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Which field of study has contributed to $OB$ through its research on organizational culture and formal organization theory and structure?

A$)$ psychology

B$)$ operations management

C$)$ corporate strategy

D$)$ political science

E$)$ sociology

Austin is a graduate student helping to organize a study on individual job satisfaction. The study focuses on the top five causes of satisfaction or dissatisfaction on a job. His department is surveying $200$ individuals in $100$ different types of organizations. Austin is most likely a graduate student in the department of

A$)$ psychology

B$)$ anthropology

C$)$ political science

D$)$ social psychology

E$)$ archaeology

Diane and Clarke are two employees in an organization who recently started working together. Diane is an older, long$-$tenured woman raised in rural Kansas, who achieved her current level in the organization by starting as a high school graduate and working her way up the hierarchy. Clarke is a young, recently hired male college graduate with a business degree, raised in a Spanish$-$speaking neighborhood in M$$mi$.$ However, both are deeply committed to their families, share a common way of thinking about important work problems, like to work collaboratively, and are interested in international assignments in the future. Which of the following describes the diversity between these two?

A$)$ lateral$-$level diversity

B$)$ deep$-$level diversity

C$)$ surface$-$level diversity

D$)$ individual$-$level diversity

E$)$ hierarchical$-$level diversity is the study of the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations.

A$)$ Leadership

B$)$ Organizational strategy

C$)$ Performance management

D$)$ Employee relations

E$)$ Organizational behavior

On average, managers spend most of their time doing which managerial activity?

A$)$ Traditional management

B$)$ Communication

C$)$ Human resource management

D$)$ Networking

E$)$ Systems

Which of the following beliefs explains the usefulness of the systematic approach to the study of organizational behavior?