, and hiring/firing authority.