44.
Alice, a cartoonist, has been an overachiever throughout her career. She enjoys the
intellectual stimulation and independence she has at work. She feels her work allows her
to use her creativity and artistic skills to its full potential. Which of the following work
value categories is important to Alice?
45.
Which of the following theories argues that job satisfaction depends on whether an
employee perceives that his or her job supplies the things that he or she values?
46.
According to the value-percept theory, the relation between dissatisfaction, value
(importance) and value (want) is given by:
47.
Which of the following is true regarding value-percept theory?
48.
When it comes to pay satisfaction, most employees base their desired pay on their job
duties and:
49.
Linda is well established as a financial analyst at the American Bank. She has several
significant financial responsibilities concerning her family and recently applied for a
housing loan. Which of the following work value categories would likely be important to
her?
50.
Which facet of job satisfaction brings more responsibility and increased work hours?
51.
According to the value-percept theory, for an employee to have high supervision
satisfaction, which of the following is
not
critical?
52.
Which of the following statements is true regarding coworker satisfaction?
53.
Satisfaction with ______ reflects employees’ feelings about their actual work tasks,
including whether those tasks are challenging, interesting, respected, and make use of key
skills rather than being dull, repetitive, and uncomfortable.
54.
Kylie, Jake, and Samantha have different ideas about what makes a job satisfying. They all
work for a nonprofit organization and travel to areas where disease epidemics have broken
out to render assistance to victims. The pay is not high, and there can be extreme health
risks. Their coworkers are friendly, intelligent, and generally nice. Most of them will never
be world famous, but their jobs provide a chance to engage in interesting analyses and
publish research done by their team. Kylie feels strongly that she wants to be able to make
a difference and help people when they are in trouble. Jake worries deeply about
expenses. He has a large load of student debt to pay off, and his wife is expecting their
second child. Samantha likes teamwork but isn’t thrilled by it and also has mild anxiety
about germs.
Which of the following statements is most likely true?
55.
Kylie, Jake, and Samantha have different ideas about what makes a job satisfying. They all
work for a nonprofit organization and travel to areas where disease epidemics have broken
out to render assistance to victims. The pay is not high, and there can be extreme health
risks. Their coworkers are friendly, intelligent, and generally nice. Most of them will never
be world famous, but their jobs provide a chance to engage in interesting analyses and
publish research done by their team. Kylie feels strongly that she wants to be able to make
a difference and help people when they are in trouble. Jake worries deeply about
expenses. He has a large load of student debt to pay off, and his wife is expecting their
second child. Samantha likes teamwork but isn’t thrilled by it and also has mild anxiety
about germs.
Which of the following statements is most likely true?
56.
Of the five facets of value-percept theory, if job satisfaction had to increase to a large
extent, which facet should be given high priority for improvement?
57.
According to research, of the five facets of value-percept theory, which two facets have
moderately strong influences on overall job satisfaction?
58.
The psychological state that reflects the degree to which work tasks are viewed as
something that “counts” in the employee’s system of philosophies and beliefs is known
as:
59.
Which of the following is true about knowledge of results?
60.
Managers at KeyNews, a publishing firm, believe in providing continuous feedback to
employees regarding their work. Newly hired employees are assigned a mentor who works
with their team. The mentor reviews each new employee’s work and provides tips on
improving productivity. In this example, the firm is addressing which of the following
critical psychological states that make work satisfying for employees?
61.
Jon is the marketing manager at Avion International, an import-export agency. His
calendar is filled with meetings with heads of the companies, interviewing new employees,
giving interviews to business magazines, attending presentations and seminars in different
countries, and the like. Jon feels that every workday he has something different to do, and
he is rarely bored with his job. According to the job characteristics theory, which of the
following is true about Jon‘s job?
62.
George is a car wash employee whose job consists of directing customers into the
automated car wash. Which of the following statements is true about George’s job?
63.
According to the job characteristics theory, the degree to which the job requires
completing a whole, identifiable, piece of work from beginning to end with a visible
outcome is known as:
64.
Ann works at Creative Links International. Her job requires her to spend eight hours a day
entering the employees’ salary information on Excel spreadsheets. Ann’s job is
characterized by:
65.
Joe was recently hired at Creative Ideas, an advertising firm. Part of his training involves
moving through all of the departments and learning what each one does. Every day is
something new for him and requires him to use different skills and knowledge. He truly
enjoys the challenge of facing something new every workday. Joe’s job is characterized
by:
66.
Tom is a commercial interior designer. He is responsible for coming up with the basic
layout of spaces within a building as well as other aspects such as the acoustics, lighting,
temperature, color, furniture, furnishings, moldings, and paneling inside the building, as
well as supervising the implementation of the design. He enjoys transforming interior
spaces into something functional as well as aesthetically appealing. Tom’s job has:
67.
According to the job characteristics theory, the degree to which the job has a substantial
impact on the lives of other people, particularly people in the world at large, is known as:
68.
According to the job characteristics theory, the degree to which the job provides freedom,
independence, and discretion to the individual performing the work is known as:
4-40
69.
According to job characteristics theory, which of the following responsibilities
cannot
be
described as part of an autonomous job?
70.
When your job provides _____, you view the outcomes of it as the product of your efforts
rather than the result of careful instructions from your boss or a well-written manual of
procedures.