Exam 8: Motivation: From Concepts to Applications

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A) Participative management typically has only a modest influence on variables such as employee productivity and motivation.
B) The two most common forms are works councils and board representatives.
C) It is called "the most widely legislated form of employee involvement around the world."
D) Research evidence on participative management indicates that it is a sure means for improving employee performance.
E) Participative management involves few representatives of workers sitting on the company's board of directors.

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A) Under this plan employees acquire stock often at below-market prices.
B) Research on ESOPs indicates that it does not affect employee satisfaction.
C) ESOPs for top management tend to increase unethical behaviour.
D) Research on ESOPs indicates that ESOPs drastically improve employee performance.
E) ESOPs are also called competency-based pay plans.

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A) participative management
B) corporate restructuring
C) representative participation
D) management by objectives
E) organizational reengineering

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A) the autocratic style of managing people
B) participative management
C) job enrichment
D) the cognitive evaluation theory
E) two-factor theory

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A) job enlargement
B) telecommuting
C) job rotation
D) job sharing
E) job enrichment

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A) task identity
B) feedback
C) autonomy
D) task significance
E) skill variety

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A) increase in supervisory workload
B) increased costs for providing supporting infrastructure (such as desk and computer) to two employees instead of one
C) difficulty in finding compatible partners
D) difficulty in designing the reward structure
E) difficulty in coordinating schedules

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A) Jared is a better negotiator
B) Vance did not do well in school
C) Jared's position is worth more to the university
D) Vance's position is not important to the university
E) the institution is not competitive within the industry

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A) task significance; feedback
B) autonomy; skill variety
C) feedback; skill variety
D) task identity; feedback
E) feedback; autonomy

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A) flextime
B) job sharing
C) job rotation
D) telecommuting
E) job enrichment

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A) advocates job sharing
B) reduces intrinsic employee motivation
C) encourages telecommuting
D) encourages a fixed pay structure
E) is consistent with participative management

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A) representatives of workers form work councils and these councils must be consulted when management makes decisions about employees
B) few representatives of workers sit on a company's board of directors
C) subordinates share a significant degree of decision-making power with their immediate superiors
D) low-level workers meet occasionally with the CEO to discuss problems within their department
E) low-level workers are responsible for making corporate policy decisions

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A) a job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work
B) work activities generate direct and clear information about performance
C) a job provides the worker freedom in scheduling and procedure
D) a job affects the lives or work of other people
E) a job requires a variety of different activities

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A) piece-rate
B) merit-based
C) skill-based
D) profit sharing
E) competency-based

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A) task significance
B) feedback
C) autonomy
D) reward
E) skill variety

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