Exam 6: Motivation and Performance

__________ in performance appraisal compares each person with every other.

Which of the following increases job breadth by having the worker perform more and different tasks, but all at the same level of responsibility and challenge?

The typical reward systems of organizations emphasize only intrinsic rewards.

A halo error results when one person rates another person on several different dimensions and gives a similar rating for each dimension.

Although research supports the logic and theoretical benefits of merit pay, it also indicates that __________.

To work well, a merit pay plan should create a belief among employees that the way to achieve high pay is to perform at high levels.

When a rater fails to discriminate between an employee's strong and weak points and allows these to carry over from one dimension to the next, the leader is likely to be experiencing the __________ performance appraisal measurement error.

Which of the following statements is NOT correct with regard to skill-based pay?

Skill based pay rewards employees based on the entire organization's performance.

A behaviorally anchored rating scale is a method of performance appraisal that records incidents of each subordinate's behavior that led to either unusual success or failure in a given performance aspect.

The potential disadvantages of job simplification include all of the following EXCEPT:

An example of __________ is the classic automobile assembly line.

Frederick Taylor and his contemporaries were primarily interested in job enlargement and job enrichment.

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of the "best" job design?

Intrinsic rewards __________.

Accenture and Booz Allen Hamilton offer suggestions for attracting and retaining talented working mothers. These include all of the following EXCEPT:

Since stock prices can fall as well as rise, there is a risk associated with respect to __________ and that risk must be considered in respect to the motivational value of such pay systems.

Potential advantages of skill-based pay include flexibility and employee cross-training while a potential disadvantage is higher training costs.

Regarding job enrichment, OB scholars __________.

According to the integrated model of individual work motivation, whether or not a work setting proves motivational for an individual depends on the __________.