Exam 6: Motivational Needs,processes,and Applications

Harold Kelly stressed that attribution theory is concerned with the intuitive processes by which an individual interprets behavior as being attributed to certain parts of the relevant environment.

One version of the control theory is essentially a cognitive phenomenon relating to the degree that individuals perceive they are in control of their own lives,or are in control of their jobs.

In order to be included under the category of secondary motives,the motive must be learned.

Stretch targets may be defined as objectives or goals that force organizations to significantly alter their processes in ways that involve a whole new paradigm of operations.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the need for achievement?

The nature of work is changing due to a blurring of the distinction between on-work and off-work time.

Tabulating the results from the critical incident method,Herzberg concluded that job satisfiers are related to job context and that job dissatisfiers are allied to job content.

Maslow's needs hierarchy theory does make a significant contribution in terms of making management aware of the diverse needs of employees at work.

Avoiding tasks or decisions with a risk of failure and blame can be categorized under which one of the following needs?

According to the Porter-Lawler model,the inference is that employees need to better focus their efforts on high-impact behaviors and activities that result in higher performance.

The roots of which of the following theory can be traced back to cognitive dissonance theory and exchange theory?

According to the dimensions that Kelley suggests,if there is a high consensus,high consistency,and high distinctiveness,then attribution to external or situational/environmental causes will probably be made.

Primary motives must be unlearned,and it must be physiologically based.

Which of these researchers/scholars actually addressed the relationship between satisfaction and performance directly by a motivation model?

Explain the contributions of Herzberg's two-factor theory to work motivation.

Interactional justice is the exchange between the employee and the employing organization.

The proposal to introduce sophisticated wage incentive models to motivate workers would be fuelled by which theory?

Which of the following is often cited as an example of how the field of organizational behavior should progress from a sound theoretical foundation to sophisticated research to the actual application of more effective management practice?

Responses from the critical incident method showed that reported bad feelings were associated with:

According to which of the following theory,extrinsic motivators may actually undermine intrinsic motivation?