Motivation - Organizational Studies & Business Operations
Practice questions to test your knowledge and improve your understanding.
Motivation To Lead is defined as “an individual differences construct that affects a leader’s or leader-to-be’s decisions to assume_____ and that affect his or her intensity of effort at leading and persistence as a leader”.
Self-Efficacy is an individual’s belief in his or her capacity to execute the _____ necessary to produce specific performance levels.
Perception of how fair the process is in making decisions that affect employees is known as_____
Growth Need Strength refers to a person’s need to _____ from working.
Need for achievement is the drive to succeed at _____ levels.
Another term for the Herzberg two-factor theory is _____
A performance appraisal program where leaders meet with their direct reports and set specific performance objectives jointly refers to Management by Objectives.
Organizational Justice is the overall perception of what is unfair in an organization.
An alternative approach to understanding how individuals strive to meet their goals is known as_____
Overpayment Inequity is the perception that a person’s outcomes are _____ than they deserve compared to another person’s outcomes, given their inputs.
To get the best results while using reinforcement theory, rewards should be ________.
ABC Analysis is the Systematic planning in OB mod, examining_____
Prosocial motivation is a new concept of motivation that assesses the degree to which employees behave in a way that benefits _____ as a whole.
The secretion of pyy _____ hunger and the secretion of orexin _____ hunger.
Feedback is the knowledge of results of a person’s_____
HYgienes refers to things like _____ and the working conditions.
Valances is the value an individual places on the _____ of an outcome.
The drive to meet our fullest capacity is known as_____
Two-Factor Theory relates to_____ , and relates them to job satisfaction.
Golem Effect is when an individual sets _____ expectations for himself or herself and then performs to these expectations.
_____ involves cross-training or allowing workers to do different jobs.
Perceived fairness of how rewards are distributed is known as_____
Horizontal refers to_____
How perceptions of performance expectations play a significant role in improving performance refers to_____
Need for Affiliation is the need for close _____ relationships.
Creating natural work units by putting tasks together to create a more _____ work assignment.
Learning Goal Orientation refers to when individuals want to learn new things at work and see themselves as_____
Activity in the ________ depresses hunger.
Moral Outrage is severe reaction to _____
Vertical refers to _____
Equity Theory is the theory that looks at how people compare their inputs to their outcomes.
Interpersonal Justice refers to how employees are treated by their leaders, including _____
Promotion Focused is a need for_____
Informal Justice refers to the perceived fairness of the communications made by _____ during a process.
To maximize motivation among today's workforce, managers need to think in terms of ________.
Loading of jobs with more of the core characteristics that have been shown to motivate refers to Work Redesign.
Autonomy is the ability to work_____
Motivators are the factors that satisfy workers when they think about their job, such as _____
Extent to which individuals can demonstrate initiative in designing their own work is known as_____
The perception that a person’s outcomes are not fair compared to another person’s outcomes, given their inputs is known as_____
A tendency to aim for getting to an end because of a fear of an undesirable alternative is known as_____
Job Enrichment means redesigning jobs so that they are _____
When an individual sets low expectations for himself or herself and then performs to these expectations it is called Galatea Effect.
The need to influence others to do what you want is known as_____