Org Behavior: Chapter 3 Assignment

Supervisor Satisfaction

According to Value Percept Theory, __________ reflects employees' feelings about their boss (whether the boss is competent, polite, and a good communicator) and effects overall job satisfaction.

Value-percept, satisfaction with the job itself

According to _____ Theory, of the five facets of Overall Job Satisfaction, _______ has the strongest correlation

Value-percept, pay satisfaction

In ____ Theory, an employees' feelings about the compensation, including whether it is as much as they deserve, secure, and adequate for both normal expenses and luxury items is called ______.

Value-percept, supervision satisfaction

In _____ Theory, ____ refers to employee feelings about their boss including the following questions: 1) "Can they help me attain the things that I want?" 2) "Are they generally likeable?"

Value-percept, promotion satisfaction, moderate positive

In _____ Theory, _____ has to do with employees' feelings about the company's advancement and their execution. It has a ______ _______ correlation with Overall Job Satisfaction

Job Characteristics, Variety, Meaningfulness of Work

In ______ Theory, ____ is the degreee to which a job requires a number of different activities that involve a number of different skills and affects the psychological state ______, thus impacting satisfaction with the work itself

Value-percept, coworker satisfaction, strong positive

In ______ Theory, an employer's feelings about their fellow employees, including whether they are smart, responsible, helpful, fun, and interesting is called _______. It has a ______ ______ correlation with overall job satisfaction

Identity; Meaningfulness of work; Job Characteristic

The core job characteristic of __________is the degree to which a job requires completing a whole, identifiable piece of work from beginning to end with a visible outcome. It primarily contributes to the psychological state of _____________ in ___________ theory.

Pay Satisfaction, Promotion Satisfaction

Two facets of Value-Percept Theory have a moderate positive correlation to overall job satisfaction; they include ________ and ____________.

Significance, Meaningfulness of work, Job Characteristics

____ is a core dimension or characteristic of work defined as the degree to which a job has a substantial impact on the lives of other people, particularly people in the world at large. It primarily affects the psychological state of ________, thus impacting satisfaction with the work itself in _______ theory.

Identity, meaningfulness of work, job characteristics

____ is the degree to which the job requires completing a whole, identifiable piece of work from beginning to end with a visible outcome and directly influences the psychological state of ______, thus impacting satisfaction with the work itself in _______ theory

Feedback, knowledge of results, job characteristics

_____ is the degree to which carrying out the activities required by a job provides the worker with clear information about how well he or she is performing and directly influences the psychological state of ____, thus impacting satisfaction with the work itself in ____ Theory.

Growth need strength, moderator, job characteristics

_____ refers to whether employees have strong needs for personal accomlishment or developing themselves beyond where they currently are and is a _____ in _____ theory.

Value-percept, overall job satisfaction, Job characteristics, Satisfaction with the job itself

_____ theory describes the relationship between a person's perceived values and their _____; whereas ____ theory describes how relative levels of the central characteristics of intrinsically satisfying jobs correlate with ______

work itself, coworker, supervision Promotion, pay

_____ theory states that Overall Job Satisfaction is influenced by five particular work values (facets). List those facets according to their correlation strength. Facets with a Strong Postive Correlation: _______, ______, _______. Facets with a Moderate positive correlation: _______, _______

Knowledge and skill, growth and strength, moderators, job characteristics

______ and ______ are called ______ in ______ theory because they influence the strength of the relationships between the five core job characteristics and satisfaction with the work itself

Autonomy, responsibility of outcomes, job characteristics

______ is the degree to which a job provides freedom, independence, and discretion to the individual performing the work and primarily affects the psychological state of ______, thus impacting satisfaction with the work itself in ______ theory.

Variety, identity, significance, meaningfulness of work, job characteristics

_______, _____, and _____ are the core job characteristics that primarily influence the psychological state of _______ in ______ theory.

Knowledge and skills; Growth needs strength; moderators; Job Characteristics

________ and ________ are called ___________ in _____________ Theory because they influence the strength of the relationships between variables.

Moods; pleasantness; engagement

_________ are mild in intensity, last for extended periods of time , and are not explicitly directed at or caused by anything. They are defined by two variables; __________ and __________.

Job Satisfaction; values

___________ is defined as the pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one's job or job experiences. It depends on whether you perceive that your job supplies the things that you consciously or subconsciously want to seek or attain called ___________.

Emotional Contagion; emotional labor

____________ implies that one person can "catch" or "be infected by" the emotions of another person; whereas ___________ is the need to manage emotions to complete job duties successfully.

Life Satisfaction; job satisfaction

_____________ is the degree to which employees feel a sense of happiness with their lives, and is heavily influenced by the individual mechanism ______________.