WGU C236 Chapter 8 Test Questions and
Actual Answers.
Correcting Mechanisms - Answer In place to fix any mistakes made by the system.
Distributive Justice - Answer Perceptions are based upon employees' views of distribution of
rewards in the organization.
Ego and Esteem needs - Answer The desire for self respect, self esteem and for the esteem of
others.
Equity theory - Answer Based on comparisons between the ration of employees' inputs and
rewards to the ration of inputs and rewards of others.
Expectancy Perception - Answer Asks can i perform at the level required for the reward?
Which grows out of employees' perceptions of the clarity of performance expectations and their
own abilities.
Expectancy Theory - Answer The theory that motivation is a function not only of the perceived
contingency of the rewards, but also of how much the employee values the reward, and wheter
or not they believe that they can perform at the required level.
Explanation - Answer The systematic process of job evaluation, job analysis, market surveys,
and performance measurement are important because they provide managers with the
explanation of how a system was designed and a decision was made.
Instrumentality perception - Answer Asks if I perform, will i receive the reward?
It focuses on the contingency between employee actions and the reward.
Interactional Justice - Answer Refers to perceptions of the extent to which the employee was
treated with due respect.
Intrinsic Motivation Theory. - Answer Stipulates that employees attribute their behavior to
internal and external causes; also referred to as self determination Theory
Actual Answers.
Correcting Mechanisms - Answer In place to fix any mistakes made by the system.
Distributive Justice - Answer Perceptions are based upon employees' views of distribution of
rewards in the organization.
Ego and Esteem needs - Answer The desire for self respect, self esteem and for the esteem of
others.
Equity theory - Answer Based on comparisons between the ration of employees' inputs and
rewards to the ration of inputs and rewards of others.
Expectancy Perception - Answer Asks can i perform at the level required for the reward?
Which grows out of employees' perceptions of the clarity of performance expectations and their
own abilities.
Expectancy Theory - Answer The theory that motivation is a function not only of the perceived
contingency of the rewards, but also of how much the employee values the reward, and wheter
or not they believe that they can perform at the required level.
Explanation - Answer The systematic process of job evaluation, job analysis, market surveys,
and performance measurement are important because they provide managers with the
explanation of how a system was designed and a decision was made.
Instrumentality perception - Answer Asks if I perform, will i receive the reward?
It focuses on the contingency between employee actions and the reward.
Interactional Justice - Answer Refers to perceptions of the extent to which the employee was
treated with due respect.
Intrinsic Motivation Theory. - Answer Stipulates that employees attribute their behavior to
internal and external causes; also referred to as self determination Theory
