Chapter 6 Content Theories Of Motivation Full Test Bank - Updated Test Bank | Org Behavior 4e Borkowski by Nancy Borkowski. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 6: Content Theories of Motivation
True/False
- The content theories of motivation focus on the assumption that individuals are motivated by the desire to satisfy their unmet needs.
<Complexity: Easy>
<Subject: Overview, Chapter 6>
- Employee motivation has a direct impact on a health services organization’s performance
<Complexity: Easy>
<Subject: Overview, Chapter 6>
- Managers need to be conscious of the fact that all employees are not driven by the same needs, nor is any employee driven by the same need, at the same time.
<Complexity: Easy>
<Subject: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory, Chapter 6>
- Alderfer’s ERG theory like Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory requires an individual to satisfy a lower level need for a higher-level need to become the driver of a person’s behavior.
<Complexity: Moderate>
<Subject: Alderfer’s ERG Theory, Chapter 6>
- The frustration-regression principle of the ERG theory explains that when a barrier prevents an individual from obtaining a higher level need, a person may “regress” to a lower-level need (or vice versa) to achieve satisfaction.
<Complexity: Easy>
<Subject: Alderfer’s ERG Theory, Chapter 6>
- According to Herzberg, the opposite of job satisfaction is job dissatisfaction.
<Complexity: Easy>
<Subject: Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory, Chapter 6>
- Hygiene factors relate to job content and motivators/satisfiers relate to job context.
<Complexity: Moderate>
<Subject: Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory, Chapter 6>
- Each content theory of motivation is separate, distinct, and unrelated.
<Complexity: Moderate>
<Subject: Summary, Chapter 6>
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs had a great influence on the study of organizational behavior.
<Complexity: Easy>
<Subject: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory, Chapter 6>
- Money is a well-known motivator for job satisfaction.
<Complexity: Moderate>
<Subject: Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory, Chapter 6>
Multiple Choice
- The levels in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs are:
[1] growth, relatedness, and existence.
[2] satisfiers, physiological, relatedness, self-esteem, and safety.
[3] physiological, affiliation, safety, self-actualization, and self-esteem.
[4] hygiene, affiliation, safety, satisfiers, and self-actualization.
[5] self-actualization, self-esteem, affiliation, safety, and physiological.
<Complexity: Easy>
<Subject: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory, Chapter 6>