Chapter 4 CCT324 (Theories Of Motivation)

Motivation is
An effort toward creating goals
An attitudinal trait
A constant intensity
A component of ability, personal traits, and desire
An individual's intensity, direction, and persistence
Within the framework of the equity theory, if an employee perceives iniquitous treatment and decides to work harder, what choice have they made?
Change their outcomes
Choose a different referent
Change their inputs
Adjust perceptions of self
Adjust perceptions of others
________ is the belief that performance is related to rewards.
Expectancy
Instrumentality
Perception
Self-esteem
Valence
________ is the theory that individuals act depending upon their evaluation of whether their effort will lead to good performance, followed by an outcome that is attractive to them.
Goal-Setting theory
Valence theory
Instrumental theory
Rewards Theory
Expectancy theory
________ justice is the perceived fairness of process used to determine the distribution of rewards.
Relative
Procedural
Organizational
Distributive
Interactional
Alice Ann Jones is the new director of human resources for a small consulting firm and has been charged with developing a performance evaluation and reward system. Alice Ann recognizes the importance of performance evaluation and rewards on employee behaviour and asks for your opinion and advice. If Alice provides rewards that increase intrinsic motivation of the employees, she would be offering employees a sense of
Choice, competence and meaningfulness.
Competence, determination and progress.
Choice, competence and conditioning.
Determination, competence and meaningfulness.
Choice, meaningfulness and conditioning.
Which of the following is suggested by cognitive evaluation theory?
Employees are motivated by a hierarchy of needs.
It would make sense to make an individual's pay non-contingent on performance.
Extrinsic rewards increase intrinsic rewards.
It would make sense to make an individual's pay contingent on performance.
Needs are divided into higher-order and lower-order categories.
According to Cognitive Evaluation Theory, providing incentive pay
Changes the employee's perceptions of self.
Encourages employees to perform at a higher level to balance the i/o ratio.
Decreases employees' overall levels of intrinsic motivation.
Helps employees meet their need for achievement.
Causes co-workers to compete with each other for rewards.
An employee motivated by intrinsic rewards, would most likely choose
Generous employee benefits
Increased salary
Incentive bonuses
Ongoing opportunities for education and training
A company car
Equity theory demonstrates that, for most employees, motivation is influenced by
Input-output ratio
Relative and absolute rewards
Job satisfaction
Relative rewards
Absolute rewards
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