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Acquired Needs Theory - ✔✔Theory that states that there are three needs—
achievement, affiliation, and power—that are the major motives determining people's
behavior in the workplace
Bonuses - ✔✔Cash awards given to employees who achieve specific performance
objectives
Content Perspectives - ✔✔Also known as need-based perspectives; theories that
emphasize the needs that motivate people
Equity Theory - ✔✔In the area of employee motivation, the focus on how employees
perceive how fairly they think they are being treated compared with others
Expectancy - ✔✔The belief that a particular level of effort will lead to a particular level
of performance,
Expectancy Theory - ✔✔Theory that suggests that people are motivated by two things:
(1) how much they want something and (2) how likely they think they are to get it
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, Extinction - ✔✔The weakening of behavior by ignoring it or making sure it is not
reinforced
Extrinsic Reward - ✔✔The payoff, such as money, that a person receives from others for
performing a particular task
Gainsharing - ✔✔The distribution of savings or "gains" to groups of employees who
reduce costs and increase measurable productivity
Goal-Setting Theory - ✔✔Employee-motivation approach that employees can be
motivated by goals that are specific and challenging but achievable
Hierarchy of Needs Theory - ✔✔Psychological structure proposed by Maslow whereby
people are motivated by five levels of needs: (1) physiological, (2) safety, (3) love, (4)
esteem, and (5) self-actualization
Hygiene Factors - ✔✔Factors associated with job dissatisfaction—such as salary,
working conditions, interpersonal relationships, and company policy—all of which
affect the job context or environment in which people work
Instrumentality - ✔✔The expectation that successful performance of the task will lead to
the outcome desired
Intrinsic Reward - ✔✔The satisfaction, such as a feeling of accomplishment, a person
receives from performing a task
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