Exam 7: Motivation Concepts

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. In such a situation, you will most likely ________.

Which of the following statements is true according to the two-factor theory?

According to a recent large scale study, justice perceptions are important to all of the following values except ________.

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?

One of your classmates was recently found to have cheated on the exam. Though furious, your instructor spoke to the student very kindly and listened to the student's story of being very stressed out and having to work a part-time job. Your instructor's behavior is an attempt at ________.

If organizations rewarded individuals according to criteria such as seniority, creativity and initiative rather than for performance, then expectancy theory might be much more valid.

According to the two-factor theory proposed by Herzberg, which of the following factors is considered a hygiene factor?

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

What relationship exists between management by objectives (MBO) and goal setting theory?

According to the expectancy theory, the degree to which an individual believes that performing at a particular level will generate a desired outcome is indicated by the ________ relationship.

The main difference between the ideas of self-efficacy and self-esteem is ________.

The degree to which an employee believes it is meaningful to engage in work is partially determined by access to sufficient resources to work effectively.

Which of the following theories discusses three relationships: effort-performance relationship, performance-reward relationship, and rewards-personal goals relationship?

Jessica does not believe that the methods and processes for determining salary increases in her company are fair. As per this example, Jessica believes that there is a problem with the firm's ________ justice.

Differentiate motivators from hygiene factors.

At its core, reinforcement theory contends that ________ condition(s) ________.

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.

Which of the following is one of the four ways of increasing self-efficacy that involves gaining relevant experience with the task or job?

The two-factor theory proposes that ________.

With reference to the expectancy theory, when pay is based on factors other than performance, such as seniority, the ________ relationship tends to be weak.