Exam 7: Motivation Concepts

Distributive justice refers to the perceived fairness of the process used to determine the distribution of rewards.

The culture of which country tends to have lower levels of internal motivation?

Which of the following is true regarding job engagement?

What are the four ways of increasing self-efficacy, proposed by Albert Bandura?

Loni has worked at local dry cleaners for the past two years as a cashier. When the store was not busy with customers, Loni enjoyed helping Donatella, the seamstress, with various tasks such as sewing on buttons and fixing minor holes and such. Recently, Loni's job description was changed to include working with Donatella in the Alterations area 10 hours a week. Since then, Loni's enjoyment of working with Donatella has decreased. This decline can be explained by ________.

Which of the following would be an example of procedural justice in your instructors course syllabus?

The researcher who developed self-efficacy theory, Albert Bandura, proposes four ways self-efficacy can be increased. Which of the following is one of these four ways that involves becoming more confident because you see someone else doing the task?

Gloria thinks that she is paid less than other workers in her division and feels extremely resentful. She starts taking long breaks and generally wasting time. Her actions result due to a perceived ________ injustice.

If a manager incorrectly assumes that all employees want the same thing, then according to the expectancy theory, it is most likely to result in a weak ________ relationship.

What makes people more likely to be engaged in their jobs?

Workers around the world prefer rewards based on seniority over rewards based on performance and skills.

An employee, rightly or wrongly, perceives the boss doesn't like him. As a result, he expects to get a poor appraisal, regardless of the level of effort he puts in. Under such circumstances, according to the expectancy theory, the employee is likely to see the ________ relationship as weak and demotivating.

You graduated from college two years ago and began working at Hampstead Electronics. You have received good performance evaluations and a raise. You just found out that your organization has hired a recent college graduate with no experience at a higher salary than you are now making. You consider this an unfair act and resolve to do something about it. Which of the following theories best describes such a situation?

Your fellow employees have a terrible work situation. They work in an old, run-down building with an antiquated heating system. The work itself is tedious and the supervisor is rarely available and only shows up to give reprimands for production shortfalls. Nobody has received a promotion in two years. The work is boring, repetitious, and unrewarding. You are trying to improve this situation with the help of Herzberg's two-factor theory. You decide that your first job should be to improve the hygiene factors. Which of the following would you consider a hygiene factor?

The expectancy theory proposes that ________.

As per Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, social and self-actualization needs would be first priority in countries where uncertainty-avoidance characteristics are strong.

The two-factor theory proposes that ________.

According to the two-factor theory, which of the following factors is most likely to create job satisfaction?

According to McClelland's theory of needs, what type of job is preferred by those employees who have high need for achievement?

The concept of self-concordance proposes that ________.