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WorksheetsWK05 Motivation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Motivation is the processes that:
Account for an individual's effort in channelling efforts in achieving a goal.
Account for an individual's psychological needs in achieving a goal
Account for an individual's intensity, direction and persistence of effort towards attaining a goal
Account for an individual's willingness to work hard in achieving a goal
Which answer reflects Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Internal and external
Physiological, safety/security, social-belongingness, esteem, and self-actualisation
Recognition, understanding, validation
Social esteem, self-actualisation, safety
According to the two-factor theory:
Increased pay results in increased motivation.
Poor motivation leads to dissatisfaction in the workplace.
Job satisfaction is not the opposite of job dissatisfaction.
People are motivated through relationships with others.
What are hygiene factors?
Lower order needs
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors
Positive feelings
Organisational policy, administration and supervision
McClelland's Human Motivation Theory states that every person has one of three main driving motivators. What are they?
achievement, affiliation, or power
intrinsic factors, extrinsic factors, or goals
social esteem, self-actualisation, safety
recognition, understanding, or validation
Goal-setting theory assumes that:
an individual is not committed to the goal and is determined not to lower or abandon it.
in terms of behaviour, the individual believes he or she can achieve the goal and wants to achieve it.
an individual is committed to the goal and is determined to lower and abandon it.
in terms of behaviour, the individual believes he or she cannot achieve the goal and wants to achieve it.
Self-determination theory proposes that:
when people are paid for work, it may feel more like something they want to do and more like something they have to do.
people prefer to feel they have control over their actions.
people seek ways to achieve competence and negative connections with others.
when people are paid for work, it may feel more like something they want to do and more like something they have to do.
Equity theory makes referent comparisons between:
Friend's outcomes and a relative's outcomes
Individual outcomes and the outcomes of others.
Manager's outcomes and the outcomes of employees
Individual outcomes and past experiences.
Which is NOT one of the 5 core job dimensions of the job characteristic model?
Skill variety: the degree to which a job requires a variety of different activities so the worker can use a number of different skills and talent.
Task identity: the degree to which a person wants to do the work.
Task significance: the degree to which a job has an impact on the lives or work of other people.
Autonomy: the degree to which a job provides the worker freedom, independence and discretion with scheduling and planning his or her work.
Feedback: the degree to which carrying out the work activities generates direct and clear information about the worker’s own performance.
Which statements are true about compensation and pay?
The main barrier to wider adoption of variable-pay plans in Australia is the restrictive tax rules and unionism.
Variable-pay program bases a portion of an employee’s pay on some individual and/or group measure of performance.
Extrinsic rewards rely upon recognition for work well done and have long-term effects.
Flexible benefits can accommodate differences in employee needs based on age, marital status, spouse’s benefit status, number and age of dependants and the like.
