managing pple and organization exam 2 T

As per the Fair Labor Standards Act, the current minimum wage stands at

$7.25 per house

The components of attitudes include

Affective, cognitive, and behavioral

Which of the following is true of how agents may offer principles?

Agents are more averse to risk.

What is most likely to provide intrinsic motivation?

An interesting work assignment

Maria focuses on community volunteerism, while Anna focuses on getting a promotion at work. _____ are represented by Maria's and Anna's focuses.

Endpoints of one of the dimensions of values

According to the _____ , a person compares her own ratio of perceived outcomes to perceived inputs to the ratio of a comparison other.

Equity theory

T/F In incentive pay programs, annual pay increases are usually linked to performance appraisal ratings

False

T/F Nonkey jobs are those that are common to many organization

False

T/F Pay level refers to the relative pay of jobs in an organization

False

T/F The flow of feedback tends to be multi-directional in merit pay programs

False

T/F There is only one model of the causes of job satisfaction

False

T/F Turnover is always bad for organizations

False

What component is perceived link between behavior and pay?

Instrumentality

What is a drawback of using profit sharing?

It runs the risk of contributing to employee dissatisfaction

A firm that has a manufacturing unit in China considers shifting production to Cambodia . Which of the following would be a possible reason for it to not shift the production base?

Less skilled labor in Cambodia

According to the agency theory, the principles are the _______.

Owners

The average compensation-- including wages, salaries, and bonuses -- of jobs in an organization is called the ______ .

Pay level

________ is the relative pay of different jobs and how much one is paid.

Pay structure

Which of the following is part of the benefits offered to employees?

Stock options

T/F According to E.L Thorndike's Law of Effect, high performance followed by a reward will motivate employees to repeat the performance and make it recur more often in the future

True

T/F Johan believes that saving the earth is our most important responsibility. He will be strongly committed to an employer who issues hybrid cars to all sales people, emphasizes recycling, and supports volunteerism to clean up the local river.

True

T/F Pay plans are typically used to energize, direct, or control employee behavior

True

T/F The compa-ratio directly assesses the degree to which actual pay is consistent with the pay policy.

True

Values represent beliefs that influence behaviors _____________; attitudes relate to behavior __________.

across all situations: toward specific targets

External equity pay comparisons focus on what?

employees in other organizations are paid for doing the same general job.

Waco company monitors employees perceptions of fairness by quarterly surveys and occasional focus groups. Management is following the ____ model.

equity

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

established a minimum wage for jobs.

Which of the following is a compensation program that would best support an organizational culture of cooperation and problem solving?

gainsharing

Chris, a manager knows that one of his employees values achievement and power. Chris should assign the employee to a job that included

high influence over others

Allan works as a typesetter in a publishing company. If the organization uses merit pay programs. Allan's salary is based primarily on information collected from _____.

his immediate supervisor

Mason is highly satisfied with his job. He receives consistently strong evaluations and volunteers to train new employees. Mason exhibits positive job performance and

organizational citizenship behaviors

What is not a key workplace attitude that managers should track?

turnover