Question 1

People with a high power distance give money a low priority in their lives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following statements about mental imagery is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mental imagery is one of the critical psychological states in the job characteristics model. 
B)  Mental imagery involves mentally practicing the task. 
C)  Mental imagery usually occurs before self-reinforcement. 
D)  Mental imagery involves visualizing successful completion of the task. 
E)  Mental imagery is part of constructive thought patterns in self-leadership.

Question 3

Task identity is the main job characteristic related to job enrichment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

All employees feel more motivated to perform their jobs when the core job characteristics are increased.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Employees are more likely to feel empowered in jobs with a high degree of autonomy,task identity,and task significance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Positive self-talk motivates employees by increasing their effort-to-performance expectancy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Compare and contrast gainsharing with employee stock ownership plans.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Empowerment is the process of putting employees in situations involving job rotation and job enlargement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Scientific management is the process of systematically dividing work into its smallest possible elements and standardizing work activities to achieve maximum efficiency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following does NOT occur at very high levels of job specialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Product quality increases while the quantity of output decreases. 
B)  Worker alienation increases. 
C)  Employee turnover increases. 
D)  Employees are less motivated to perform their jobs well. 
E)  Employers are often forced to pay higher wages to attract job applicants to the tedious work.

Question 11

Mental imagery helps us to anticipate and work out solutions to potential obstacles in our work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Employees at CyberTech perform repetitive jobs that have resulted in boredom as well as repetitive strain injury.Technology makes it difficult to combine existing jobs,but the company wants to make employees more multiskilled.Which of the following would best help CyberTech to improve this situation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Introduce job rotation. 
B)  Introduce job specialization. 
C)  Introduce a gainsharing plan for all production employees. 
D)  Encourage employees to engage in mental imagery. 
E)  Introduce job enrichment by having each employee produce the entire product rather than a small part of it.

Question 13

Self-leadership provides a different way of thinking about motivating employees.Briefly explain how self-leadership differs from other applied motivation practices.Then,fully describe any three elements of the self-leadership model.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Gainsharing plans tend to:

Accepted Answer

A)  increase efficiency without paying employees any financial reward. 
B)  tie employee pay directly to company profits. 
C)  create a reasonably strong effort-to-performance expectancy. 
D)  reward individuals for their own personal performance rather than team or organizational performance. 
E)  they do both 'A' and 'C'

Question 15

One element of self-leadership involves keeping track of our progress toward goals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of these statements about empowerment is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Empowerment is a psychological concept representing more than one dimension. 
B)  Empowerment is the same as employee involvement. 
C)  Empowerment is not a personality trait. 
D)  Empowerment is related to job enrichment. 
E)  Empowerment is influenced by job characteristics.

Question 17

The economic benefits of job specialization were discovered in the 1950s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In self-leadership,constructive thought patterns include:

Accepted Answer

A)  self-talk and mental imagery 
B)  gainsharing 
C)  personal goal setting and self-monitoring 
D)  job rotation and job enrichment 
E)  all of the above

Question 19

Which of the following job design strategies tends to increase work efficiency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Job enlargement 
B)  Job rotation 
C)  Job enrichment 
D)  Job specialization 
E)  None of these strategies increases work efficiency

Question 20

Job rotation has all of the following effects EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  reduces boredom on the job. 
B)  reduces repetitive strain injuries. 
C)  helps employees to learn skills to work in multiple jobs. 
D)  tests each person's level of self-leadership. 
E)  none of the above.

Exam 6: Applied Performance Practices

People with a high power distance give money a low priority in their lives.

Which of the following statements about mental imagery is FALSE?

Task identity is the main job characteristic related to job enrichment.

All employees feel more motivated to perform their jobs when the core job characteristics are increased.

Employees are more likely to feel empowered in jobs with a high degree of autonomy,task identity,and task significance.

Positive self-talk motivates employees by increasing their effort-to-performance expectancy.

Compare and contrast gainsharing with employee stock ownership plans.

Empowerment is the process of putting employees in situations involving job rotation and job enlargement.

Scientific management is the process of systematically dividing work into its smallest possible elements and standardizing work activities to achieve maximum efficiency.

Which of the following does NOT occur at very high levels of job specialization?

Mental imagery helps us to anticipate and work out solutions to potential obstacles in our work.

Self-leadership provides a different way of thinking about motivating employees.Briefly explain how self-leadership differs from other applied motivation practices.Then,fully describe any three elements of the self-leadership model.

Gainsharing plans tend to:

One element of self-leadership involves keeping track of our progress toward goals.

Which of these statements about empowerment is FALSE?

The economic benefits of job specialization were discovered in the 1950s.

In self-leadership,constructive thought patterns include:

Which of the following job design strategies tends to increase work efficiency?

Job rotation has all of the following effects EXCEPT: