OB- Chapter 5

Inputs, outcomes, and comparison other are elements of:

• four-drive theory.

• Maslow's needs hierarchy.

• equity theory.

• expectancy theory.

Which of the following concepts is explicitly considered by equity theory?

• Comparison other

• Effort-to-performance expectancy

• All of the answers are correct.

• Comparison other and outcome/input ratio

Employees who receive a fixed amount of pay each week and who feel underrewarded are likely to:

• reduce their work effort.

• increase their work effort.

• change their perceptions, thinking that they work harder than they really do.

• None of the answers apply.

It is often difficult to maintain feelings of equity among employees because:

• the equity theory model does not apply to non-management employees.

• most employees don't know about feelings of equity.

• each employee has different opinions regarding which inputs should be rewarded and which outcomes are more valuable than others.

• All of the answers are correct.

Inputs, outcomes, and comparison other are elements of:

• four-drive theory

• Maslow's needs hierarchy.

• equity theory.

• goal setting theory

Organizational justice has two distinct facets called ______ and _______ justice.

• fair, illegal

• distributive, procedural

• active, passive

• structural, social

If supervisors are able to observe only a small portion of an employee's behaviour and performance, then they should:

• evaluate several employees and average their performance results.

• evaluate the employee's performance based on their personal observations.

• None of the answers apply.

• consider using 360-degree feedback for that employee.

The optimal level of goal:

• occurs where the goal is challenging but not impossible.

• is the most challenging goal that the company can possibly imagine.

• occurs only when employees set their own goal.

• occurs where the goal is challenging but not impossible and when employees set their own goal

After completing a difficult assignment, you reward your accomplishment by playing a game on your computer. This reward is part of which of the following organizational behaviour concepts?

• MARS model

• Behaviour modification

• Social cognitive theory

• Organizational citizenship

In most situations, we should follow desired behaviour with _______ and follow undesirable behaviour with _________.

• positive reinforcement, punishment

• positive reinforcement, extinction

• punishment, positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement