Full Test 1
Subsequent research attempting to validate Equity theory suggests that one of the following statements is false. Which statements below is false?
A perceived inequity resulting from overpayments to oneself will generally lead a person to reduce his/her effort
An employee comes late for an appointment. An internal attribution will occur if there is low _______, Low ________, and high _________.
Consensus, distinctiveness, consistency
Which reinforcement schedule is most effective when shaping new or immature behavior?
Continuous
Very few work relationships are based on _______ trust as compared to other types of trusts.
Disposition-based
______ justice reflects the perceived fairness of the decision and the outcomes received.
Distributive
Whenever possible, CEO Jim Smith provides all his high performing employees a 10% annual bonus and his moderately high performing employees a 5% annual bonus. Smith is operating according to which organizational reward norm?
Equity
A general principle concerning performance management systems is that an outcome/results approach is a better choice than a behavioral approach when several obstacles are present preventing an employee from performing their job.
False
Over time the factors leading to trust move from a propensity to trust, to affective-trust and finally to cognition-based trust.
False
Research shows that distributive justice tends to be a stronger driver of reactions to authorities than procedural justice.
False
____ involves a measurement of productivity (or labor cost savings) with the calculation of a bonus offered to a group of employees who are responsible for any increases in productivity leading to cost savings
Gainsharing
The job characteristics model as discussed in class had at least two moderator variables. Which of the variables below were discussed as moderator variables in this model?
Growth need strength and an employee's ability and skill level
Laurie feels she is being under rewarded relative to her peers and could take all of the following actions expect_____ to reduce her equity distress?
Increase inputs by increasing persistence and intensity of effort
Employees can judge the fairness of an authority's decision making along all of these dimensions EXCEPT:
Interactional justice
________ are (is) based no the premise that the task itself is the key to motivation
Job Characteristics Model
Which performance evaluation method tends to create legal problems for the company when the company is defending the use of the method in a court of law?
Trait/attribute method
According to our discussion of operant conditioning theory, extinction is the weakening of a behavior by withdrawing a positive reinforcer.
True
Hindrance stressors have a weak negative impact on task performance while challenge stressors have a weak positive correlation with task performance.
True
Role conflict can take on each of the following forms: inter-role conflict, intra-role conflict, and person-role conflict.
True
Satisfaction with the work itself is the single strongest driver of overall job satisfaction among the five measured by the JDI.
True
Thorndike's Law of Effect states that behavior with favorable consequences tends to be repeated, while behavior with unfavorable consequences tends to disappear.
True
Which reinforcement schedule is most effective when shaping mature behavior?
Variable ratio
Which theory acknowledges that motivation doesn't just depend on your own beliefs and circumstances but also on what happens to others around you.
equity theory
Eric is a tax accountant who sets his own schedule with his clients. Using the Job Characteristics Model, Eric is experiencing..
high autonomy
Raj believes that everybody's word's should be taken at their face value and that statement of individuals and groups can be relied upon even when you meet them for the very first time. Ray appears to have a(n)
high propensity trust
Each of the following statements concerning the relationship of certain variables with performance and/or commitment are true expect
hindrance stressors are strongly and negatively correlated with task performance
When Amber is confronted with a lot of time pressure at work, she chooses to cope by working faster and harder. This is an example
problem-focused behavior coping
The ______ assesses pay, promotion, supervision, and coworker satisfactions and satisfaction with the work itself.
Job Descriptive Index
According to lecture all of the following expect ______ would aid a company in defending its performance appraisal system in a United States court of law.
Limiting to one the type of appraisers who conduct the evaluations so as to limit contamination and deficiency problems.
According to the lecture performance appraisal data can be used for___?
Motivational purposes, instructional/developmental purposes, determining raises in pay, determining who gets promoted, assessing whether a larger workgroup in meeting it's goals.
Jack, a high school football coach, stops yelling at his players when they begin to run faster. Jack has ______ the fast running.
Negatively reinforced
Which of these is a work hindrance stressor?
Role overload
Among the following which motivational factor has the strongest effect on task performance?
Self-efficacy/competence