Exam 4: Motivation in Organizations

____ is the set of forces that causes people to engage in one behavior rather than some alternative behavior.

Requesting a pay raise is an attempt to reduce inequity by changing one's own _________.

The father of scientific management, Frederick Taylor, believed people were motivated by the opportunity to contribute to the workplace.

OB modification is the application of _________ to people in organizational settings.

Which needs from Maslow's hierarchy are the hardest to understand and most difficult to satisfy?

Match the following: -reinforcement

Friendships developed in a work group would most likely satisfy _________ needs.

The performance-to-outcome expectancy is a person's perception of the probability that effort will lead to performance.

Alderfer's growth needs are analogous to Maslow's needs for

The basic expectancy framework suggests that for motivated behavior to occur,

Match the following: -need

Which of the following is first step in OB modification?

In order for social learning to take place,

People with a strong need for affiliation most often work in jobs with

Which of these suggests that favorable employee attitudes result in motivation to work hard?

In order for social learning to work, an employee must possess the physical _________ to imitate the behavior.

In a(n) ___________ schedule, behavior is reinforced according to some predetermined, constant schedule based on time.

According to Herzberg's dual-structure theory, motivation factors were often cited as the primary causes of

Match the following: -self-actualization

Define, discuss, and provide examples of the major ideas of scientific management, human relations, and the human resources views of motivation.