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What is HR research? Why would HR research be important for a firm?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Industrial relations requires HR specialists to negotiate with competing businesses for market share.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 3

Today, most firms would prefer having employees belong to unions because the unions handle health benefits.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 4

Employee health and safety are a primary concern for businesses because of numerous federal and state laws.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 5

As a newcomer to a group, what is one of the best behaviors to show in order to reduce old-timer resistance and increase acceptance?
 
  a. The newcomer criticizes their workplace.
  b. The newcomer distances themselves from their previous group.
  c. The newcomer is a temporary employee for the group.
  d. The newcomer shows emotions of confidence, shares their opinions, is independent, and pushes the team to do things in different ways.

Question 6

Which is the best example of the communication bias termed message tuning?
 
  a. The concierge at a hotel gives a tourist directions: Turn right when you see that big tree that the city pruned last week.
  b. A New York cab driver gives elaborate directions to the Empire State building to a New York police officer.
  c. A store owner gives elaborate street directions to Madison Square Garden to a gentleman from Wisconsin,
  d. A docent at the Met tells an electrician that the outlet next to the newly acquired Renior is the one that needs repair.

Question 7

Members of a team go through a process called role transition as members of a group. This process involves several phases and transitions. The typical ordering of these phases are:
 
  a. socialization, investigation, resocialization, maintenance, and remembrance.
  b. investigation, socialization, maintenance, resocialization, and remembrance.
  c. investigation, socialization, remembrance, resocialization, and maintenance.
  d. maintenance, socialization, resocialization, investigation, and remembrance.

Question 8

Regarding team development and group socialization, three key predictors of newcomer performance are:
 
  a. rewards, group cohesion, and team interdependencies.
  b. newcomer empowerment, team expectations, and team performance.
  c. newcomer's ego, experience, and ambition.
  d. newcomer confidence, a network of connections with upper management, and high-performance orientation.

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