Reference no: EM1389939

1. According to Expectancy Theory, which of the following actions would NOT alter outcome valences?

A. Show employees how their skills can accomplish the task.
B. Give employees a choice of rewards.
C. Minimize the presence of countervalent outcomes.
D. Distribute rewards that employees want.
E. Adapt the type of rewards offered to each employee's dominant needs.

2. Voice and the right to appeal are two important practices that influence:

A. the size of outcome valences.
B. a person's innate drives.
C. a person's location in maslow's needs hierarchy.
D. perceptions of procedural justice.
E. whether companies should use 360-degree feedback or just supervisor feedback.

3. Motivating employees is more challenging today than two decades ago because:

A. employers have difficulty understanding the different needs and expectations that younger generation employees bring to the workplace.
B. there is more layers of management today, which makes it more difficult to motivate everyone in management positions.
C. corporate downsizing and reduced job security have damaged the levels of trust employees need to work beyond minimum levels.
D. All of the answers are correct.
E. employers have difficulty understanding the different needs and expectations that younger generation employees bring to the workplace, and corporate downsizing and reduced job security have damaged the levels of trust employees need to work beyond minimum levels.

4. Goal setting influences employee behavior and performance mainly by improving:

A. situational contingencies and learned abilities.
B. aptitudes and learned abilities.
C. motivation and role perceptions.
D. role perceptions and learned abilities.
E. motivation and aptitudes.

5. Employee motivation tends to increase when people are assigned to jobs for which they are qualified and they receive coaching to improve their self-confidence. Both of these practices improve employee motivation by:

A. reducing feelings of inequity.
B. increasing outcome valences.
C. satisfying existence needs.
D. increasing P-to-O expectancies.
E. increasing E-to-P expectancies.