BUSMHR 3200 Exam 2 Inks Exam Study
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Motivation - answerthe psychological processes that underlie the direction, intensity, and
persistence of behavior or thought
P=AxMxO - answerPerformance equal ability times motivation times opportunity
Need Based theory of motivation - answerPeople ar...
Motivation - answer✔the psychological processes that underlie the direction, intensity, and
persistence of behavior or thought
P=AxMxO - answer✔Performance equal ability times motivation times opportunity
Need Based theory of motivation - answer✔People are motivated by the desire to fulfill unmet
needs
Job Design-related motivation - answer✔focuses on design of job having implications for
improved satisfaction, motivation and performance and reduced absenteeism, turnover, etc
The different types of job design approaches - answer✔-Job enlargement
-job enrichment
-Job rotation
-Job crafting
-Job simplification
-Job characteristics model
Job Characteristics model - answer✔Core Job characteristics -> Critical Psychological States ->
Outcomes
Equity Theory - answer✔a theory that states that people will be motivated when they perceive
that they are being treated fairly
Expectancy Theory - answer✔It proposes that people are motivated by their conscious
expectations of what will happen if they do certain things, and are more productive when they
believe their expectations will be realized.
Job Satisfaction - answer✔An affective or emotional response to ones job
Compensation - answer✔The rewards, usually monetary in nature that reinforce behavior,
organizational membership, performance and retention
Merit Pay - answer✔links an individual's salary or wage increase directly to measures of
performance accomplishment
Incentive Pay - answer✔variable pay as primary or secondly income source
Can be supplemental income (commissions) or sole source of income
ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) - answer✔employee ownership plans that give
employers certain tax and financial advantages when stock is granted to employees
Profit Sharing - answer✔incentive pay in which payments are a percentage of the organization's
profits and do not become part of the employees' base salary
Skill-based pay - answer✔a pay system that rewards employees for the job skills they can
demonstrate
Benchmarking - answer✔essentially comparing yourself to other equal counterparts in the
organization or industry
Total compensation - answer✔The total amount of money received by an employee from an
employer plus the cash equivalent value of the employment benefits received by the employee.
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