Employees Motivation

Which of the following best describes the base of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

• Esteem needs

• Social needs

• Basic physiological needs

• Self-actualization needs

According to Maslow, which needs must be met before a person can achieve self-actualization?

• Physiological, safety, social, and esteem needs

• Only physiological and safety needs

• Only social and esteem needs

• All of the above

Which level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs does the following sentence describe: ‘The need to find acceptance and mix with others’?

• social needs

• self-actualization

• esteem needs

• security needs

Complete the following sentence: The biggest criticism of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is that it assumes that all needs have to be met in ______.

Answer explanation

Not all employees want their physiological needs met first, especially if their physiological needs are met by some other means. They may be working for social or esteem needs before a pay cheque.

Which of the following statements is not true for Maslow’s theory?

• Employees are able to progress through the hierarchy as their needs are met.

• It can be used in a range of different industries.

• Employees are likely to be motivated by it at different levels for different reasons.

• It is easy for managers to measure whether employees’ needs are being met.

He got individual employees to specialise in those roles. He then measured their productivity. He noticed that employees’ output increased when they were offered more pay and that their output fell when their pay was reduced. This theory belongs to?

• Maslow

• Taylor

• Frederick Taylor

• Both Frederick and Herzberg

Herzberg believed that all factors linked to a motivated workforce could be split into two groups. Which are the two groups?

• Hygiene and Fringe Benefits

• Perks and Motivation

• Hygiene and Motivation

• Motivation and Fringe Benefits

Hygiene factors, includes _______

• • Pay

• • Fringe benefits 

• • Working conditions

• all of the above

What is Fringe benefits?

• Non-financial rewards given to employees to reward performance or to improve motivation.

• financial rewards given to employees to reward performance or to improve motivation.

Reorder the following needs according to MASLOW'S THEORY

• Physiological needs

• Safety and security needs

• Social needs

• Esteem needs

• all of the above