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