BUAD 309 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
NEWEST EDITION EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Job Performance Equation. Answer: Performance= motivation +
ability + environment
p=m+a+e
⩥ Traditional Approach of motivation. Answer: "Scientific
Management" (Frederick Taylor) assumes that employees are motivated
solely by money
⩥ Human Relations approach of motivation. Answer: Assumes
employees' needs outweigh money and that fostering favorable
employee attitudes (the illusion of involvement) results in motivation
⩥ Human Resource approach of motivation. Answer: assumes that
people want to contribute and are able to make genuine contributions
⩥ Dimensions of self efficiency. Answer: Magnitude, strength, and
generality
, ⩥ Magnitude (self efficacy). Answer: Beliefs about how difficult a task
can be accomplished
⩥ Strength (self efficacy). Answer: Beliefs about how confident the
person is that the task can be accomplished
⩥ Generality (self efficacy). Answer: Beliefs about the degree to which
similar tasks can be accomplished
⩥ Equity. Answer: perceptual belief that one is being treated fairly in
relations to others
⩥ Equity Theory. Answer: focuses on desire to be treated with equity
and to avoid perceived equity
⩥ Expectancy Theory. Answer: the theory that people will be motivated
to the extent to which they believe that their efforts will lead to good
performance, that good performance will be rewarded, and that they will
be offered attractive rewards
⩥ Effort-to-performance expectancy. Answer: a person's perception of
the probability that effort will lead to performance
⩥ Performance-to-outcome expectancy. Answer: The perceived
probability that performance will lead to certain outcomes
NEWEST EDITION EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Job Performance Equation. Answer: Performance= motivation +
ability + environment
p=m+a+e
⩥ Traditional Approach of motivation. Answer: "Scientific
Management" (Frederick Taylor) assumes that employees are motivated
solely by money
⩥ Human Relations approach of motivation. Answer: Assumes
employees' needs outweigh money and that fostering favorable
employee attitudes (the illusion of involvement) results in motivation
⩥ Human Resource approach of motivation. Answer: assumes that
people want to contribute and are able to make genuine contributions
⩥ Dimensions of self efficiency. Answer: Magnitude, strength, and
generality
, ⩥ Magnitude (self efficacy). Answer: Beliefs about how difficult a task
can be accomplished
⩥ Strength (self efficacy). Answer: Beliefs about how confident the
person is that the task can be accomplished
⩥ Generality (self efficacy). Answer: Beliefs about the degree to which
similar tasks can be accomplished
⩥ Equity. Answer: perceptual belief that one is being treated fairly in
relations to others
⩥ Equity Theory. Answer: focuses on desire to be treated with equity
and to avoid perceived equity
⩥ Expectancy Theory. Answer: the theory that people will be motivated
to the extent to which they believe that their efforts will lead to good
performance, that good performance will be rewarded, and that they will
be offered attractive rewards
⩥ Effort-to-performance expectancy. Answer: a person's perception of
the probability that effort will lead to performance
⩥ Performance-to-outcome expectancy. Answer: The perceived
probability that performance will lead to certain outcomes
