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