7:53 no - task performance, R. 36 uncertainty avoidance, p. 54 critical thinking questions 1. A federal government department has high levels of absenteeism among the office staff. The head of office administration argues that employees are misusing the company's sick leave benefits. However, some of the mostly female staff members have explained that family responsibilities interfere with work. Using the MARS model, as well as your knowledge of absenteeism behavior, discuss some of the possible reasons for absenteeism here and how it might be reduced 2. It has been said that all employees are motivated. Do you agree with this statement? 3. Studies report that heredity has a strong influence on an individual's personality. What are the implications of this influence in organizational settings? 1. All candidato annivina fara 56 Pg. 65 3 Reader Contents Notebook Bookmarks More III 0 7:53 OK Aa On settings 4. All candidates applying for a management trainee position Page 57 are given a personality test that measures the five dimensions in the five-factor model. Which personality traits would you consider most important for this type of job? Explain your answer. 5. Compare and contrast personality with personal values, and identify values categories in Schwartz's values circumplex that likely relate to one or more personality dimensions in the five-factor personality model. 6. This chapter discussed values congruence mostly in the context of an employee's personal values versus the organization's values. But values congruence also relates to the juxtaposition of other pairs of value systems. Explain how values congruence is relevant with respect to organizational versus professional values (i.e., values of a professional occupation, such as physician, accountant, pharmacist). 7 " Alaalalana Llealdelala." 56 Pg. 65 C Reader Contents Notebook Bookmarks More III 0 7:53 Aa - QD accountant, pharmacist). 7. "All decisions are ethical decisions." Comment on this statement, particularly by referring to the concepts of moral intensity and moral sensitivity. 8. The organization for which you have been working for five years is suffering from a global recession. In response, it changes your compensation structure. Discuss the role of moral intensity, moral sensitivity, and situational influences in this context. 9. People in a particular South American country have high power distance and high collectivism. What does this mean, and what are the implications of this information when you (a senior executive) visit employees working for your company in that country? CASE STUDY: SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. By Steven L. McShane, Curtin University (Australia) and University of Victoria (Canada) Bribery of foreign nublic officials 57 Pg. 65 ii G A Reader Contents Notebook Bookmarks More III 0