Princ. of Mgt_Motivation

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, ________ needs form the lowest or foundational step in the hierarchy.

• A. psychomotor

• B. physiological

• C. psychological

• D. psychographic

McGregor's Theory X assumes that employees ________.

• A. enjoy work

• B. prefer autocratic supervisors

• C. seek out and accept responsibility

• D. need to be closely controlled to work effectively

According to Herzberg's two-factor theory, which one of the following is a motivator?

• A. Salary

• B. Security

• C. Responsibility

• D. Working conditions

Frederick Herzberg's two-factor theory proposes that ________.

• A.

  intrinsic factors cause job dissatisfaction

• B.

  extrinsic factors have the maximum effect on job satisfaction

• C.

  extrinsic factors are associated with job dissatisfaction

• D.

  intrinsic factors have little effect on job satisfaction

According to the three-needs theory, the need for ________ is the need to make others behave in a way that they would not have behaved otherwise.

• A. control

• B. leadership

• C. power

• D. achievement

The goal-setting theory has the most value when ________.

• A.

  the individual is a high achiever

•  B.

  the goals are assigned to the individual

• C.

  the individual has low self-efficacy

• D.

  commitment to goals is made public

The way tasks are combined to form complete jobs is referred to as ________.

• A. job evaluation

• B. job rotation

• C. job design

• D. job specification

In the job characteristics model, ________ refers to the degree to which a job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work.

• A.

  task significance

• B.

  skill variety

• C.

  autonomy

• D.

  task identity

________ justice is the perceived fairness of the amount and allocation of rewards among individuals.

• A.

  Distributive

• B.

  Restorative

• C.

  Retributive

• D.

  Procedural

In the expectancy theory, ________ is the importance that the individual places on the potential outcome or reward that can be achieved on the job.

• A.

  expectancy

• B.

  valence

• C.

  instrumentality

• D.

  saliency