Exam 9: Motivation

Within the context of McClelland's acquired needs theory,even though Coyle and Sandoz vary widely in their motivational tactics,is it possible that both supervisors could possess the same predominant need?

________ is the extent to which a person believes he or she can accomplish a given task in a specific situation.

Need hierarchy and acquired needs content theories focus on the identification of external factors of motivation,while the two-factor content theory focuses on identifying internal factors of motivation.

Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory defines ________ as succeeding on a similar prior task and attributing that success to one's own capabilities rather than to luck or circumstances.

________ focuses on core job attributes,critical psychological states,and expected outcomes.

________ asserts that individuals are likely to compare the ratios of inputs to outcomes they receive against the ratios of other people,such as colleagues or acquaintances.

________ is a process theory that,in part,describes how to increase an individual's sense of self-efficacy,thus increasing motivation.

A key issue related to work centrality is the subordination of personal goals to the goals of a group.

Self-efficacy is roughly the equivalent of ________ expectancy in the expectancy theory.

Harry,a finance manager of an IT company,devises a new child education benefit plan to partly sponsor the primary education of their employees' children.Within the context of the job characteristics model,this is an example of ________.

What is equity theory?

Which of the following is an external motivational force?

Task significance is the degree to which a job requires a variety of different activities in carrying out the work.

List the three components emphasized in Hackman and Oldham's job characteristics model.

According to Maslow's need hierarchy,which of the following needs relate to the need for self-respect and respect from other people?

Frederick Herzberg asserts that hygiene factors and motivators are equivalent.

According to the job characteristics model,________ is the degree to which a job provides substantial freedom,independence,and discretion to the individual in scheduling the work and in determining the procedures to be used in carrying it out.

Scholarly research has defined ________ as the degree of general importance that working has in the life of an individual at a point in time.

What is the difference between positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement?

Jessica,a team leader at Hifenac Corp.,has portrayed her managerial skills by successfully motivating each of her team members to perform exceedingly well.The exceptional performance of her team prompts the management to increase her team size and assign her new projects.Soon,however,management observes that this additional responsibility adversely affects Jessica's performance and the productivity of the new team is not as impressive.Which of the following is most similar to the scenario discussed above?