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The more meaningful and fulfilling individuals find their work to be,the less likely they are to require ____________________ motivation.

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Job enlargement is an attempt to give an employee more responsibilities or to encourage an employee to learn new skills.

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How would you define motivation,and what are its characteristics?​

Understanding what motivates anyone is not easy because each individual has different​

The goals with the greatest capacity to motivate a worker are the goals that are​

The expectancy theory supports the idea that individuals with low self-efficacy are more likely to give up or underperform.

Members of the Baby Boomer generation often want to build a portable career and require frequent comments on how they are doing.

Identify the four ways in which goals tend to motivate people and illustrate them using a real-life example of or hypothetical story about a person achieving a goal.

Imagine that you manage Generation X and Y workers.Compare the motivational factors that are meaningful to them and suggest how you will motivate them.

The opening vignette in Chapter 6 highlighted several people who accomplished very challenging tasks.Based on Daniel Pink's theory,which of these needs motivated them?​

Intrapreneurship is an example of motivation through​

Evaluate: McGregor's theory X/theory Y is most​

Many people do not achieve their full potential because they are afraid to venture outside their ____________________.

Explain the difference between "theory X" and "theory Y" views of human behavior.Then,evaluate: Do you believe one management theory is always more effective than the other? Why or why not?​

If a manager gives employees better working conditions and pay and opportunities for social networking,the manager is using only ____ to motivate the workers.

According to Frederick Herzberg,____________________ represent the basic things people consider essential to any job,such as salaries,supervision,and working conditions.

Case 7.1 ​ Antonio has a number of employees who report to him.He has been considering how to motivate these employees to higher levels of performance and productivity.Antonio believes that most people are motivated by the satisfaction they receive from doing their jobs.He thinks that workers have a personal need to do well on the job.Another manager,Dexter,argues that while Antonio may be right,it is important to offer financial incentives.Dexter believes that workers don't really want to come to work and that managers therefore have to provide a "carrot" to ensure quality and productivity.Part of his evidence is that employees keep complaining about pay,working conditions,and benefits even though the company pays well above average for the industry and the area.Several days after this conversation,both Dexter and Antonio attend a workshop on employee motivation that explains Herzberg's motivation-maintenance theory. -Refer to Case 7.1.Dexter's theory of motivation prior to the workshop most closely matches which of the following theories?​

If a need is already satisfied,an individual cannot usually be motivated by that need.

An individual's need to have friends and family as well as good relations with coworkers parallels the safety and security need level in Maslow's Hierarchy.

Critics of ___________ theory say he doesn't recognize the fact that some people may prefer routine jobs and a regular pay check to recognition and increased responsibility.