Exam 7: Motivation: From Concept to Application

Which one of the following statements about Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory is not true?

Motivation is a personality trait.

Almost every country in Western Europe requires companies to practise:

You plan to use Hackman and Oldham's job characteristics model to describe the core job dimensions of the jobs within your division.You understand that these dimensions are related to employee motivation,performance,and satisfaction. Jill's job lets her begin and complete a whole piece of work.Jill's job has:

If one is interested in changing employee attitudes or in improving organisational performance,representative participation is key.

Enactive mastery refers to gaining experience in a task.

Self-generated feedback has been shown to be a more powerful motivator than externally generated feedback.

A compensation manager,Timothy,has the task of restructuring Acme Widget's reward systems.Employees are frustrated with the current system.They feel it is unfair because,although different jobs have different duties and performance requirements,all workers are paid the same. To address this problem,Timothy might consider:

Theory X is consistent with:

Theory X is consistent with autocratic management style,while Theory Y is consistent with participative management style.

You have determined that you must redesign several of the routine assembly line jobs in your department.You are familiar with several options.Joe's job involves putting the two right wheels on every automobile on the assembly line.Sam's job involves putting on the right side doors. To enrich Joe's job,which of the following might be considered?

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory contains five levels of needs.Which of the following is not one of those levels?

Which of the following describes autonomy according to JCM?

The cognitive evaluation hypothesis is concerned with whether individuals perceive that rewards are distributed fairly.

J.Stacy Adams proposed that the negative state of equity tension provides the motivation to do something to correct it.

If a salaried employee is overpaid,equity theory would predict that:

A significant proportion of a senior executive's remuneration package is often made up of long-term incentives.

Jessica believes that she got an appropriate salary increase this year but she does not believe that the company's methods for determining salary increases are fair.She believes that there is a problem with the firm's:

Operant conditioning theory argues that:

An employee recognition program cannot be as simple as a spontaneous acknowledgement of a job well done.