Business

Employees who subscribe to Adams’s equity theory of motivation might h

QUESTION Employees who subscribe to Adams’s equity theory of motivation might have problems with which of the following? A) Hawthorne effect B) Taylor’s differential rate system C) Herzberg’s two-factor theory D) reinforcement theory E) management by objectives   ANSWER Answer: B Explanation: B) Equity theory focuses on employees’ perceptions as to how fairly they are […]

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Date: September 3rd, 2020

Which of the following is NOT a key reason to motivate employees? A)

QUESTION Which of the following is NOT a key reason to motivate employees? A) to come to work on time B) to be highly productive C) to stay with the company D) to work for reduced wages E) to be good organizational citizens   ANSWER Answer: D Explanation: D) Rewards and other strategies can motivate […]

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Date: September 3rd, 2020

Peter is the new director of an environmental policy consulting firm.

QUESTION Peter is the new director of an environmental policy consulting firm. Some of the best and the brightest minds work there, and Peter wants to motivate them to stay with the firm. Which of the following motivational theories would NOT be effective in achieving Peter’s goal? A) scientific management B) management by objective C) […]

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Date: September 3rd, 2020

Which of the following motivational theories considers the concept of

QUESTION Which of the following motivational theories considers the concept of intrinsic rewards? A) Taylor’s scientific management B) McGregor’s Theory X C) Thorndike and Skinner’s reinforcement theory D) Maslow’s hierarchy of needs E) Vroom’s expectancy theory   ANSWER Answer: D Explanation: D) The upper levels of Maslow’s hierarchy—esteem need and self-actualization need—reflect intrinsic concepts such […]

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Date: September 3rd, 2020

Which of the following is the LEAST concerned with addressing the conc

QUESTION Which of the following is the LEAST concerned with addressing the concept of fairness that underlies equity theory? A) Theory Y B) management by objectives C) scientific management D) Hawthorne effect E) job enlargement   ANSWER Answer: C Explanation: C) Fairness is a human-relations concept related to employee motivation. Scientific management focuses on tasks […]

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Date: September 3rd, 2020

Which of the following marked the beginning of a shift from focusing o

QUESTION Which of the following marked the beginning of a shift from focusing on employee productivity to considering employee motivation? A) Taylor’s scientific management B) Maslow’s hierarchy of needs C) Herzberg’s motivating factors D) the Hawthorne effect E) Theory Y   ANSWER Answer: D Explanation: D) The Hawthorne studies found that employees worked harder if […]

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Date: September 3rd, 2020

Which of the following theories utilized time-motion studies? A) Theo

QUESTION Which of the following theories utilized time-motion studies? A) Theory Z B) scientific management C) reinforcement theory D) job enrichment E) expectancy theory   ANSWER Answer: B Explanation: B) In developing his theory of scientific management, Taylor used time-motion studies to break down workers’ jobs into basic physical motions and time them, then trained […]

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Date: September 3rd, 2020

McGregor’s Theory Y is grounded in the concepts of employee empowermen

QUESTION McGregor’s Theory Y is grounded in the concepts of employee empowerment and intrinsic rewards. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.   ANSWER Answer: TRUE Explanation: Theory Y makes the positive assumption that workers are capable of accepting responsibility, self-direction, and self-control and of being imaginative and creative.

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Date: September 3rd, 2020

Which of the following jobs could NOT be made more efficient and produ

QUESTION Which of the following jobs could NOT be made more efficient and productive through the principle of motion economy? A) teacher B) tailor C) mason D) bartender E) house cleaner   ANSWER Answer: A Explanation: A) The principle of motion economy states that every job can be broken down into a series of motions. […]

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Date: September 3rd, 2020