Exam 8: Motivation: From Concepts to Applications

The job characteristics model describes five dimensions of a job. A job can be enriched by modifying one or more of these five dimensions. Which of the following methods of job enrichment involves modifying skill variety and task identity dimensions of a job?

Job sharing expands jobs by increasing the degree to which the worker controls the planning, execution, and evaluation of the work.

Flextime tends to reduce absenteeism and frequently improves worker productivity.

For management, the major downside of telecommuting is ________.

Samantha is an emergency medical technician. Yesterday, due to an emergency, she was called to a house where a man suffered a heart attack. She was able to resuscitate the man, and while her colleagues were transporting him to the ambulance she spent 10 minutes calming the 12-year-old daughter, who was home alone with the father at that time. Based on this description, it's safe to say that Samantha's job is high in ________.

You notice that members of the janitorial staff are low skilled and are suffering from overroutinization of their work. They are most likely to be motivated by ________.

What is representative participation? Discuss its influence on workers.

Increasingly, research on motivation focuses on approaches that link motivational concepts to changes in the way ________ is/are structured.

What is job rotation? What are the various advantages and disadvantages of job rotation?

Almost every country in Western Europe requires companies to practice ________, called "the most widely legislated form of employee involvement around the world."

Aberdone Company has redesigned the jobs of the workers in accounts receivables. Instead of simply billing customers, they are now responsible for what used to be management tasks, such as for following up on non-payment, determining when bills will be sent to a collection agency, and what accounts receivables can be written off as non-collectable. Which of the following methods of job enrichment is used in this example?

A skill-based pay plan is also called a ________ pay plan.

Participative management is a method of management where ________.

Managers at Precision Technologies, a custom-machine shop in Indiana, train workers on all the company's equipment so they can move around as needed in response to incoming orders. Based on this information, which of the following methods is most likely being used by Precision Technologies?

The job characteristics model describes five dimensions of a job. A job can be enriched by modifying one or more of these five dimensions. Which of the following methods of job enrichment involves modifying task identity and task significance dimensions of a job?

Skill-based pay encourages employees to concentrate on one or two highly desirable skills.

Which of the following is a form of recognition?

Amalgamated Industries manufactures parts for furniture. Management has decided to change the method of payment to a skill-based pay plan. You are interested in increasing your current compensation and see this as an opportunity. -As a manager, you like the plan because it ________.

Which of the following statements is true regarding job rotation?

Job rotation allows two or more individuals to split a traditional 40-hour-a-week job.