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PsycWorkplcExam1Ch11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 35. Job satisfaction is most related to: | Research has shown that job satisfaction is highly related to AN EMPLOYEE’S COMMITMENT TO AN ORGANIZATION but only marginally related to an employee’s attendance, tenure, and job performance |
| 36. According to Judge and Watanabe (1994), job satisfaction and life satisfaction are: | high job satisfaction and high life satisfaction are correlated for two-thirds of people. For the remaining third, there is either no correlation or it’s a negative correlation |
| 37. Research indicates that about ___ of job satisfaction is genetically determined. | 30% |
| 38. Giving job applicants a realistic job preview is consistent with ___ job satisfaction theories. | Discrepancy Theories |
| 39. Maslow believes that individuals' needs are hierarchial. Which of the needs is at the top of the hierarchy? | Self-actualization |
| 40. Which level of Maslow's hierarchy involves the employee's needs for recognition and success? | Ego needs |
| 41. Employees who score high in the need for ____ desire challenging jobs; those scoring high in the need for ____ prefer working with/helping others; those scoring high in the need for ___ desire to influence others. | Need for achievement Need for affiliation Need for power |
| 42. Herzberg's needs theory has the following factors: | hygiene factors and motivators hygiene factors: job elements that result from but do not involve the job itself (pay, work schedule, etc) motivators: job elements that DO concern actual tasks and duties (responsibility, challenge, interesting work etc |
| 43. In Herzberg's two factor needs theory, pay and benefits are considered ___ factors and job control is a ____ factor. | Hygienic factors, motivator/motivating factor |
| 44. Social learning theory focuses on: | answer options: reinforcement of behavior, employee needs, MODELING BEHAVIOR, self esteem |