Quiz 12
According to expectancy theory, the three primary elements that determine how willing an employee is to work hard at tasks important to an organization are
expectancy, instrumentality, and valence.
According to ______, competence, autonomy, and relatedness are the primary motivations for behavior.
self-determination theory
People often do volunteer work for the ______ rewards.
intrinsic
When one department store authorized thousands of its sales clerks to handle functions normally reserved for store managers, such as handling merchandise-return problems and approving customers' checks, they gave them more responsibility, a _________ technique.
job enrichment
Which of the following is a motivating factor according to Herzberg's two-factor theory?
the work itself
According to expectancy theory, your ______ is low if you don't think a bonus or raise is going to be big enough to justify working evenings and weekends.
valence
______ proposed people were driven by the three innate needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness.
Deci and Ryan's self-determination theory.
Job enlargement enables workers to focus on doing more of the same task to increase productivity.
False
Most workers rate monetary benefits higher than they rate having a caring boss.
False
Reinforcement theory attempts to explain behavior change by suggesting that behavior with negative consequences tends to be repeated, whereas behavior with positive consequences tends not to be repeated.
False
________ is not included in the four major perspectives on motivation.
Job satisfaction
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, taking a sabbatical leave to further personal growth is an example of the self-actualization need.
True
Assuming they have choices, people will make the choice that promises them the greatest reward if they think they can get it.
True
Autonomy describes the extent to which a job allows an employee to make choices about scheduling different tasks and deciding how to perform them.
True
The goal-setting theory suggests that employees can be motivated by goals that are specific and challenging, but achievable.
True
There are two different approaches to job design. The traditional approach to job design is to fit people to the jobs; the modern way is to fit the jobs to the people.
True
ccording to the acquired needs theory, those who tend to seek social approval and satisfying personal relationships may have a high need for affiliation.
True
According to the integrated model, motivation is affected by both personal factors and ________ ones.
contextual
All of the following are contextual factors in the integrated model of motivation except
core self-evaluations
Which type of justice reflects the perceived fairness of how resources and rewards are distributed or allocated, according to equity theory?
distributive