Deck 10: Organizational Applications of Motivation Theory

Question 1

Which of the following is the most legitimate reason why executive salaries tend to be so much higher than other employees' salaries?

A) Executives always have more experience than other workers.
B) Executive decisions can dramatically impact an organization's survival.
C) Salary is the only motivator that can be used with executives.
D) High salaries are needed to recruit executives to high positions.

Answer 1

Executive decisions can dramatically impact an organization's survival.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a necessary condition for an effective performance-based merit pay system?

A) Accurate measurement and documentation of employee performance
B) Fair administration of performance-based pay decisions
C) Merit pay increases large enough to be meaningful to employees
D) All of the above are critical.

Answer 2

All of the above are critical.

Question 3

Job rotation is an example of which of the following types of job design?

A) Industrial
B) Mechanistic
C) Humanistic
D) Physical

Answer 3

Humanistic

Question 4

A _________ reward might be salary and benefits, whereas a ________ reward could be recognition or praise.

A) tangible, intangible
B) real, imagined
C) useful, impractical
D) financial, emotional

Question 5

Vertical loading refers to which of the following job design strategies?

A) Demand reduction
B) Role clarification
C) Job enrichment
D) Interdependence building