Motivation

Question 1

Motivation

Answer 1

process that accounts for an individuals intensity, direction, and persistance of effort toward attaining a goal

Question 2

Maslows hierchy of needs

Answer 2

1. Physiological
2. Safety- security
3. Social- belongingness
4. Esteem
5. Self - actualization

Question 3

Two factor Theory (Herzberg)

Answer 3

there are certain factors in the workplace that cause job satisfaction while a separate set of factors cause dissatisfaction

Question 4

McClellands Theory of needs

Answer 4

Achievement, power, and affiliation

Zugehorigkeit) ( friendly and close interpersonal relationships

Question 5

Self-Determination Theory (SDT)

Answer 5

• people prefer to feel they have control over their action
• focus on beneficial effects of intrinsic motivation and less effects of extrinsic motivation
• need for autonomy, achieve competence and positive connection

Question 6

Cognitive Evaluation Theory ( part of SDT)

Answer 6

when people are paid for work, it feels less like something the want to do , but they have to

Question 7

SDT rewards

Answer 7

• extrinsic rewards used, employees feel they are doing a good job
• eliminating extrinsic rewards could improve intrinsic motivation

Question 8

Goal- setting theory

Answer 8

Goals tell an employee what needs to be done and how much effort is needed

Question 9

Goal- setting theory : promotion focus

Answer 9

strive for advancement and accomplishment and approach conditions that move them closer toward desired goals

Question 10

Goal- setting theory : prevention focus

Answer 10

strive to fulfill duties and obligations and avoid conditions that pull them away from desired goal

Question 11

Goal- setting theory : ethics

Answer 11

relationship complex, how far do we go if we want to achieve a goal, do we tend to do unethical choices ?

Question 12

Self - Efficacy Theory

Answer 12

an individuals belief that he or she is capable of performing a task
enactive mastery, vicarious modelling, verbal persuasion, arousal

Question 13

Reinforcement Theory

Answer 13

individual’s behaviour is a function of its consequences

external environment of the organization must be designed effectively and positively so as to motivate the employee.

Question 14

Reinforcement Theory : operant conditioning theory

Answer 14

people learn to behave to get something they want or to avoid something they dont want

Question 15

Reinforcement Theory : social learning theory

Answer 15

we can learn through both observation and direct experience

Question 16

Expectancy Theory

Answer 16

tendency to act in a certain way depends on an expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attractiveness of that outcome

Question 17

Expectancy Theory : 3 relationships

Answer 17

Effort- performance
Performance- reward
Reward- personal goals

Question 18

Equity Theory

Answer 18

individual compare themselves to other

Inequity can be demotivating

Question 19

What do employees do in case of inequity ?

Answer 19

change inputs 
change outcomes
distort perception of self
distort perception of others
choose a different referent
leave a field

Question 20

Model of organizational justice

Answer 20

Distributive justice
Procedural justice
Interactional justice

Question 21

Justice outcomes

Answer 21

higher levels of task performance and citizenship