Motivation and Performance Quiz topic 11

What is motivation in the context of organizational behavior?

• The emotional forces that determine the direction, effort, and persistence of a person's behavior in an organization.

• The social forces that determine the direction, effort, and persistence of a person's behavior in an organization.

• The physical forces that determine the direction, effort, and persistence of a person's behavior in an organization.

• The psychological forces that determine the direction, effort, and persistence of a person's behavior in an organization.

According to expectancy theory, what is expectancy?

• A person's perception about the extent to which performance results in the attainment of outcomes.

• The extent to which a person believes that high levels of effort lead to high performance.

• How desirable each of the available outcomes from the job is to a person.

• A person's perception about the extent to which effort results in a certain level of performance.

What is the lowest level of unmet needs that motivates behavior according to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

• Physiological needs

• Self-actualization needs

• Belongingness needs

• Esteem needs

According to Herzberg's motivator-hygiene theory, what are motivator needs related to?

• The fairness of the distribution of outcomes in an organization

• The procedures used to determine how to distribute outcomes in an organization

• The nature of the work itself

• The physical and psychological context of the work

What is the theory that focuses on identifying the types of goals that are most effective in producing high levels of motivation and performance?

• Goal-setting theory

• Operant conditioning theory

• Social learning theory

• Equity theory

What is the systematic application of operant conditioning techniques to promote the performance of organizationally functional behaviors and discourage the performance of dysfunctional behaviors?

• Operant conditioning theory

• Social learning theory

• Equity theory

• Goal-setting theory

What is vicarious learning also known as?

• Self-reinforcement

• Observational learning

• Self-efficacy

• Positive reinforcement

What is the theory that focuses on people's perceptions of the fairness of their work outcomes relative to their work inputs?

• Expectancy theory

• Equity theory

• Social learning theory

• Goal-setting theory

What is the condition that exists when a person perceives their outcome/input ratio to be equal to the referent's ratio?

• Equity

• Overpayment inequity

• Underpayment inequity

• Distributive justice

What is the need theory that distinguishes between motivator needs and hygiene needs?

• McClelland's Needs for Achievement, Affiliation, and Power

• Herzberg's motivator-hygiene theory

• Alderfer's E R G Theory

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs