Exam 9: Motivation

Austin was often late to work,despite his manager,Ben,warning him against it several times.As a last resort,Ben reduced Austin's salary in proportion to the hours he missed at work by being late.It turned out to be the right thing to do as Austin was never late to work after the incident.Which of the following best explains this scenario?

Joey has recently joined an advertising firm as an executive.He has to request Michael,his manager,for feedback on his performance.Michael,who normally has problems giving feedback to his subordinates,is delighted by Joey's attitude.In this context,Joey could be rated high on the need for:

Vicarious learning is the same thing as "observational learning."

When people are performing complicated and very challenging tasks that require them to focus on a considerable amount of learning,specific,difficult goals actually enhance performance.

According to Maslow's motivation theory,the lowest level of unmet needs in the needs hierarchy is the prime motivator of a worker's behavior.

Attitude refers to how hard an employee works for an organization.

The theory that distinguishes between needs related to the work itself from those related to the context of the work is:

When a subordinate engages in dysfunctional behavior and the manager administers an undesired consequence for that behavior,punishment has occurred.

A subordinate changes his behavior from a dysfunctional to a functional one and his manager then removes an undesired outcome.This is known as:

Which of the following is an example of an employee's input to an organization?

A manager removes a positive reinforcement in order to change the behavior of a subordinate.This is called:

Action plans can include the strategies to attain the goals and schedules for the completion of different activities crucial to goal attainment.

Thomas,an engineer,gets paid more than his colleague,Chris.Thomas has more years on the job than Chris,and works more hours.Thomas thinks he and Chris are paid fairly,but Chris thinks that he should be paid the same as Thomas because his degree is from a better university and he is more creative.Thomas is experiencing _____ and Chris is experiencing:

The need for recognition is the extent to which an individual is concerned about establishing and maintaining good interpersonal relations,being liked,and having the people around him/her get along with each other.

When people experience overpayment inequity,equity can be restored by perceiving the referent's inputs to be lower or the referent's outcomes to be higher than one originally thought.

Inequity exists when a worker perceives his/her outcome-input ratio to be equal to that of a referent.

A worker in an automobile assembly line who chooses his/her work because of the job security it entails is said to be:

A behavior that is performed "for its own sake" is called extrinsically motivated behavior.

According to the goal-setting theory,the most motivating goals are:

Which of the following outcomes satisfies hygiene needs?