Exam 6: Motivation and Performance

Skill-based pay compensates people for the mix and depth of skills they possess.

Central tendency occurs when managers lump everyone together around the average,or middle,category.

In today's economy,more and more employers are requiring their employees to be at work to ensure productivity; therefore,telecommuting is on the decline.

__________ is a system that rewards people for acquiring and developing job-relevant skills.

All of the following are core job characteristics as identified by Hackman and Oldham EXCEPT:

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

According to the integrated model of individual work motivation,a person's job performance is influenced most directly by individual attributes such as ability and experience,organizational support such as resources and technology,and effort or the willingness of someone to work hard at what they are doing.

__________ in performance appraisal compares each person with every other.

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.

The typical reward systems of organizations emphasize only intrinsic rewards.

The moderators in the job characteristics model include growth-need strength,knowledge and skill,and context satisfaction.

Job rotation increases task variety by periodically shifting workers among jobs involving tasks of similar difficulty and responsibility.

An advantage of the behaviorally anchored rating scale approach is that it is straightforward and relatively simple.

Identify and define five measurement errors in performance appraisal. Suggested

__________ rewards employees based on the entire organization's performance.

A compressed workweek allows a full-time job to be completed in fewer than five standard workdays.

The most common form of __________ is a "4-40" schedule--that is,40 hours of work is accomplished in four 10-hour days.

Some people argue that __________ are not consistent with the demands of today's organizations because they fail to recognize the high degree of task interdependence among employees.

The awarding of cash bonuses is especially common in the __________ of organizations.

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.