MGMT 3005 Chapter 6

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absenteeism and turnover are considered to be counterproductive work behaviors

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according to Frederick Herzberg's motivator hygiene theory of job satisfaction, hygiene factors are motivational

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according to McClelland, top managers should have a high need for affiliation coupled with a low need for power

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achievement motivated people rely on external factors such as luck rather than internal factors such as hard work in order to master a task

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discrepancy models propose that satisfaction is a result of value attainment

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employees are more likely to engage in CWB's if their jobs offer autonomy

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horizontal loading consists of giving workers more autonomy and responsibility

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in the job characteristics model, experienced meaningfulness is determined buy skill variety, autonomy, and feedback

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in the job characteristics model, researchers proposed three moderators: growth need strength, skill variety, and job satisfaction

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individuals with a high need for affiliation are the most effective managers

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job enlargement is also referred to as vertically loading the job

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organizational commitment represents the extent to which an individual is personally involved with his/her work role

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the latest approach to job design attempts to merge the top down and bottom up perspectives an dis referred to as employee engagement

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the need for achievement reflects an individuals desire to influence, coach, teach, or encourage others to achieve

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the scientific management approach to job design is most heavily influenced by the work of Frederick Herzberg

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Abraham Maslow believed that human needs generally emerge in a predictable stair step fashion

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Contextual factors that influence motivation and employee engagement include communication technology such as email and social media

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Hackman and Oldham recognized that not everyone wants a job containing high amounts of the five core job characteristics

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Herzberg found job dissatisfaction to be associated primarily with factors in the work context or environment

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Needs can be strong or weak and are influenced by environmental factors

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it is generally accepted that need fulfillment is correlated with job satisfaction

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job design focuses on increasing employee motivation by changing the type of tasks we complete in the course of doing our jobs

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managers should create challenging task assignments or goals because the need for achievement is positively correlated with goal committeemen, which, in turn, influences performance

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one of the main advantages of scientific management is that it leads to increased employee efficiency and productivity

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psychological safety occurs when people feel safe to display engagement

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research does not clearly support Maslow's need hierarchy theory

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research does not support the two factor aspect of Herzberg's theory

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task identity is high when a person works on a product or project from beginning to end and sees a tangible result

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Frederick Herzberg hypothesized that motivators cause a person to move from a state of satisfaction to dissatisfaction

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Need theories attempt to pinpoint external factors that energize behavior

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