SIOP Human Resource Management & Talent Development 5

Question 1

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?

Accepted Answer

Person-organization fit disruption due to cultural integration failures

Answer

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.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Ratio analysis

Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Job ranking method

Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

Procedural justice

Answer

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

(SIOP) Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Certification Practice Test

(SIOP) Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Certification Practice Test

SIOP Human Resource Management & Talent Development 5