Exam 16: Motivating Employees

Employee stock ownership plans give employees part ownership of the organization, enabling them to share in improved profit performance.

The equity theory focuses on individual's perceptions of how fairly they are treated relative to others.

List the four types of reinforcement.

A need for power, a need for accomplishment and a need for separation is proposed by David McClelland's acquired needs theory.

_____ are high-level needs and include achievement, recognition, responsibility, and opportunity for growth.

Briefly describe Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory.

Sally enjoys her job as a teacher, not because of the pay or benefits, but because she feels good about shaping the minds of tomorrow's leaders. Sally is motivated by:

Which of the following theories emphasize the needs that motivate people?

In goal-setting theory, _____ refers to the idea that employees have to "buy into" the goals.

Job enlargement is a job design that incorporates achievement, recognition, and other high-level motivators into the work.

Which of these is sometimes called negative reinforcement?

The group of theories that explain how employees meet their needs and determine their success are called process theories.

Bruce publicly praises his employees when they have achieved their goals. Bruce hopes this will increase the likelihood of goal achievement in the future. This is an example of:

Expectancy theory is based on the relationship among the individual's effort and performance and not on the desirability of outcomes.