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True/FalseOrganizational behavior is the study of human behavior in organizations.Learning about organizational behavior can help you expand your potential for career success in the dynamic shifting and complex workplaces of today.The early focus of the systematic study of management was on physical working conditions principles of administration and principles of industrial engineering.Organizational behavior is an interdisciplinary body of knowledge with strong ties to psychology sociology criminal justice and anthropology.Financial capital is the building block of organizational success.Organizational behavior is an academic discipline devoted only to understanding group behavior.Organizational behavior seldom uses scientific methods to develop generalizations about behavior in organizations.Research in organizational behavior is based on scientific thinking which means the proposed explanations are carefully tested and the explanations that can be scientifically verified are the only ones that are accepted.As job satisfaction increases absenteeism tends to go down as job satisfaction decreases absenteeism often goes up.Scientific methods models in OB are not able to link causes with outcomes due to the human element.Commonly used organizational behavior research methods include case studies survey studies meta analyses field studies and laboratory studies.When organizational behavior researchers collect data in real-life organizational settings the research method of case studies is being used.Laboratory studies are being used when organizational behavior researchers collect data in simulated and controlled settings.When organizational behavior researchers collect data by using questionnaires and interviews in sample populations the research method of meta analysis is being used.Organizational behavior scholars believe that there is one