Exam 8: Managing Motivation

Define what motivation is and how behaviour can be intrinsically and extrinsically motivated.

A total reward strategy that includes both extrinsic and intrinsic motivators could include which of the following?

Need theories of motivation focus on how one actually motivates employees.

The need theory that distinguishes between two sets of needs is known as:

A total reward strategy includes both extrinsic and intrinsic motivating factors.

An example of high levels of job characteristics would be:

Negative reinforcement is the same as punishment.

A manager who experiences underpayment inequity may choose to:

For most managers,a promotion is considered to be:

Which of the following is important in goal-setting theory?

Pay is an important extrinsic motivating factor addressed by both need and process theories.

Joelyn feels that she has outcomes equal to 50 and inputs equal to 10.She perceives that Linda has outcomes equal to 60 and inputs equal to 10.In this case Joelyn is most likely to experience:

All of the following are likely examples of intrinsically motivated behaviour,except:

Vicarious learning occurs when a person (the learner)becomes motivated to perform a behaviour by watching another person (the model)perform the behaviour and be positively reinforced for doing the same.

According to Maslow,the highest level of needs that motivate employees are:

In expectancy theory,a perception about the extent to which effort will result in a certain level of performance is known as:

In Herzberg's theory,all of the following are examples of motivator needs except:

The sense of inequity that exists when a person perceives that his or her own outcome/input ratio is greater than the ratio of a referent is known as a(n):

The degree to which a manager focuses on the accomplishment of a goal despite obstacles is referred to as:

Valence is the extent to which employees desire the outcome or reward they would receive for high levels of performance.