Exam 5: Foundations of Employee Motivation

Equity theory research has found that employees who feel overrewarded tend to alter their perceptions of inputs and outcomes rather than attempt to actually change them.

(True/False)

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Question 61

One of the main problems with expectancy theory of motivation is that it does not identify the 'comparison other' in the motivation process.

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Question 62

ABC Corp.pays its employees a fixed salary in a paycheque received every Friday afternoon.This is an example of which reinforcement schedule?

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Question 63

Feelings of procedural injustice produce anger,which,in turn,generates either withdrawal or aggression.

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Question 64

Giving employees an explanation for a negative decision has no effect on procedural justice.

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Question 65

To learn about their progress towards goal accomplishment,employees usually prefer feedback from supervisors and other people.

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Question 66

Experts agree that drives are limited to physiological essentials,such as hunger and thirst.

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Question 67

One way to increase an employee's E-to-P expectancy regarding a specific task is to increase the person's self-confidence through counselling and coaching.

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Question 68

Distributive justice increases directly with the extent that the decision allows voice,can be appealed,and has an unbiased decision maker.

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Question 69

When employees want to improve their self-image,they seek out positive feedback from social sources.

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Question 70

Receiving a commission only when a sale is made represents:

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Question 71

According to four-drive theory,___________ are the conscious sources of human motivation.

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Question 72

Feedback is a source of motivation as well as learning.

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Question 73

According to expectancy theory,providing counselling and coaching to an employee who lacks self-confidence is most likely to increase the employee's:

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Question 74

Having a formalized way of appealing the decision of managers to a higher authority is a form of procedural justice.

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Question 75

According to expectancy theory,a skill-development training program would:

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Question 76

In the equity theory model,a 'comparison other' is an individual or group of people against whom the person compares his or her outcome/input ratio.

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Question 77

One way to increase employee motivation by improving the P-to-O expectancies is to:

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Question 78

Needs hierarchy theory fails to explain the dynamics of employee motivation mainly because:

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Question 79

According to expectancy theory,a reward that is not wanted has:

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Equity theory research has found that employees who feel overrewarded tend to alter their perceptions of inputs and outcomes rather than attempt to actually change them.

One of the main problems with expectancy theory of motivation is that it does not identify the 'comparison other' in the motivation process.

ABC Corp.pays its employees a fixed salary in a paycheque received every Friday afternoon.This is an example of which reinforcement schedule?

Feelings of procedural injustice produce anger,which,in turn,generates either withdrawal or aggression.

Giving employees an explanation for a negative decision has no effect on procedural justice.

To learn about their progress towards goal accomplishment,employees usually prefer feedback from supervisors and other people.

Experts agree that drives are limited to physiological essentials,such as hunger and thirst.

One way to increase an employee's E-to-P expectancy regarding a specific task is to increase the person's self-confidence through counselling and coaching.

Distributive justice increases directly with the extent that the decision allows voice,can be appealed,and has an unbiased decision maker.

When employees want to improve their self-image,they seek out positive feedback from social sources.

Receiving a commission only when a sale is made represents:

According to four-drive theory,___________ are the conscious sources of human motivation.

Feedback is a source of motivation as well as learning.

According to expectancy theory,providing counselling and coaching to an employee who lacks self-confidence is most likely to increase the employee's:

Having a formalized way of appealing the decision of managers to a higher authority is a form of procedural justice.

According to expectancy theory,a skill-development training program would:

In the equity theory model,a 'comparison other' is an individual or group of people against whom the person compares his or her outcome/input ratio.

One way to increase employee motivation by improving the P-to-O expectancies is to:

Needs hierarchy theory fails to explain the dynamics of employee motivation mainly because:

According to expectancy theory,a reward that is not wanted has:

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Individual Behaviour, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

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Power and Influence in the Workplace

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