Organizational Behavior Improving Performance And Commitment in the Workplace

Test Bank For Organizational Behavior Improving Performance And Commitment in the Workplace 5th Edition

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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

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