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Site Title: Organizational Behaviour, euro edition
Book Title: Organizational Behaviour
Book Author: Robbins
Location on Site: Student Resources > Chapter 6: Motivation concepts > Chapter Quiz
Date/Time Submitted: May 7, 2014 at 11:09 AM (UTC/GMT)
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60% Correct of 20 Scored items:
12 Correct: 60%
8 Incorrect: 40%
2 questions not scored. 20 scored questions.
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1.
Which of the following is NOT a key element in motivation?
Your Answer: Environment

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2.
_____ is the drive to become what one is capable of becoming in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Your Answer: Self-actualization

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3.
Which of the following were considered higher-order needs by Maslow?
Your Answer: social, esteem, and self-actualization needs

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4.
A Theory X manager would assume employees would _____.
Your Answer: need to be controlled

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5.
Two-factor theory suggests that extrinsic factors such as _____ cause dissatisfaction.
Your Answer: working conditions

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6.
Individuals with a high need to achieve prefer all of the following EXCEPT _____.
Your Answer: a high degree of risk

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7.
According to the goal-setting theory of motivation, goals should be _____.
Your Answer: difficult but attainable

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8.
Manager's can increase an employee's _____ through enactive mastery, vicarious modelling, verbal persuasion, and arousal.
Your Answer: self-efficacy
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9.
_____ exists when an individual perceives that the ratio of their inputs to outcomes is dissimilar to the ration of relevant others.
Your Answer: Reinforcement
Correct Answer: Equity tension

See "Equity Theory" section
Equity tension exists when an individual perceives that the ratio of their inputs to outcomes is dissimilar to the ration of relevant
others.
10.
The degree to which organizational rewards satisfy an individual's personal goals or needs and the attractiveness of those potential
rewards for the individual is the ____ relationship.
Your Answer: Performance-reward
Correct Answer: Rewards-personal goals

See "Expectancy Theory" section
The rewards-personal goals relationship is the degree to which organizational rewards satisfy an individual's personal goals or needs
and the attractiveness of those potential rewards for the individual.
11.
Motivation is a personality trait.
Your Answer: True
Correct Answer: False

See "Defining Motivation" section
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