Question 1

A large retail organization previously divided work among its four employee benefits staff into distinct specializations.One person answered all questions about superannuation (pension plans) ,another answered all questions about various forms of paid time off (e.g.vacations) ,and so on.These jobs were recently restructured so that each employee benefits person answers all questions for people in a particular geographic area.For example,one staff member is responsible for all employee benefits inquiries from anyone in a particular geographic region.This job restructuring is an example of:

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A)   self-leadership.
B)   job enrichment.
C)   job rotation.
D)   scientific management.
E)   self-monitoring.

Question 2

Team rewards increase employee preferences for team-based work arrangements.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Gainsharing plans focus on cost reductions and increased labor efficiency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

An advantage of competency-based rewards is that measuring employee competencies is mostly done through objective measurement methods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Job specialization increases work efficiency,but it tends to reduce employee motivation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is the first step in self-leadership?

Accepted Answer

A)   Establishing client relationships
B)   Practicing gainsharing
C)   Personal goal setting
D)   Constructive thought patterns
E)   Self-reinforcement C

Question 7

People with a high power distance tend to have a high respect and priority for money.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Competency-based rewards pay employees based on their seniority in the organization.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A problem with seniority-based rewards is that they cause higher turnover.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to the motivator-hygiene theory,people are mainly motivated by characteristics of the job itself,not by working conditions or other factors external to the job.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 11

Scientific management is mainly associated with high levels of job specialization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of these statements about self-leadership is true?

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A)   Employees with a low degree of conscientiousness have a more natural tendency to apply self-leadership.
B)   Some elements of self-leadership come from sports psychology.
C)   Self-leadership is practiced by people with particular personality characteristics and cannot be learned.
D)   External locus of control helps in applying self-help strategies.
E)   Self-leadership behaviors are more frequently found in people with lower levels of extroversion.

Question 13

According to the self-leadership model,which of the following is true about positive self-talk?

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A)   It should never be practiced on the job.
B)   It represents the most important way to monitor our own performance.
C)   It occurs when employees are unable to control their own behavior on the job.
D)   It improves self-efficacy and employee motivation.
E)   It must occur only after the task has been accomplished.

Question 14

Which core job characteristic(s)  affect(s)  experienced responsibility for work outcomes?

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A)   Feedback from job and skill variety
B)   Autonomy
C)   Skill variety, task identity and task significance
D)   Task identity
E)   Task significance B

Question 15

Employee stock ownership plans and stock options are two types of organizational-level performance-based rewards.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Job status-based rewards discourage employees from hoarding resources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Gainsharing plans tend to:

Accepted Answer

A)   increase efficiency without paying employees any financial reward.
B)   distribute a portion of company profits to employees in the form of company stock.
C)   create a reasonably strong effort-to-performance expectancy.
D)   reward individuals for their own personal performance rather than team or organizational performance.
E)   increase efficiency without paying employees any financial reward creating a reasonably strong effort-to-performance expectancy.

Question 18

Which of these contemporary organizational behavior practices was popularized by Fredrick Taylor in his work on scientific management?

Accepted Answer

A)   Goal setting
B)   Job enrichment
C)   Membership-based reward system
D)   Seniority-based reward system
E)   Competency-based reward system

Question 19

Employees at CyberTech perform repetitive jobs that have resulted in boredom as well as repetitive strain injury.Technology makes it difficult to combine existing jobs,but the company wants to make employees more multiskilled.Which of the following would best help CyberTech to improve this situation?

Accepted Answer

A)   Encourage employees to engage in mental imagery.
B)   Introduce job specialization.
C)   Introduce a gainsharing plan for all production employees.
D)   Introduce job rotation.
E)   Introduce job enrichment by having each employee produce the entire product rather than a small part of it.

Question 20

Briefly describe how organizations reward people for job status.Discuss three potential problems with rewarding employees for their job status.

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Team rewards increase employee preferences for team-based work arrangements.

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Gainsharing plans focus on cost reductions and increased labor efficiency.

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An advantage of competency-based rewards is that measuring employee competencies is mostly done through objective measurement methods.

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Job specialization increases work efficiency,but it tends to reduce employee motivation.

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Which of the following is the first step in self-leadership?

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People with a high power distance tend to have a high respect and priority for money.

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Competency-based rewards pay employees based on their seniority in the organization.

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A problem with seniority-based rewards is that they cause higher turnover.

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According to the motivator-hygiene theory,people are mainly motivated by characteristics of the job itself,not by working conditions or other factors external to the job.

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Scientific management is mainly associated with high levels of job specialization.

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Which of these statements about self-leadership is true?

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According to the self-leadership model,which of the following is true about positive self-talk?

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Which core job characteristic(s) affect(s) experienced responsibility for work outcomes?

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Employee stock ownership plans and stock options are two types of organizational-level performance-based rewards.

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Job status-based rewards discourage employees from hoarding resources.

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Gainsharing plans tend to:

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Which of these contemporary organizational behavior practices was popularized by Fredrick Taylor in his work on scientific management?

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Competency-based rewards pay employees based on their seniority in the organization.

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Scientific management is mainly associated with high levels of job specialization.

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Which of these statements about self-leadership is true?

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