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Motivation - ✔✔a set of energetic forces that originate within and outside an employee
that initiates work - related effort and determines its direction, intensity, and
persistence
Gina is a tv salesperson at best buy... which piece of expectancy theory most strongly
explains this drop off in motivation? - ✔✔
what are the three needs discussed - ✔✔- need for achievement
- need for power
- need for affiliation
people who have a strong need for achievement are more likely to: - ✔✔- attempt a task
instead of rolling the dice, even when both yield identical likelihoods
- choose to work with an expert to solve a problem as opposed to a friend
Gina's coworker ted is paid hourly, but is constantly putting fourth effort... ted's
motivation is more: - ✔✔intrinsic
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, considering equity theory, what are two ways an employee might bring balance to their
"equity scale" - ✔✔1) shrink your outcomes
2) grow your inputs
goals motivate when they are SMART. what does SMART stand for: - ✔✔1) Specific
2) measurable
3) achievable
4) results-based
5) time sensitive
graph from discussion of goal setting theory - ✔✔y-axis: task performance
x-axis: goal difficulty
T/F: trust is strongly positively related to effective commitment and normative
commitment, but has no effect on continence commitment? - ✔✔- True
self-efficacy is related to motivation because it influences: - ✔✔expectancy
attributions are related to motivation because they influence: - ✔✔self-efficacy
recall class exercise w/identical questions, but two possible instructions... which
motivational theory was supported? - ✔✔goal setting theory
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