i/o Q&A
the Pygmalion effect - (correct answer)Temea spends a lot of effort selecting her
employees. Thus, when she hires someone, she knows they will perform well and has a
lot of confidence in them. According to _______, the employees probably will perform
well.
high in extrinsic - (correct answer)Bob hates his work but will work hard if the supervisor
is around to punish employees who are not working. Bob is probably ______ motivation
equity theory - (correct answer)According to _______, an employee's motivation is
related to how fairly she believes she is being treated compared to other employees.
employees high in growth need strength - (correct answer)According to job
characteristics theory, improving the dimensions of the five core job characteristics will
work best to motivate:
achievement - (correct answer)Employees with a high need for _______ are motivated
by jobs that are challenging and over which they have some control.
expectancy / instrumentality - (correct answer)In expectancy theory, ____ is the
perceived relationship between the amount of effort an employee puts in and the
resulting outcome, and ____ is the extent to which the outcome of a worker's
performance will result in a particular consequence.
It was not specific - (correct answer)Fred's parents tell him to try his best in college.
Fred's first semester GPA is 1.8 and his parents are mad. What was wrong with the goal
set for Fred?
the Premack principle - (correct answer)An individual does not like to do laundry but
prefers to do laundry over studying for exams. Because doing laundry is liked more than
studying, _______ predicts that the opportunity to do laundry will motivate a person to
study.
, task significance - (correct answer)In the job characteristics model, the degree to the
individual can see the impact of the job on the lives or work of other people is referred to
as
has shown that people skip levels - (correct answer)In general, research on Maslow's
theory:
self-esteem - (correct answer)Consistency theory states that there is a relationship
between work motivation and:
reduce her effort - (correct answer)If an employee feels she is underpaid for the effort
she exerts, she will probably:
Job satisfaction / organizational commitment - (correct answer)____ is the attitude one
has toward her job and ____ is the extent to which an employee identifies with and is
involved with an organization.
continuance commitment - (correct answer)Andrew has been working with Surrette
Manufacturing for 29 years and has one year left to be eligible for full retirement
benefits. He has a house three minutes from work and his children all live close by.
Andrew would most likely be high in:
less satisfied and less committed and will probably leave the organization - (correct
answer)Reuben had certain expectations about his new job and his new company. After
three months on the job, Reuben realized that the reality of the job and the organization
were different from his expectations. Reuben is likely to be:
procedural justice - (correct answer)Sally is angry about a promotion decision. Though
she is not sure that she was the best candidate, she feels that she was not able to
demonstrate her skills and questions the decision making process. Sally's
dissatisfaction is consistent with research on:
the Pygmalion effect - (correct answer)Temea spends a lot of effort selecting her
employees. Thus, when she hires someone, she knows they will perform well and has a
lot of confidence in them. According to _______, the employees probably will perform
well.
high in extrinsic - (correct answer)Bob hates his work but will work hard if the supervisor
is around to punish employees who are not working. Bob is probably ______ motivation
equity theory - (correct answer)According to _______, an employee's motivation is
related to how fairly she believes she is being treated compared to other employees.
employees high in growth need strength - (correct answer)According to job
characteristics theory, improving the dimensions of the five core job characteristics will
work best to motivate:
achievement - (correct answer)Employees with a high need for _______ are motivated
by jobs that are challenging and over which they have some control.
expectancy / instrumentality - (correct answer)In expectancy theory, ____ is the
perceived relationship between the amount of effort an employee puts in and the
resulting outcome, and ____ is the extent to which the outcome of a worker's
performance will result in a particular consequence.
It was not specific - (correct answer)Fred's parents tell him to try his best in college.
Fred's first semester GPA is 1.8 and his parents are mad. What was wrong with the goal
set for Fred?
the Premack principle - (correct answer)An individual does not like to do laundry but
prefers to do laundry over studying for exams. Because doing laundry is liked more than
studying, _______ predicts that the opportunity to do laundry will motivate a person to
study.
, task significance - (correct answer)In the job characteristics model, the degree to the
individual can see the impact of the job on the lives or work of other people is referred to
as
has shown that people skip levels - (correct answer)In general, research on Maslow's
theory:
self-esteem - (correct answer)Consistency theory states that there is a relationship
between work motivation and:
reduce her effort - (correct answer)If an employee feels she is underpaid for the effort
she exerts, she will probably:
Job satisfaction / organizational commitment - (correct answer)____ is the attitude one
has toward her job and ____ is the extent to which an employee identifies with and is
involved with an organization.
continuance commitment - (correct answer)Andrew has been working with Surrette
Manufacturing for 29 years and has one year left to be eligible for full retirement
benefits. He has a house three minutes from work and his children all live close by.
Andrew would most likely be high in:
less satisfied and less committed and will probably leave the organization - (correct
answer)Reuben had certain expectations about his new job and his new company. After
three months on the job, Reuben realized that the reality of the job and the organization
were different from his expectations. Reuben is likely to be:
procedural justice - (correct answer)Sally is angry about a promotion decision. Though
she is not sure that she was the best candidate, she feels that she was not able to
demonstrate her skills and questions the decision making process. Sally's
dissatisfaction is consistent with research on:
