Description
Test Bank For Organizational Behavior Improving Performance And Commitment in the Workplace 5th Edition
Chapter 06
Motivation
True / False Questions
1. Motivation determines what employees do at a given moment—the direction in which their efforts are channeled.
True False
2. Motivation determines the direction, intensity, and outcome of effort.
True False
3. Motivation is not one thing but rather a set of distinct forces.
True False
4. Employees who are engaged completely invest their energies and themselves into the job.
True False
5. Expectancy represents the belief that low performance is the outcome of high efforts.
True False
6. The belief that a person has the capabilities needed to execute the behaviors required for task success is known as self-actualization.
True False
7. Instrumentality represents the belief that stressful performance will result in positive outcome(s).
True False
8. Valence can be positive, negative, or zero.
True False
9. Leticia has been assigned a task for which she knows that she does not have the necessary skills or knowledge. However, she really wants the bonus she can earn by completing the task. According to expectancy theory, Leticia will be highly motivated to complete the task.
True False
10. Valence can be defined as cognitive groupings or clusters of outcomes that are viewed as having critical psychological or physiological consequences.
True False
11. Hannah has been asked to give the opening speech at her global company’s annual sales convention. She has successfully given speeches in the past, and her friends have all told her she would be great at this. These have resulted in a high sense of self-efficacy, and she accepts the assignment.
True False
12. Motivation that is controlled by some contingency that depends on task performance is called intrinsic motivation.
True False
13. The attractiveness of many rewards varies across cultures.
True False
14. Research suggests that employees underestimate how powerful a motivator pay is to them.
True False
15. Individuals who value money for the achievement, respect, and freedom it confers value the rational meaning of money.
True False
16. Pay, bonuses, and promotions are some of the positive-valenced extrinsic outcomes considered in studies of motivation.
True False
17. A difficult goal is one that stretches an employee to perform at his or her maximum level while still staying within the boundaries of his or her ability.
True False
18. As goals move from moderate to difficult, the intensity and persistence of the effort needed are minimized.
True False
19. In the absence of a goal, it is difficult to rely on trial and error to figure out how best to do a task.
True False
20. When goal commitment is high, assigning specific and difficult goals will have significant benefits for task performance.
True False
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.