Ch.6 Connect
Self-leadership behaviors are more frequently found in people with higher levels of which dimensions of the Five Factor Model (FFM)?
Conscientiousness Extroversion
Which model identifies core job dimensions that produce psychological states which then affect employees' motivation, satisfaction, and effectiveness?
Job characteristics model
Which of the following are organizational and work-context factors that influence psychological empowerment?
Providing easy access to needed information and resources Establishing a learning orientation culture Trusting employees and be willing to take the risks that empowerment creates
Employees are much more likely to experience which element of empowerment when they are working in jobs with a high degree of autonomy and minimal bureaucratic control?
Self-determination
Which core job characteristic refers to the degree to which the job affects the organization and/or society
Task significance
Which of the following are organizational and work-context factors that influence psychological empowerment?
Trusting employees and be willing to take the risks that empowerment creates Providing easy access to needed information and resources Establishing a learning orientation culture
Research suggests that self-leadership behaviors are more frequently found in people with higher levels of conscientiousness and
extroversion
Team rewards are better than individual rewards when employees work in highly ----- job
interdependent
Which of the following allows employees to buy shares of stock in the company either at a discounted price or through a no-interest loan provided by the company?
Employee stock ownership plan
What type of reward system uses job evaluation?
Job status-based rewards
Which of the following would be considered job status-based rewards?
Larger office Company car
According to the job characteristics model, skill variety, task significance, and task identity directly contribute to which critical psychological state?
Meaningfulness
is the process of mentally practicing a task and visualizing its successful completion
Mental imagery
Asked to describe what was most meaningful about his job at the humane shelter, Owen answered, "I make a difference every day to the lives of animals in our community." This is an example of which element of the job characteristics model?
Task significance
Job specialization can lead to lower work quality.
True
Self-leadership is dependent on both the individual and the situation.
True
According to the job characteristics model, a college professor who is required to use a certain textbook and follow a prescribed syllabus and must administer a mandatory number of tests would likely have low
autonomy
According to the job characteristics model, a college professor who is required to use a certain textbook and follow a prescribed syllabus and must administer a mandatory number of tests would likely have low ______.
autonomy
The approach to job enrichment that puts employees in direct contact with customers instead of using supervisors as a go-between is known as
establishing client relationships
The approach to job enrichment that puts employees in direct contact with customers instead of using supervisors as a go-between is known as ______.
establishing client relationships
Team rewards are better than individual rewards when employees work in highly ------ jobs
interdependent
The degree to which employees can tell how well they are performing on the basis of direct sensory information from the job itself is known as
job feedback
Team-based rewards are most appropriate when
job results rely on the cooperative effort of multiple people jobs are highly interdependent
Team-based rewards are most appropriate when?
job results rely on the cooperative effort of multiple people jobs are highly interdependent
Team-based rewards are most appropriate when
job results rely on the cooperative effort of multiple people jobs are highly interdependent
Before making an important presentation to the Board of Directors, Philippe visualizes himself stepping smoothly through his speech and effectively answering the Board's questions. This is an example of
mental imagery
Rather than have several workers each perform a separate part of a whole job, Jackson Management has redesigned jobs so that each worker performs the entire job. This approach to job enrichment is called
natural grouping
What Johanna loves best about her job is that every day brings new challenges and she can use different skills and talents to complete her tasks. According to the job characteristics model, this is an example of ______.
skill variety
A plan that gives an employee the right (but not the obligation) to purchase company stock at a predetermined price within a predetermined period of time is known as a(n) ______ plan.
stock option
As part of his compensation package, Jack has been awarded the opportunity to purchase up to 200 shares of stock in his company for $17.50 per share, but he must complete this purchase by the end of 2014. This is an example of a(n) ______ plan
stock option
Tasha works at a start-up company, and there are few written procedures that guide the completion of her job. As a result, she often has to rely on her own judgment rather than written guidelines to decide how to complete her work. Based on this description, it would appear that Tasha has a job with low
task analyzability
According to the job characteristics model, the degree to which a job requires completion of a whole or identifiable piece of work is known as
task identity
According to the job characteristics model, the degree to which a job requires completion of a whole or identifiable piece of work is known as ______.
task identity
Closely related to the core job characteristic of skill variety is _______, the predictability or pattern of job duties from one day to the next.
task variability
The job design model that relates the motivational properties of jobs to specific personal and organizational consequences of those properties is known as ______.
the job characteristics model
