MGT 301 Questions and Answers 2025/2026 Update
| 100% Correct
Content-oriented theories tend to focus on individual behavior in specific settings and are
more sophisticated than process theories.
False
In the context of work motivation, the factors that are controlled by an organization relate
more to Maslow's lower-level needs.
True
Which of the following is a reason why workers in America and Japan work long hours?
High cost of living
Which researcher concluded that "the Herzberg model appears to have validity across
occupational levels"?
George Hines
As discovered by researchers, high-achievement needs can be developed in people by
teaching them how to:
daydream in positive terms.
Expectancy theory postulates all of the following except that:
employees are controlled by their external environment.
The factors Welsh, Luthans, and Sommer observed among the Russian workforce that
seemed to increase worker performance are:
, value of extrinsic reward and participative techniques.
Which of the following needs is correctly matched with its descriptions?
Physiological needs consist of the needs for food, clothing, shelter, and other basic, physical
needs.
Which of the following is a quality of high achievers identified by researchers?
High achievers want concrete feedback on their performance.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the goal-setting theory?
Unlike many theories of motivation, it has been continually refined and developed.
In work motivation, factors controlled by the organization, such as conditions, hours,
earnings, security, benefits, and promotions are referred to as ________.
job-context factors
Use of ________ to motivate employees is very common in countries with high
individualism.
financial incentives
Most research in international human resource management has been ________.
content-oriented
Which of the following hygiene factors was regarded as a source of satisfaction rather than
dissatisfaction in a study that tested the Herzberg theory in an Israeli kibbutz?
interpersonal relations
| 100% Correct
Content-oriented theories tend to focus on individual behavior in specific settings and are
more sophisticated than process theories.
False
In the context of work motivation, the factors that are controlled by an organization relate
more to Maslow's lower-level needs.
True
Which of the following is a reason why workers in America and Japan work long hours?
High cost of living
Which researcher concluded that "the Herzberg model appears to have validity across
occupational levels"?
George Hines
As discovered by researchers, high-achievement needs can be developed in people by
teaching them how to:
daydream in positive terms.
Expectancy theory postulates all of the following except that:
employees are controlled by their external environment.
The factors Welsh, Luthans, and Sommer observed among the Russian workforce that
seemed to increase worker performance are:
, value of extrinsic reward and participative techniques.
Which of the following needs is correctly matched with its descriptions?
Physiological needs consist of the needs for food, clothing, shelter, and other basic, physical
needs.
Which of the following is a quality of high achievers identified by researchers?
High achievers want concrete feedback on their performance.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the goal-setting theory?
Unlike many theories of motivation, it has been continually refined and developed.
In work motivation, factors controlled by the organization, such as conditions, hours,
earnings, security, benefits, and promotions are referred to as ________.
job-context factors
Use of ________ to motivate employees is very common in countries with high
individualism.
financial incentives
Most research in international human resource management has been ________.
content-oriented
Which of the following hygiene factors was regarded as a source of satisfaction rather than
dissatisfaction in a study that tested the Herzberg theory in an Israeli kibbutz?
interpersonal relations
