Course 201830 Summer 2018 BUSI 240-B17 LUO

Course 201830 Summer 2018 BUSI 240-B17 LUO Test Quiz 3

Started 6/11/18 10:47 PM

Submitted 6/11/18 11:25 PM

Due Date 6/11/18 11:59 PM

Status Completed Attempt Score 34 out of 50 points Time Elapsed 37 minutes out of 50 minutes

Instructions • Time limit: 50 minutes

• 25 multiple-choice questions • Open-book/open-notes • Do not hit the BACK button as this will lock you out of the quiz.• The timer will continue if you leave this quiz without submitting it.Results Displayed Submitted Answers, Feedback • Question 1

• out of 2 points

A way to increase a person's ________ expectancy is to measure his or her job performance more accurately and distribute more valued rewards to those with higher job performance.

Selected Answer: P-to-O

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The most obvious ways to improve P-to-O expectancies are to measure employee performance accurately and distribute more valued rewards to those with higher job performance.

• Question 2

• out of 2 points

Which of the following does the expectancy theory explain about employees?

Selected Answer: They base their work effort on the performance level they expect.Response

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Expectancy theory states that work effort is directed toward behaviors that people believe will lead to desired outcomes. In other words, employees are motivated to achieve the goals with the highest expected payoff.

• Question 3

• out of 2 points

A need for achievement is when people

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want to accomplish reasonably challenging goals and desire unambiguous feedback.Response

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A need for achievement is a learned need in which people want to accomplish reasonably challenging goals and desire unambiguous feedback and recognition for their success.

• Question 4

• out of 2 points

According to learned needs theory, people with a ________ desire power as a means to help others.

Selected Answer: high socialized need for power

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Individuals, who enjoy their power for its own sake, use it to advance personal interests, and wear their power as a status symbol, have personalized power. Others mainly have a high need for socialized power because they desire power as a means to help others.

• Question 5

• out of 2 points

Maslow's theory has been studied by many people, who all came to the same conclusion, which is that people

Selected Answer: do not progress through the hierarchy as Maslow's theory predicts.Response

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Studies have concluded that people do not progress through the hierarchy as Maslow's theory predicts. Maslow assumed that need fulfillment occurs in the order of the hierarchy, yet some people fulfill their esteem needs before their safety needs.

• Question 6

• out of 2 points

Which of the following statements is true about situations involving equity judgments?

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People believe that their outcome/input ratio should be similar to the outcome/input ratio of the comparison other.

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People develop feelings of equity or inequity by comparing their own outcome/input ratio with the comparison other's ratio. In the equity condition, people believe that their outcome/input ratio is similar to the ratio of the comparison other.

• Question 7

• out of 2 points

The distributive justice rule employs the concept of

Selected Answer: motivation.

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The equity principle implies that people should be paid in proportion to their contribution. The equity principle is the most common distributive justice rule in organizational settings.

• Question 8

• out of 2 points

When employees want to improve their ________, they seek out positive feedback from social sources.

Selected Answer: sense of accomplishment

Response

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When employees want to improve their self-image, they seek out positive feedback from social sources. It feels better to have coworkers say that you are performing the job well than to discover this from a computer screen.

• Question 9

• out of 2 points

________ feedback tends to provide more complete and accurate information than feedback from a supervisor alone.

Selected Answer: Multisource

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Multisource feedback tends to provide more complete and accurate information than feedback from a supervisor alone. It is particularly useful when the supervisor is unable to observe the employee's behavior or performance throughout the year.

• Question 10

• out of 2 points

Which of the following statements portrays the essence of appreciative coaching?

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Managers should concentrate on the strengths of employees rather than their weaknesses.Response

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The essence of appreciative coaching is maximizing employees' potential by focusing on their strengths rather than weaknesses. It gives employees opportunities to develop their strengths rather than requiring them to focus on areas where they have limited interest or talent.

• Question 11

• out of 2 points

Feelings of inequity occur when employees receive ________ others, but not when they receive ________ others.

Selected Answer: less than, more than

Response

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The comparison of our own outcome/input ratio with the ratio of someone else results in perceptions of equity, under-reward inequity, or over-reward inequity. In the equity condition, people believe that their outcome/input ratio is similar to the ratio of the comparison other. In the under-reward inequity situation, people believe their outcome/input ratio is lower than the comparison other's ratio. In the over-reward inequity condition, people believe their ratio of outcomes/inputs is higher than the comparison other's ratio.

• Question 12

• out of 2 points

One of the main implications of four-drive theory is that

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employers should offer employees enough opportunity to keep each drive in balance.Response

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Four-drive theory recommendation is that fulfillment of the four drives must be kept in balance; that is, organizations should avoid too much or too little opportunity to fulfill each drive.

• Question 13

• out of 2 points