CHAPTER 6 - MBA 704 - KUNGU
EXAM|BRAND NEW EXPERT EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CLEAR CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALL GRADED
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Motivation is a hypothetical construct that is used to help explain behavior; it should
not be equated with behavior. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Motivation is a process that starts with a physiological or psychological deficiency or
need that activates a behavior or drive that is aimed at a goal or incentive. -
Answer✅✅TRUE
An incentive is defined as anything that will alleviate the needs and increase the
drive. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Primary motives must be unlearned, and it must be physiologically based. -
Answer✅✅TRUE
,In order to be included under the category of secondary motives, the motive must
be learned. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Intrinsic motives include the drive to avoid punishment, such as termination or
being transferred. - Answer✅✅FALSE
According to Maslow, one of the needs identified is the love need, however there
are instances where there are misleading connotations, such as sex, which is
essentially a physiological need. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Maslow did not point out that the esteem needs consist of both self-esteem and
esteem from others. He mainly conceded the importance of esteem of others. -
Answer✅✅FALSE
Maslow's needs hierarchy theory does make a significant contribution in terms of
making management aware of the diverse needs of employees at work. -
Answer✅✅TRUE
Tabulating the results from the critical incident method, Herzberg concluded that
job satisfiers are related to job context and that job dissatisfiers are allied to job
content. - Answer✅✅FALSE
The term hygiene, in Herzberg's theory, refers to those factors that prevent
dissatisfaction. - Answer✅✅TRUE
The fact that there are a higher number of employees who are dissatisfied with the
raise they get points out that the hygiene factors seem to be important in preventing
dissatisfaction but do not lead to satisfaction. - Answer✅✅TRUE
According to the Porter-Lawler model, the inference is that employees need to
better focus their efforts on high-impact behaviors and activities that result in higher
performance. - Answer✅✅TRUE
The roots of Porter-Lawler expectancy theory of work motivation can be traced back
to cognitive dissonance theory and exchange theory. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Inequity occurs when a person perceives that the ratio of his or her outcomes to
other's outcomes and the ratio of a relevant other's input to his or her inputs are
unequal. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Equity theory supports a perception of distributive justice, which is an individual's
cognitive evaluation regarding whether or not the amounts and allocations of
rewards in a social setting are fair. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Interactional justice is the exchange between the employee and the employing
organization. - Answer✅✅FALSE
, Attribution theory is concerned with the relationship between personal social
perception and interpersonal behavior. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Harold Kelly stressed that attribution theory is concerned with the intuitive
processes by which an individual interprets behavior as being attributed to certain
parts of the relevant environment. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Employees who perceive external control feel that they personally can influence
their outcomes through their own ability, skills or effort. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Attributions are related to organizational symbolism, which in effect says that in
order to understand organizations, one must recognize their symbolic nature. -
Answer✅✅TRUE
According to the dimensions that Kelley suggests, if there is a high consensus, high
consistency, and high distinctiveness, then attribution to external or
situational/environmental causes will probably be made. - Answer✅✅FALSE
In self-serving bias, people tend to attribute others' behavior to personal factors
such as intelligence, etc. even when it is clear that the situation caused by the person
to behave the way he or she did. - Answer✅✅FALSE
One version of the control theory is essentially a cognitive phenomenon relating to
the degree that individuals perceive they are in control of their own lives, or are in
control of their jobs. - Answer✅✅TRUE
One of the main advantages of the agency theory is that it strongly emphasizes the
roles that various forms of extrinsic and intrinsic motives play in shaping behaviors. -
Answer✅✅FALSE
The nature of work is changing due to a blurring of the distinction between on-work
and off-work time. - Answer✅✅TRUE
The primary disadvantage of job rotation is that after the experience of each new
task, the workers want to go back to where they started off from. -
Answer✅✅FALSE
Task identity refers to job independence. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Commitment tends to run higher when goals are specific as opposed to general or
broad. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Stretch targets may be defined as objectives or goals that force organizations to
significantly alter their processes in ways that involve a whole new paradigm of
operations. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Which of the following is defined as a deficiency with direction?
EXAM|BRAND NEW EXPERT EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CLEAR CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALL GRADED
A+|LATEST PREMIUM
UPDATE(2025-2026)|100%
GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
Motivation is a hypothetical construct that is used to help explain behavior; it should
not be equated with behavior. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Motivation is a process that starts with a physiological or psychological deficiency or
need that activates a behavior or drive that is aimed at a goal or incentive. -
Answer✅✅TRUE
An incentive is defined as anything that will alleviate the needs and increase the
drive. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Primary motives must be unlearned, and it must be physiologically based. -
Answer✅✅TRUE
,In order to be included under the category of secondary motives, the motive must
be learned. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Intrinsic motives include the drive to avoid punishment, such as termination or
being transferred. - Answer✅✅FALSE
According to Maslow, one of the needs identified is the love need, however there
are instances where there are misleading connotations, such as sex, which is
essentially a physiological need. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Maslow did not point out that the esteem needs consist of both self-esteem and
esteem from others. He mainly conceded the importance of esteem of others. -
Answer✅✅FALSE
Maslow's needs hierarchy theory does make a significant contribution in terms of
making management aware of the diverse needs of employees at work. -
Answer✅✅TRUE
Tabulating the results from the critical incident method, Herzberg concluded that
job satisfiers are related to job context and that job dissatisfiers are allied to job
content. - Answer✅✅FALSE
The term hygiene, in Herzberg's theory, refers to those factors that prevent
dissatisfaction. - Answer✅✅TRUE
The fact that there are a higher number of employees who are dissatisfied with the
raise they get points out that the hygiene factors seem to be important in preventing
dissatisfaction but do not lead to satisfaction. - Answer✅✅TRUE
According to the Porter-Lawler model, the inference is that employees need to
better focus their efforts on high-impact behaviors and activities that result in higher
performance. - Answer✅✅TRUE
The roots of Porter-Lawler expectancy theory of work motivation can be traced back
to cognitive dissonance theory and exchange theory. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Inequity occurs when a person perceives that the ratio of his or her outcomes to
other's outcomes and the ratio of a relevant other's input to his or her inputs are
unequal. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Equity theory supports a perception of distributive justice, which is an individual's
cognitive evaluation regarding whether or not the amounts and allocations of
rewards in a social setting are fair. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Interactional justice is the exchange between the employee and the employing
organization. - Answer✅✅FALSE
, Attribution theory is concerned with the relationship between personal social
perception and interpersonal behavior. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Harold Kelly stressed that attribution theory is concerned with the intuitive
processes by which an individual interprets behavior as being attributed to certain
parts of the relevant environment. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Employees who perceive external control feel that they personally can influence
their outcomes through their own ability, skills or effort. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Attributions are related to organizational symbolism, which in effect says that in
order to understand organizations, one must recognize their symbolic nature. -
Answer✅✅TRUE
According to the dimensions that Kelley suggests, if there is a high consensus, high
consistency, and high distinctiveness, then attribution to external or
situational/environmental causes will probably be made. - Answer✅✅FALSE
In self-serving bias, people tend to attribute others' behavior to personal factors
such as intelligence, etc. even when it is clear that the situation caused by the person
to behave the way he or she did. - Answer✅✅FALSE
One version of the control theory is essentially a cognitive phenomenon relating to
the degree that individuals perceive they are in control of their own lives, or are in
control of their jobs. - Answer✅✅TRUE
One of the main advantages of the agency theory is that it strongly emphasizes the
roles that various forms of extrinsic and intrinsic motives play in shaping behaviors. -
Answer✅✅FALSE
The nature of work is changing due to a blurring of the distinction between on-work
and off-work time. - Answer✅✅TRUE
The primary disadvantage of job rotation is that after the experience of each new
task, the workers want to go back to where they started off from. -
Answer✅✅FALSE
Task identity refers to job independence. - Answer✅✅FALSE
Commitment tends to run higher when goals are specific as opposed to general or
broad. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Stretch targets may be defined as objectives or goals that force organizations to
significantly alter their processes in ways that involve a whole new paradigm of
operations. - Answer✅✅TRUE
Which of the following is defined as a deficiency with direction?
