Question 1

Appraisals with a(n) ____________________ orientation focus on the future and use information from evaluations to improve performance.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Appraisals with a(n) ____________________ orientation focus on...

Question 2

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates.
-​telecommuting
A)Diego, an accountant, doesn't mind working long days and really likes 3-day weekends.He works Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, so that he has every Friday off yet still works 40 hours a week.
B)Svetlana, an electrician, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, every odd week, and Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, every even week.
C)​Gustav, an Alaskan crab fisherman, is paid a premium salary to work 5 weeks straight without a day off, followed by 2 weeks of paid vacation.
D)George and Jerry work as bellboys at a fancy hotel.George works from 8 am to noon Monday through Friday, and as soon as he leaves, Jerry arrives and works at the same position from noon to 4, such that each of them works a 20-hour week.
E)​Liza, a journalist, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, like at a normal job.However, she works from 8 am to noon, takes four hours off, then finishes her work day by working 4 pm to 8pm.
F)​Boris, a content developer, can do the entirety of his job from any place that has an internet connection.He does not come into the office at all and does all of his work from home.

Accepted Answer

Telecommuting refers to the practice of working remotely, often from home, using the internet to stay connected to one's workplace. Boris's situation, where he can complete all his work from any location with an internet connection and does not need to come into the office, is a clear example of telecommuting.

Question 3

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates.
-​flextime
A)Diego, an accountant, doesn't mind working long days and really likes 3-day weekends.He works Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, so that he has every Friday off yet still works 40 hours a week.
B)Svetlana, an electrician, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, every odd week, and Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, every even week.
C)​Gustav, an Alaskan crab fisherman, is paid a premium salary to work 5 weeks straight without a day off, followed by 2 weeks of paid vacation.
D)George and Jerry work as bellboys at a fancy hotel.George works from 8 am to noon Monday through Friday, and as soon as he leaves, Jerry arrives and works at the same position from noon to 4, such that each of them works a 20-hour week.
E)​Liza, a journalist, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, like at a normal job.However, she works from 8 am to noon, takes four hours off, then finishes her work day by working 4 pm to 8pm.
F)​Boris, a content developer, can do the entirety of his job from any place that has an internet connection.He does not come into the office at all and does all of his work from home.

Accepted Answer

Flextime allows employees to choose their working hours within limits. Liza's schedule, with a break in the middle of the day, exemplifies flextime as she works a full day but not in the traditional 9-5 format.

Question 4

Matching
Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.​Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates.
-​job enrichment
A)​Joey takes the customers' orders, Kondrad makes their drinks, and Susan makes the sandwiches.
B)​To break up the monotony of the long days, Joey, Konrad, and Susan switch jobs at regular intervals.
C)​After Konrad leaves the company, Susan's job is modified so that she makes drinks as well as sandwiches.
D)Susan, the designated sandwich-maker, is given control over what sandwiches appear on the menu, where the café gets its ingredients, and how the café's food supplies are stocked.

Accepted Answer

Job enrichment involves giving employees more responsibility and control over their work, which is illustrated by Susan being given control over menu decisions and supply management.

Question 5

_____________ is essentially a collaborative goal-setting process through which organizational goals systematically cascade down through the organization.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____________ is essentially a collaborative goal-setting process...

Question 6

___________________________________ programs grant additional earnings to employees or work groups for cost-reduction ideas.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ___________________________________ programs grant additional earnings to employees...

Question 7

Matching
Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.​Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates.
-​job rotation
A)​Joey takes the customers' orders, Kondrad makes their drinks, and Susan makes the sandwiches.
B)​To break up the monotony of the long days, Joey, Konrad, and Susan switch jobs at regular intervals.
C)​After Konrad leaves the company, Susan's job is modified so that she makes drinks as well as sandwiches.
D)Susan, the designated sandwich-maker, is given control over what sandwiches appear on the menu, where the café gets its ingredients, and how the café's food supplies are stocked.

Accepted Answer

B) illustrates job rotation, as it describes Joey, Konrad, and Susan switching jobs at regular intervals to break up the monotony of the work.

Question 8

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates.
-compressed work schedule
A)Diego, an accountant, doesn't mind working long days and really likes 3-day weekends.He works Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, so that he has every Friday off yet still works 40 hours a week.
B)Svetlana, an electrician, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, every odd week, and Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, every even week.
C)​Gustav, an Alaskan crab fisherman, is paid a premium salary to work 5 weeks straight without a day off, followed by 2 weeks of paid vacation.
D)George and Jerry work as bellboys at a fancy hotel.George works from 8 am to noon Monday through Friday, and as soon as he leaves, Jerry arrives and works at the same position from noon to 4, such that each of them works a 20-hour week.
E)​Liza, a journalist, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, like at a normal job.However, she works from 8 am to noon, takes four hours off, then finishes her work day by working 4 pm to 8pm.
F)​Boris, a content developer, can do the entirety of his job from any place that has an internet connection.He does not come into the office at all and does all of his work from home.

Accepted Answer

Diego's schedule is a compressed work schedule because he works longer days (10 hours) over fewer days (Monday through Thursday) to complete his 40-hour workweek, allowing him to have Fridays off.

Question 9

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates.
-job sharing
A)Diego, an accountant, doesn't mind working long days and really likes 3-day weekends.He works Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, so that he has every Friday off yet still works 40 hours a week.
B)Svetlana, an electrician, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, every odd week, and Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, every even week.
C)​Gustav, an Alaskan crab fisherman, is paid a premium salary to work 5 weeks straight without a day off, followed by 2 weeks of paid vacation.
D)George and Jerry work as bellboys at a fancy hotel.George works from 8 am to noon Monday through Friday, and as soon as he leaves, Jerry arrives and works at the same position from noon to 4, such that each of them works a 20-hour week.
E)​Liza, a journalist, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, like at a normal job.However, she works from 8 am to noon, takes four hours off, then finishes her work day by working 4 pm to 8pm.
F)​Boris, a content developer, can do the entirety of his job from any place that has an internet connection.He does not come into the office at all and does all of his work from home.

Accepted Answer

Job sharing is a flexible work arrangement where two (or more) people share the responsibilities of one full-time position. Scenario D illustrates this, with George and Jerry splitting the hours of a single bellboy position between them.

Question 10

A performance management system in which people receive feedback from those on all "sides" of them is called ___________________________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A performance management system in which people...

Question 11

An American citizen who is an employee of a U.S.company, but who works in a different country, is called a(n) ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An American citizen who is an employee...

Question 12

The extent to which a person recognizes a goal as his or her own is called goal ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The extent to which a person recognizes...

Question 13

Employers who allow their workers to choose "cafeteria-style" from a variety of benefits packages are following a(n) ___________________________________ system.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Employers who allow their workers to choose...

Question 14

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates.
-extended work schedule
A)Diego, an accountant, doesn't mind working long days and really likes 3-day weekends.He works Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, so that he has every Friday off yet still works 40 hours a week.
B)Svetlana, an electrician, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, every odd week, and Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, every even week.
C)​Gustav, an Alaskan crab fisherman, is paid a premium salary to work 5 weeks straight without a day off, followed by 2 weeks of paid vacation.
D)George and Jerry work as bellboys at a fancy hotel.George works from 8 am to noon Monday through Friday, and as soon as he leaves, Jerry arrives and works at the same position from noon to 4, such that each of them works a 20-hour week.
E)​Liza, a journalist, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, like at a normal job.However, she works from 8 am to noon, takes four hours off, then finishes her work day by working 4 pm to 8pm.
F)​Boris, a content developer, can do the entirety of his job from any place that has an internet connection.He does not come into the office at all and does all of his work from home.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each of the following scenarios with...

Question 15

If a manager determines a wage increase by comparing an employee's current behavior with her or his past behavior, the manager is conducting a performance appraisal with a(n) ____________________ orientation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of If a manager determines a wage increase...

Question 16

Matching
Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.​Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates.
-​job specialization
A)​Joey takes the customers' orders, Kondrad makes their drinks, and Susan makes the sandwiches.
B)​To break up the monotony of the long days, Joey, Konrad, and Susan switch jobs at regular intervals.
C)​After Konrad leaves the company, Susan's job is modified so that she makes drinks as well as sandwiches.
D)Susan, the designated sandwich-maker, is given control over what sandwiches appear on the menu, where the café gets its ingredients, and how the café's food supplies are stocked.

Accepted Answer

Job specialization involves dividing tasks into specific roles, as seen when Joey, Konrad, and Susan each have distinct tasks.

Question 17

Employees who feel their salaries convey a message of how much they are worth to the organization are interpreting the ____________________ value of that reward.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Employees who feel their salaries convey a...

Question 18

Top managers are often given special privileges known as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Top managers are often given special privileges...

Question 19

Matching
Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.​Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates.
-​job enlargement
A)​Joey takes the customers' orders, Kondrad makes their drinks, and Susan makes the sandwiches.
B)​To break up the monotony of the long days, Joey, Konrad, and Susan switch jobs at regular intervals.
C)​After Konrad leaves the company, Susan's job is modified so that she makes drinks as well as sandwiches.
D)Susan, the designated sandwich-maker, is given control over what sandwiches appear on the menu, where the café gets its ingredients, and how the café's food supplies are stocked.

Accepted Answer

Job enlargement involves increasing the number of tasks or duties in a job to add variety. In scenario C, Susan's job is enlarged by adding the task of making drinks to her existing role of making sandwiches.

Question 20

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates.
-nine-eighty schedule
A)Diego, an accountant, doesn't mind working long days and really likes 3-day weekends.He works Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, so that he has every Friday off yet still works 40 hours a week.
B)Svetlana, an electrician, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, every odd week, and Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, every even week.
C)​Gustav, an Alaskan crab fisherman, is paid a premium salary to work 5 weeks straight without a day off, followed by 2 weeks of paid vacation.
D)George and Jerry work as bellboys at a fancy hotel.George works from 8 am to noon Monday through Friday, and as soon as he leaves, Jerry arrives and works at the same position from noon to 4, such that each of them works a 20-hour week.
E)​Liza, a journalist, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, like at a normal job.However, she works from 8 am to noon, takes four hours off, then finishes her work day by working 4 pm to 8pm.
F)​Boris, a content developer, can do the entirety of his job from any place that has an internet connection.He does not come into the office at all and does all of his work from home.

Accepted Answer

The nine-eighty schedule involves working 80 hours over nine days in a two-week period, typically resulting in an extra day off every other week. Svetlana's schedule, where she works 8 hours a day for one week and then 10 hours a day for four days the next week, aligns with this arrangement, allowing her to have an extra day off every other week.

Quiz 6: Motivating Behavior with Work and Rewards

Appraisals with a(n) ____________________ orientation focus on the future and use information from evaluations to improve performance.

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -telecommuting

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -flextime

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -job enrichment

_____________ is essentially a collaborative goal-setting process through which organizational goals systematically cascade down through the organization.

___________________________________ programs grant additional earnings to employees or work groups for cost-reduction ideas.

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -job rotation

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -compressed work schedule

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -job sharing

A performance management system in which people receive feedback from those on all "sides" of them is called ___________________________________.

An American citizen who is an employee of a U.S.company, but who works in a different country, is called a(n) ____________________.

The extent to which a person recognizes a goal as his or her own is called goal ____________________.

Employers who allow their workers to choose "cafeteria-style" from a variety of benefits packages are following a(n) ___________________________________ system.

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -extended work schedule

If a manager determines a wage increase by comparing an employee's current behavior with her or his past behavior, the manager is conducting a performance appraisal with a(n) ____________________ orientation.

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -job specialization

Employees who feel their salaries convey a message of how much they are worth to the organization are interpreting the ____________________ value of that reward.

Top managers are often given special privileges known as ____________________.

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -job enlargement

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -nine-eighty schedule

Quiz 6: Motivating Behavior with Work and Rewards

Appraisals with a(n) ____________________ orientation focus on the future and use information from evaluations to improve performance.

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -​telecommuting

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -​flextime

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.​Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -​job enrichment

_____________ is essentially a collaborative goal-setting process through which organizational goals systematically cascade down through the organization.

___________________________________ programs grant additional earnings to employees or work groups for cost-reduction ideas.

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.​Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -​job rotation

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -compressed work schedule

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -job sharing

A performance management system in which people receive feedback from those on all "sides" of them is called ___________________________________.

An American citizen who is an employee of a U.S.company, but who works in a different country, is called a(n) ____________________.

The extent to which a person recognizes a goal as his or her own is called goal ____________________.

Employers who allow their workers to choose "cafeteria-style" from a variety of benefits packages are following a(n) ___________________________________ system.

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -extended work schedule

If a manager determines a wage increase by comparing an employee's current behavior with her or his past behavior, the manager is conducting a performance appraisal with a(n) ____________________ orientation.

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.​Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -​job specialization

Employees who feel their salaries convey a message of how much they are worth to the organization are interpreting the ____________________ value of that reward.

Top managers are often given special privileges known as ____________________.

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.​Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -​job enlargement

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -nine-eighty schedule

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -telecommuting

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates. -flextime

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -job enrichment

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -job rotation

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -job specialization

Matching Joey, Konrad, and Susan work at a small café.Match each of the following scenarios with the job design concept it most clearly illustrates. -job enlargement