Question

1. City council members in XYZ, USA, had not been paid in the past. In order to improve attendance at meetings where most business is conducted and important decisions are made, the council members were offered a small monetary incentive for every meeting they attend. However, attendance actually decreased. Which theory of motivation best explains this result?

A.    Achievement Orientation

B.    Expectancy Theory

C.     Intrinsic Motivation

D.    Maslow’s Hierarchy

2. Coworker A compares herself to Coworker B who is rewarded on the job more but also puts more time and effort into the job, so that the outcome/input ratios for both A and B are roughly equal. According to Equity theory, Coworker A will be motivated to:

A.    Change her inputs to match Coworker B

B.    Change her outcomes to match Coworker B

C.     Do nothing

D.    Sue Coworker B

3. A survey item that asks about one’s overall attitude toward the job is a measure of:

A.    Facet satisfaction

B.    Global satisfaction

C.     Life satisfaction

D.    All of the above

4. Larger groups have all of the following advantages except:

A.    Greater skills and power

B.    Increased psychological arousal

C.     Less process loss

D.    Social facilitation, if accountability is present

Answer 1

1.(C) Intrinsic motivation refers to behavior that is driven by internal rewards. An individual will have the motivation to engage in a behavior that arises from within because it is naturally satisfying. The external rewards have no meaning and hence no effect on internally motivated people.

2.(A) Equity theory is based on the idea that individuals are motivated by fairness.In case, they identify inequities in the input or output ratios of themselves and their referent group then they will modify their input to reach their perceived equity.

3.(A) Facet satisfaction refers to satisfaction with an aspect of job or nature of work or supervision in a job satisfaction survey. It is done to find out how content an individual is with their job.

4.(C) Process loss happens when you get less from a team than you would expect based on the capabilities of its individual members. Two main factors resulting in process loss are coordination loss and motivational loss.