According to the job characteristics model, experienced meaningfulness of the work is ________.

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• Q66:

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  Employees who receive positive reinforcement for one type of behavior are motivated to perform well in other areas as well.This process is known as ________. A) cross-training B) job enrichment C) benchmarking D) chaining E) horizontal integration

  

• Q67:

  Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the job characteristics model? A) According to the job characteristics model, the narrower the range of skills required, the more meaningful the work is likely to be to the employee. B) According to the job characteristics model, lower task identity contributes to the sense of meaning in work. C) According to the job characteristics model, autonomy is one of the three critical psychological states that determine motivation, performance, and other outcomes. D) According to the job characteristics model, employees with little growth needs respond most dramatically to improvements in job dimensions. E) According to the job characteristics model, experienced meaningfulness of the work is a measure of how much employees care about the jobs they are doing.

• Q68:

  Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding reinforcement theory? A) Both positive and negative reinforcement encourage behaviors to be repeated. B) Negative reinforcement is the opposite of positive reinforcement. C) Positive reinforcement cannot encourage undesirable behaviors. D) Reinforcement has to involve explicit monetary incentives to distort behavior. E) Punishment encourages the repetition of a particular behavior by not offering unpleasant consequences for the behavior.

• Q69:

  Luke is the store manager at the departmental store of Nature's Basket,a multinational retailer corporation,located in Cincinnati.He decides to use cross training to improve motivation levels among people who work at the store.Luke is most likely to implement which of the following measures? A) Luke asks people who stock the shelves to handle the cash registers, and the cashiers are taught to stock shelves. B) Luke provides detailed feedback to all employees at the store and sets performance goals for them. C) Luke starts a "Retail Apprenticeship Scheme" that allows employees to earn certifications and learn new skills. D) Luke hires temporary workers to assist store employees during peak periods. E) Luke implements an incentive scheme based on the individual performance of employees.

• Q70:

  John stayed late in order to finish a project.When his manager found the completed project on her desk,she immediately sent John an email praising his good work and thanking him for going the extra mile.In this example,John's manager uses ________. A) chaining B) transactional analysis C) cognitive restructuring D) negative reinforcement E) positive reinforcement

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  Jason is an assembly-line worker at Mellick Manufacturers.He feels dissatisfied and frustrated with his job,which consists of tightening three bolts on each washing machine as it passes by him on the assembly line.At Mellick Manufacturers,assembly-line workers are closely supervised,and their incentives are linked to quantitative measures of productivity.According to the job characteristics model,which of the following is TRUE about Jason's job? A) It has high task significance. B) It has low task identity. C) It has high autonomy. D) It has low skill variety. E) It has low feedback.

• Q73:

  Nathan works as an adolescent and family counselor in a private school.He feels motivated to come to work every day because he is acutely aware of the impact he has on his clients.Being able to assist young people and their families through difficult situations gives him a profound sense of satisfaction.According to the job characteristics model,which of the following best describes Nathan's job? A) It involves high extrinsic motivation. B) It has high task significance. C) It has low task identity. D) It has low autonomy. E) It requires low feedback.

• Q74:

  According to the job characteristics model,experienced responsibility for results refers to ________. A) how much employees care about the jobs they are doing B) the sense each employee has that his or her efforts contribute to the outcome C) an employees' intention to stay in the company D) an employees' support of the company and its mission E) employees' awareness of the real-life results of their efforts

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  Dick works as the first-line manager of a team of sales persons at Dowson's Store,a leading clothes retail store.To motivate the sales agents in his team,Dick says that he will not assign weekend work and overtime to the top three sales agents,as per quantitative performance measures.In this example,Dick uses ________. A) positive reinforcement B) cognitive heuristic C) negative reinforcement D) decentralization E) onboarding

• Q76:

  Donald is the customer service manager at Artemis Technologies,a software development firm.During a lean period,employees who handle customer issues over the telephone are trained and asked to handle walk-in customers for 2 months; similarly,employees who handle walk-in customers are trained and asked to handle customer issues over the telephone for 2 months.Donald makes these changes to improve employee motivation.In this example,Donald is most likely to be using which of the following strategies? A) centralization B) cross-training C) decentralization D) horizontal integration E) benchmarking