COB202 Test# 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS|AGRADE

COB202 Test# 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS|AGRADE T/F: The outcome-input ration is the value of the inputs you provide divided by the value of the outcomes you receive in the exchange relationship - ANSWER- false T/F: To learn about their progress toward goal accomplishment, employees usually prefer feedback from supervisors and other people over nonsocial sources - ANSWERfalse T/F: Under reward inequity occurs when an individual's outcome-input ration is lower than the outcome-input ratio of a comparison other - ANSWER- true T/F: Motivation is closely related to the concept of employee engagement - ANSWERtrue T/F: A strong need for achievement exists when people want to accomplish extremely challenging goals and do not want any feedback apart from recognition for their success - ANSWER- false T/F: Goal setting is more effective when employees can easily achieve the goals assigned to them - ANSWER- false T/F: The expectancy theory of motivation states that people naturally direct their effort toward behaviors they believe are most likely to lead to desired outcomes - ANSWERtrue T/F: According to the learned needs theory, people with a high personalized need for power desire power as a means to help others - ANSWER- false T/F: The distributive justice principle states that everyone should receive the same rewards in life irrespective of their contribution - ANSWER- false T/F: Maslow's needs hierarchy theory states that people are motivated by only one need at a time - ANSWER- false motivation - ANSWER- the forces within a person that affect the direction, intensity, and persistence of voluntary behavior effects of motivation - ANSWER- -intensity persistence -direction intensity - ANSWER- level of effort persistence - ANSWER- amount of time effort is exerted direction - ANSWER- goal towards effort is directed employee engagement - ANSWER- focused, intense, persistent, purposive effort toward goals high: high level of self efficacy, high level of absorption (focus) both emotional dissonance and cognitive dissonance Maslow's Needs Hierarchy Theory - ANSWER- Five in the hierarchy capture most needs -self-authorization -esteem -belongingness -safety -physiological Other 2: -Need to know -Need for beauty How does the Maslow Hierachy Theory work? - ANSWER- Lowest unmet need is strongest When lowest unmet need is satisfied, then the next higher need becomes the primary motivator What is the main problem of the Maslow Hierarchy Theory? - ANSWER- Model lacks empirical support Needs hierarchy is unique to each person, not universal What are Maslow's Contribution to Motivation? - ANSWER- holistic perspective, humanistic perspective, positive perspective holistic perspective - ANSWER- Study multiple needs together Maslow was 1st to do this, study simulateously humanistic perspective - ANSWER- Influence of social dynamics, not just instinct positive perspective - ANSWER- -Self-actualization (growth needs) -Foundation of positive OB McClelland's Learned Needs Theory - ANSWER- -Needs can be "learned" -Amplified or suppressed through self-concept, social norms, and past experience McClelland's 3 learned needs - ANSWER- -Need for Achievement (nAch) -Need for Affiliation (nAff) -Need for Power (nPow) Need for achievement (nAch) - ANSWER- -Want to accomplish reasonably challenging goals -Desire clear feedback, moderate risk tasks Need for affiliation (nAff) - ANSWE