OB Project: PGDM (Finance)

Survey Questionnaire – OB1

We the students of IMT Ghaziabad are conducting a survey for our project on Organizational
Behaviour. We would like you to answers some questions about the general climate of the
company and your personal preferences.

Please be as candid as possible. Your responses will remain strictly anonymous. You are not
required to reveal your identity anywhere in this questionnaire.

To ensure the best statistical results, please complete the survey in its entirety. It will take
about 10 – 15 minutes. Do not think too much for each question. Write the first answer that
comes to your mind.

Regards

Section 1: Demographic Information

Age (Years) ________________________

Marital Status: ________________________
Gender: Male / Female ________________________
Experience in Present Organization (Years) ________________________
Total experience (Years): ________________________
Highest Qualification with specialization ________________________
Present Designation: ________________________
Managerial/Executive Level (Lower / Middle / Top): ________________________
Nature of work: Technical / Managerial ____________Any other (specify) _________
Supervisor’s gender: Male / Female

Section 2 :

Choose one of the seven alternatives given against each statement, as applicable to you.
Indicate your response by writing one of the corresponding numbers in the blank space( ___)
as:
Very Inaccurate 1
Moderately Inaccurate 2
Neither inaccurate nor accurate 3
Moderately accurate 4
Very accurate 5

____ 2.1. I am the life of a party

____ 2.2. I sympathise with others feelings.
____ 2.3. I get chores done right away.
____ 2.4. I have frequent mood swings.
____ 2.5. I have a vivid imagination.
____ 2.6. I don’t talk a lot.
____ 2.7 I am not interested in other’s problems.
____ 2.8 I often forget to put things back in their proper place.
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____ 2.9. I am relaxed most of the time.
____ 2.10. I am not interested in abstract ideas.
____ 2.11. I talk to a lot different people at parties.
____ 2.12. I feel others’ emotions.
____ 2.13. I like order.
____ 2.14. I get upset easily.
____ 2.15. I have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.
____ 2.16. I keep in the background.
____ 2.17. I am not really interested in others.
____ 2.18. I make a mess of things.
____ 2.19. I seldom feel blue.
____ 2.20. I do not have a good imagination.

Section 3 :

Please select one of the five given responses against each item, as applicable to you.

In the following questions, ‘Leader’ refers to the person you report to

(supervisor/team lead, etc)’

3. Do you know where you stand with your leader…do you usually know how satisfied your
1 leader is with what you do?
(1) Rarely (2) (3) Sometimes (4) Fairly often (5) Very often
Occasionally
3. How well does your leader understand your job problems and needs?
2
(1) Not a bit (2) A Little (3) A Fair Amount (4) Quite a Bit (5) A Great Deal
3. How well does your leader recognize your potential?
3
(1) Not at all (2) A little (3) Moderately (4) Mostly (5) Fully
3. Regardless of how much formal authority he/she has built into his/her position, what are
4 the chances that your leader would use his/ her power to help you solve problems in your
work?
(1) None (2) Small (3) Moderate (4) High (5) Very High
3. Again, regardless of the amount of formal authority your leader has, what are chances that
5 he/ she would ‘bail you out’ at his/her expense?
(1) None (2) Small (3) Moderate (4) High (5) Very High
3. I have enough confidence in my leader that I would defend and justify his/her decision if
6 he/she were not present to do so?
(1) Strongly (2) Disagree (3) Neutral (4) Agree (5) Strongly
disagree agree
3. How would you characterize your working relationship with your leader?
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(1) Extremely (2) Worse then (3) Average (4) Better than (5) Extremely
ineffective average average effective

Section 4:

Please indicate as to what extent to which the below given statement are applicable to
you, by selecting one of the five given responses against each item.
Write: 5 for Always, 4 for often, 3 for Sometime, 2 for Rarely, & 1 for Never

4.1 I have little control over the things that happen to me.

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4.2 There is little I can do to change many of the important things in my life.
4.3 What happens to me in the future mostly depends on me.
4.4 I feel that I am a person of worth, on an equal basis with others.
4.5 I feel that I have a number of good qualities
4.6 All in all, I am inclined to feel that I am a failure.
4.7 I feel I do not have much to be proud of.
4.8 I wish I could have more respect for myself.
4.9 I have been depressed.
4.10 I have felt hopeful about the future.
4.11 What happens to me is of my own doing.
4.12 When I make plans, I am almost certain to make them work.

Section 5:

Write: 1 for Strongly Disagree, 2 for Disagree, 3 for Disagree Somewhat, 4 for Neither
Agree Nor Disagree nor Agree, 5 for Agree Somewhat, 6 for Agree, 7 for Strongly
Agree

5.1 Management at my organization cannot be trusted.

5.2 I have complete trust that management and my supervisor will treat me
fairly.
5.3 I can count on management for help if I have difficulties on my job.
5.4 I can discuss problems with management without it being used against
me.

Section 6:

Please answer the following in terms of how it really is in your company, not how you would
prefer it to be.

Write: (0) completely false; (1) mostly false; (2) somewhat false; (3) somewhat true; (4)
mostly true; (5) completely true
.
6.1 What is best for everyone in the company is the major consideration here.
The most important concern is the good of all the people in the company
6.2
as a whole.
6.3 Our major concern is always what is best for the other person.
6.4 In this company, people look out for each other’s good.
In this company, it is expected that you will always do what is right for the
6.5
customers and public.
6.6 The most efficient way is always the right way in this company.
6.7 In this company, each person is expected above all to work efficiently.
People are expected to comply with the law and professional standards
6.8
over and above other considerations.

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In this company, the law or ethical code of their profession is the major
6.9
consideration.
In this company, people are expected to strictly follow legal or professional
6.10
standards.
In this company, the first consideration is whether a decision violates any
6.11
law.
6.12 It is very important to follow the company’s rules and procedures here.
6.13 Everyone is expected to stick by company rules and procedures.
6.14 Successful people in this company go by the book.
6.15 People in this company strictly obey the company policies.
6.16 In this company, people protect their own interests above all else.
6.17 In this company, people are mostly out for themselves.
6.18 There is no room for one’s own personal morals or ethics in this company.
People are expected to do anything to further the company’s interests,
6.19
regardless of the consequences.
People here are concerned with the company’s interests – to the exclusion
6.20
of all else.
Work is considered substandard only when it hurts the company’s
6.21
interests.
6.22 The major responsibility of people in this company is to control costs.
In this company, people are expected to follow their own personal and
6.23
moral beliefs.
Each person in this company decides for themselves what is right and
6.24
wrong.
The most important concern in this company is each person’s own sense
6.25
of right and wrong.
6.26 In this company, people are guided by their own personal ethics.

Section 7:

Please indicate as to what extent to which the below given statement are applicable to
you, by selecting one of the five given responses against each item.
Write: 5 for Always, 4 for often, 3 for Sometime, 2 for Rarely, & 1 for Never

7.
1 I willingly give my time to help others who have work-related problems.

7. I adjust my work schedule to accommodate other employees’ requests

2 for time off.
7.
3 I give up time to help others who have work or non-work problems.

7.
4 I assist others with their duties.

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7. I attend functions that are not required but that help the organizational
5 image.
7.
6 I offer ideas to improve the functioning of the organization.

7.
7 I take action to protect the organization from potential problems.

7.
8 I defend the organization when other employees criticize it.

Use the following key for the remaining questions:

Write: 1 for Strongly Disagree, 2 for Disagree, 3 for Neither Agree Nor Disagree nor
Agree,
4 for Agree, 5 for Strongly Agree

7.9 I would be happy to work at my organization until I retire.

7.1
Working at my organization has a great deal if personal meaning to me.
0
7.1 I really feel that problems faced by my organization are also my
1 problems.
7.1
I feel personally attached to work for my organization.
2
7.1
I am proud to tell others I work at my organization.
3
7.1
I feel a strong sense of belonging to my organization.
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