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Using the job characteristics model, drag and drop the descriptions against the corresponding job characteristics. Instructions Skill variety Task identity Task significance Autonomy Feedback

1. The extent to which a job requires a worker to use a wide range of different abilities 2. The extent to which a job requires the worker to perform everything needed to complete the job from beginning to end 3. The extent to which a job affects the lives of others, whether inside or outside the organization 4. The extent to which a job allows the worker to make choices about scheduling different tasks and/or deciding how to perform them 5. The extent to which workers receive clear, direct information about how well they are performing the job

Select all that apply What are the three tips for recharging yourself as part of your self-motivation approach? (Choose every correct answer.)

Accept kindness Relax mentally and physically Figure out how you can best recharge

After you identify a long-term goal, what is the second step in developing career readiness?

Break your long-term goal into several short-term goals.

According to the 2019 Jobvite survey of 1,500 Americans, which is the most important motivating criteria to job seekers?

Career growth opportunities

Select all that apply What are characteristics of motivating goals according to goal-setting theory? (Choose every correct answer.)

Challenging Specific Achievable

According to self-determination theory, people's behavior and well-being are influenced by what three innate needs?

Competence, autonomy and relatedness

After breaking your long-term goal into several short-term goals, what is the next step in developing career readiness?

Create a to-do list for accomplishing short-term goals.

Select all that apply What are the stages of Victor Vroom's expectancy theory of motivation? (Choose every correct answer.)

Effort to performance Performance to outcomes

Select all that apply The concept of fitting jobs to people is based on what ideas? (Choose every correct answer.)

Employees are underutilized. Employees want more responsibility, challenges, and variety.

The model of motivation called equity theory is based on which of the following ideas?

Employees want to see fairness in how they are rewarded for task performance.

What theory asserts that motivation is essentially a decision about how much effort to exert to get what you want in a particular situation?

Expectancy

Select all that apply Which theories of motivation are characterized as process perspectives? (Choose every correct answer.)

Expectancy theory Goal-setting theory Equity theory

Select all that apply According to equity theory, which of the following would be characterized as inputs? (Choose every correct answer.)

Experience Training Effort

Select all that apply Which types of reinforcement are intended to weaken a behavior?

Extinction Punishment

Money is the best motivator.

False

Select all that apply Which guidelines should be followed when giving positive reinforcement? (Choose every correct answer.)

Give rewards as soon as possible. Be clear about what behavior is desired

Which theory suggests that employees can be motivated by objectives that are specific and challenging but achievable and that have rewards tailored to individual needs?

Goal-setting theory

Which theory proposes that work satisfaction originates from motivating factors, and dissatisfaction originates from hygiene factors?

Herzberg's two-factor theory

What is the first step in developing career readiness?

Identify your most important long-term goal.

Select all that apply What types of justice are the components of organizational justice? (Choose every correct answer.)

Interactional Distributive Procedural

How does self-motivation fit into the career readiness model?

It is an attitude.

Which of the following focuses on five core job characteristics that affect the psychological states of an employee, which in turn affect work outcomes?

Job characteristics model

Select all that apply Which are principal perspectives on motivation? (Choose every correct answer.)

Job design Reinforcement Process Content

Select all that apply What are the two means by which jobs are fitted to people? (Choose every correct answer.)

Job enrichment Job enlargement

Select all that apply Equity theory is focused on explaining how people work to achieve which of the following? (Choose every correct answer.)

Justice Fairness

Select all that apply What are the three critical psychological states identified by the job characteristics model? (Choose every correct answer.)

Knowledge of actual results of the work Meaningfulness of work Responsibility for work outcomes

Select all that apply Which are elements of self-motivation in the career readiness model? (Choose every correct answer.)

Maintaining focus on organizational goals Establishing good work habits Working consistently on personal development

The theory of motivation that asserts that people are motivated by physiological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization needs is ______ theory.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Select all that apply What theories of motivation would be characterized as content perspectives?

Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory Herzberg's two-factor theory McClelland's acquired needs theory

The theory of motivation that asserts that achievement, affiliation, and power are the major motives determining people's behavior in the workplace is called ______.

McClelland's acquired needs theory

Select all that apply What characteristics should your long-term goal have? (Choose every correct answer.)

Measurable Attainable Results-oriented

Select all that apply Which statements about motivation are true?

Motivation can only be inferred from a person's behavior. Multiple contextual and personal factors create motivation.

Select all that apply What are the needs identified by McClelland as the basis for motivation? (Choose every correct answer.)

Need for power Need for achievement Need for affiliation

How does McClelland view needs?

Needs are something we learn from our culture.

What area of equity theory is concerned with the extent to which people believe they are being treated fairly at work?

Organizational justice

When analyzing the pay scale of her staff, Nanci saw that several equivalent positions in the department were paid at various rates. She felt that they needed to be balanced. Which aspect of equity theory is Nanci taking into consideration?

Outputs

Merilee is a seamstress in a garment factory, and she is paid $10 for each skirt she produces. What compensation plan does this describe?

Piece rate

Select all that apply In equity theory, the outputs received from an organization include which of the following?

Praise Pay Bonuses

Which perspectives on motivation are concerned with the thought progression that leads to people deciding how to act?

Process perspectives

What type of incentive compensation plan involves the distribution of a portion of the company's profits to employees?

Profit sharing

Select all that apply What are the three major elements of Hackman and Oldham's job characteristics model? (Choose every correct answer.)

Psychological states Core job characteristics Work outcomes

Select all that apply What does the technique called scientific management seek to do? (Choose every correct answer.)

Raise employee productivity Reduce the number of tasks a worker performs Increase employee efficiency

The fact that research shows that 25% of workers are burned out, and 44% more are burned out occasionally suggests that workers are neglecting what?

Recharging each day

"Consequences influence behavior" best describes which theory of motivation?

Reinforcement theory

Select all that apply Which of the following are levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs? (Choose every correct answer.)

Safety Love Physiological Esteem

What Tamika loves about her job is that every day brings new challenges, and she can use different talents and abilities to complete her job tasks. This is an example of which core job characteristic?

Skill variety

Select all that apply Which of the following are core job characteristics in the Hackman and Oldham job characteristics model? (Choose every correct answer.)

Skill variety Feedback Task significance Autonomy

Select all that apply What are three types of learning opportunities?

Studying co-workers Learning and development Tuition reimbursement

Which core job characteristic describes the extent to which a job requires the worker to perform all of the tasks needed to complete the job from beginning to end?

Task identity

Select all that apply What are characteristics of the best incentive compensation plans?

They are agreed on by both employees and managers. They link rewards to performance.

True or false: Pay for performance allows different salaried employees to get different pay raises and other rewards.

True

A survey showed that while most employees were pleased with the company's advancement opportunities and merit system, they were dissatisfied with factors such as pay scale and sharing an office with someone they disliked. These results exemplify which theory of motivation?

Two-factor theory

Why should you break your most important long-term goal into many short-term goals?

You are more likely to achieve a long-term goal if you break it down into smaller goals.

Elaine surpassed her sales goal and earned a small cash award for her strong performance. This is an example of a ___.

bonus program

Cash awards given to employees who achieve specific performance objectives are called ______.

bonuses

Louisa is a real estate salesperson. When she sells a house, she earns a sales ______ equal to 6 percent of the sales price of the house.

commission

Your to-do list for achieving short-term goals should identify the ______.

daily tasks you need to complete

Dividing work among employees and applying motivational theories to increase employee satisfaction are the two components of job:

design.

Raises and other monetary incentives are examples of ______ rewards.

extrinsic

Janeen's boss is so pleased with her sales performance during the past quarter that he gives her a bonus. In terms of the model of motivation, the bonus represents a(n) ______.

extrinsic reward

What is the modern way of designing jobs?

fitting jobs to people

When rewarding an employee for a behavior, you should ______.

give rewards as soon as possible

The economic or protective potential of employee experience, actions, and knowledge is referred to as ______.

human capital

In equity theory, the education, experience, and skills that individuals contribute to their organizations are examples of ______.

inputs

Liu wants to better understand how to motivate employees at her company. Because she knows there is no single leading theory accepted by everyone on what motivates people, she looks into the top four perspectives: content, process, reinforcement, and ______.

job design

Scientific ______ is the process of reducing the number of tasks a worker performs.

management

To be successful, an incentive compensation plan must be ______.

measurable

Pay for performance, basing pay on one's results, is also known as ______ pay.

merit

The use of reinforcement theory to change human behavior is called behavior ______.

modification

The psychological processes that arouse and direct goal-directed behavior are collectively called ______.

motivation

Physiological or psychological deficiencies that arouse behavior are called ______.

needs

Contingency factors refer to the degree to which individuals want ___.

personal and psychological development

A pay-for-performance plan in which employees are paid according to their productivity is referred to as ______.

piece rate

According to McClelland's acquired needs theory, a "control freak" might be described as an individual with normal achievement needs, a low level of affiliation needs, and a very high level of ______ needs.

power

The distribution to employees of a percentage of the company's profits is known as ______.

profit sharing

Anything that causes a given behavior to be repeated or inhibited is known as ______.

reinforcement

Sales representatives are paid a percentage of the earnings the company made from their sales in the form of a ______.

sales commission

The theory of motivation that asserts that people are driven to try to grow and attain fulfillment, with their behavior and well-being influenced by the three innate needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness, is known as the ______ theory.

self-determination

According to the job characteristics model, the extent to which a job requires the job holder to use a wide range of different talents and abilities is known as ______.

skill variety

Jakob thought he would enjoy his job as a web designer, but it turns out that he is responsible only for updating web pages and not for creating them, too. According to the jobs characteristics model, Jakob has low ______.

task identity


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