managing pple and organization exam 2 T
As per the Fair Labor Standards Act, the current minimum wage stands at
$7.25 per house
The components of attitudes include
Affective, cognitive, and behavioral
Which of the following is true of how agents may offer principles?
Agents are more averse to risk.
What is most likely to provide intrinsic motivation?
An interesting work assignment
Maria focuses on community volunteerism, while Anna focuses on getting a promotion at work. _____ are represented by Maria's and Anna's focuses.
Endpoints of one of the dimensions of values
According to the _____ , a person compares her own ratio of perceived outcomes to perceived inputs to the ratio of a comparison other.
Equity theory
T/F In incentive pay programs, annual pay increases are usually linked to performance appraisal ratings
False
T/F Nonkey jobs are those that are common to many organization
False
T/F Pay level refers to the relative pay of jobs in an organization
False
T/F The flow of feedback tends to be multi-directional in merit pay programs
False
T/F There is only one model of the causes of job satisfaction
False
T/F Turnover is always bad for organizations
False
What component is perceived link between behavior and pay?
Instrumentality
What is a drawback of using profit sharing?
It runs the risk of contributing to employee dissatisfaction
A firm that has a manufacturing unit in China considers shifting production to Cambodia . Which of the following would be a possible reason for it to not shift the production base?
Less skilled labor in Cambodia
According to the agency theory, the principles are the _______.
Owners
The average compensation-- including wages, salaries, and bonuses -- of jobs in an organization is called the ______ .
Pay level
________ is the relative pay of different jobs and how much one is paid.
Pay structure
Which of the following is part of the benefits offered to employees?
Stock options
T/F According to E.L Thorndike's Law of Effect, high performance followed by a reward will motivate employees to repeat the performance and make it recur more often in the future
True
T/F Johan believes that saving the earth is our most important responsibility. He will be strongly committed to an employer who issues hybrid cars to all sales people, emphasizes recycling, and supports volunteerism to clean up the local river.
True
T/F Pay plans are typically used to energize, direct, or control employee behavior
True
T/F The compa-ratio directly assesses the degree to which actual pay is consistent with the pay policy.
True
Values represent beliefs that influence behaviors _____________; attitudes relate to behavior __________.
across all situations: toward specific targets
External equity pay comparisons focus on what?
employees in other organizations are paid for doing the same general job.
Waco company monitors employees perceptions of fairness by quarterly surveys and occasional focus groups. Management is following the ____ model.
equity
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
established a minimum wage for jobs.
Which of the following is a compensation program that would best support an organizational culture of cooperation and problem solving?
gainsharing
Chris, a manager knows that one of his employees values achievement and power. Chris should assign the employee to a job that included
high influence over others
Allan works as a typesetter in a publishing company. If the organization uses merit pay programs. Allan's salary is based primarily on information collected from _____.
his immediate supervisor
Mason is highly satisfied with his job. He receives consistently strong evaluations and volunteers to train new employees. Mason exhibits positive job performance and
organizational citizenship behaviors
What is not a key workplace attitude that managers should track?
turnover