MGT 312 Ch.5
Pay, promotions, challenging assignments, participation in decision make are all considered outputs in
Adam's equity theory
Physiological
Basic needs such as food, air, and water
The theory that explains how people strive for fairness in social exchanges
Equity theory
Since we are unable to see someone's __?____, we can only infer it from their behavior or the results of their behavior.
Motivation
Safety
Need to be safe from physical and psychological harm
Locke and Latham's findings about goal setting theory include that
Successful goal achievement reinforces employee satisfaction and leads to setting higher goals Goals that are specific and difficult lead to higher performance People need the ability and resources to achieve goal
Procedural justice
The form of organizational justice that reflects that perceived fairness of the process and procedures used to make organizational decisions is
It can be difficult to understand someone's motivation because:
We can't actually see it
McClelland's theory, developed in the 1940's, proposed that employee behaviors are driven by three ________
acquired needs
Expectancy theory can be used to predict _____ in situations where there is a choice between two or more alternatives.
behavior
The theory that uses our perceptions of inputs, outputs and comparison of the ratio of outputs to inputs
equity theory
McGregor's Theory Y
is a more positive set of assumptions manager have about employees
Psychological processes that underlie motivation:
persistence, intensity, and direction of behavior or thought.
We can observe someone else's motivation based on
the results of their behavior and their behavior
Self determination theory
the theory that assumes that our behavior and well-being are influenced by 3 innate needs, competence, autonomy, and relatedness
Hygiene factors in Herzberg's study include
working conditions, relations with one's supervisor and salary
Feelings of inequity are based on whether you perceive that the outputs you receive are adequate to compensate for
your collective inputs