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1

Motivation determines a person's level of effort
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

Managers strive to motivate employees to contribute outputs.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

Negative reinforcement can create a very unpleasant work environment.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

Valence in expectancy theory is how desirable each of the outcomes available from a job or organization is to a person.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

The theory of motivation that focuses on the fairness of work outcomes relative to work inputs in referred to as equity theory.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

Underpayment inequity exists when a person perceives that his or her own outcome/input is less than or equal to the ratio of a referent.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

Negative reinforcement is administering an undesired or negative consequence when dysfunctional behaviour occurs.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

Expectancy is a person's perception about the extent to which his or her effort will result in a certain level of compensation.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9

Equity theory stresses that it is an individual's relative rather than absolute level of outcomes that affects motivation.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

Managers should use negative reinforcement when they need to terminate an unwanted behaviour in a short period of time.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11

A manager's perception about the extent to which his or her effort will result in a given level of performance is called expectancy.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12

According to Maslow's motivation theory, the lowest level of unmet needs in the needs hierarchy is the prime motivator of an employee's behaviour.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13

The most motivating goals are those that are hard, but not impossible, to attain.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14

Maslow's theory states that, once a need has been satisfied, it nonetheless continues to act as a source of motivation.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15

In Canada, pay-for-performance programs are more common for unionized than for non-unionized employees.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16

Pay can be a motivational tool when it is linked to performance
A)TRUE
B)FALSE





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