Exam 4: Motivation-A Prerequisite for Success

Motivation is a mental process that produces an attitude resulting in an action leading to a result.

According to the text, the KITP (kick in the pants) approach is a motivation process that should be avoided.

Motivational theory "carrot and stick" resembles Theory Y. Both theories seem viable when meeting an employee's basic needs at physiological and safety levels.

According to Maslow's motivation theory, only 3 percent of the population are self-actualized.

For many employees, the attainment of _____________ is as important as material rewards.

Behavioral scientists trace behavior by using all of the following terms, except

Which of the following is not a level in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

Hygiene factors are generally

When social needs are not fulfilled by the organization, humans begin to hunger for affiliation with others and therefore become more talkative at work and begin to neglect their work.

A supervisor should strive to create a quality of organizational working life in which most officers become self-motivated.

Based on Herzberg's view of satisfiers and dissatisfiers, hygiene factors

When employees are highly committed and motivated the organization begins to perform successfully; therefore, the employees have been

The combination of ______________ determines what motivates an officer to act in a certain way in a particular situation.

There are five basic assumptions about human behavior that serve as the foundation of the expectancy theory.

An individual's motivation to act depends on two factors: the strength of the need and the amount of desire of the need.

Security needs are the strongest and most fundamental needs.

Work is defined as the identity of an individual.

According to the text, within a good workplace, the relationship between each employee and the organization is one of