Exam 7: Motivation Concepts

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?

Self-generated feedback is a more powerful motivator than externally generated feedback.

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

According to the theory of job engagement, which of the following activities will aid a manager in facilitating engagement for their employees?

The concept of self-concordance proposes that ________.

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

Helen is an office worker who processes health insurance forms. She has worked at her present job for three years. Initially she was criticized by her supervisor for sloppy work, but thereafter improved considerably. Now she consistently processes her forms without errors and even does more forms than her required quota. However, she has found her supervisor has not responded to the extra effort she puts in, giving her no praise and no financial reward. Helen is most likely to perceive that there is a problem in the ________ relationship.

With reference to the expectancy theory, which of the following examples indicates a weak rewards-personal goals relationship?

Which of the following statements is true regarding Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory?

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following is a lower-order need?

The expectancy theory proposes that ________.

You manage a department of five employees. You have identified that Joe has high need for achievement, Mary has high need for power, and Tim has high need for affiliation. Sarah scored high on the need for power and low on the need for affiliation. Doug scores low on both need for power and need for affiliation. Which of these five employees is most suitable for taking on your responsibilities when you are on a vacation?

Which of the following types of justice is most strongly related to organizational commitment and satisfaction with outcomes such as pay?

Joanna watches her friend Sharon slim down. This increases her confidence that she can lose weight too. Which of the following ways of increasing self-efficacy is represented by this example?

Motivation can be defined by three key elements. ________ is one of these three key elements and it is the element most of us focus on when we talk about motivation.

Which of the following theories proposes that people prefer to feel they have control over their actions, so anything that makes a previously enjoyed task feel more like an obligation than a freely chosen activity will undermine motivation?

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

You manage a department of five employees. You have identified that Joe has high need for achievement, Mary has high need for power, and Tim has high need for affiliation. Sarah scored high on the need for power and low on the need for affiliation. Doug scores low on both need for power and need for affiliation. Which of these five employees would be best suited as a mentor to new employees with a chance to develop friendships?

________ involves translating the organization's overall objectives into specific objectives for each succeeding level in the organization.

Which of the following is true regarding job engagement?