Exam 9: Pay-For-Performance: the Evidence

What are the behaviors that compensation ought to enforce?

_____ involves identifying what is important to a person and offering it to them in exchange for some desired behavior.

Gain sharing poses greater risk to individual employees than profit sharing.

When employee performance is easily measured and the organization's performance is fairly stable over time,the most effective type of compensation is to offer _____.

_____ theory argues that performance-based pay is best for complex jobs where monitoring employee performance is difficult.

Desired employee behaviors are influenced by ________

Both pay level and pay system characteristics affect applicants decisions to accept a job.

When an organization's performance has frequent highs and lows and individual performance is fairly stable and performance measures are clear,the most effective compensation mix is to offer _____.

Blue-collar workers feel pay increases should be based upon performance.

The amount of fairness given to employees refers to _____.

Briefly explain the concept of cafeteria-style or flexible compensation.

When developing a flexible compensation system,which theory or theories would be most useful?

_____ is an individual level form of performance pay.

Available evidence indicates managers believe the most important factor for pay increases is _____.

Lump-sum bonuses have less risk for workers than merit pay.

The point of the behavior = f (M,A,E)model is that,though very important,compensation alone cannot change employee behavior.

The text authors argue compensation has more influence on performance than selection or performance management.

The key ingredient in _____ is careful cost analysis to make sure the dollar cost of the package an employee selects meets employer budgetary limits.

For which motivation theory is it important for organizations to pay attention to the training and development needs of their employees?

Maslow's theory suggests that performance-based pay can be de-motivating.