The primary reason for GE's Chief Executive, Immelt's decision to hire Amersham's Castell to manage its merged healthcare unit is that:

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A.Castell was an insider to Amersham, and thus knew it better than anybody else.

B.Castell was part of an innovative culture that Immelt wanted GE to adopt.

C.GE's potential inside candidates were too technically-oriented.

D.Immelt wanted to get rid of GE's current chief of the healthcare unit.

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Question 2

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__________ is a psychological process through which unsatisfied wants or needs lead to drives that are aimed at goals or incentives.

Group of answer choices

A.Ability

B.Inducement

C.Assurance

D.Motivation

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Question 3

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The three basic elements in the process of motivation are needs, drives, and:

Group of answer choices

A.accomplishments.

B.rewards.

C.goal attainment.

D.abilities.

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Question 4

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The second starting assumption about work-motivation is that work-motivation theories can be broken down into two general categories:

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A.method and outcome.

B.internal and external.

C.implicit and explicit.

D.content and process.

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Question 5

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__________ theories of worker motivation explainhowemployee behavior is initiated, redirected, and halted.

Group of answer choices

A.Explicit

B.External

C.Process

D.Procedure

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Question 6

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The hierarchy-of-needs theory is based primarily on work by __________; a well-known U.S. psychologist now deceased.

Group of answer choices

A.David McClelland

B.Geert Hofstede

C.Frederick Herzberg

D.Abraham Maslow

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Question 7

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The following needs are correctly matched with their descriptionsexcept:

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A.physiological needs- the need for food, clothing, shelter, and other basic, physical needs

B.safety needs - the desire for security, stability, and the absence of pain

C.social needs - the need for power and status

D.self-actualization needs - the desire to reach one's full potential by becoming everything one is capable of becoming

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Question 8

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__________ needs include the desire for security, stability, and absence of pain.

Group of answer choices

A.Esteem

B.Social

C.Physiological

D.Safety

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Question 9

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__________ needs involve the needs for power and status.

Group of answer choices

A.Self-actualization

B.Esteem

C.Social

D.Safety

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Question 10

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The two-factor theory was formulated by well-known work-motivation theorist:

Group of answer choices

A.Frederick Herzberg.

B.Geert Hofstede.

C.David McCelland.

D.Abraham Maslow.

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Question 11

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The two-factor theory of motivation holds that two sets of factors influence job satisfaction.These are:

Group of answer choices

A.inducement, subsistence.

B.advancement, responsibility.

C.hygiene, motivators.

D.recognition, rewards.

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Question 12

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In the two-factor motivation theory, job context variables that include salary, interpersonal relations, technical supervision, work conditions, and company policies are referred to as:

Group of answer choices

A.inducement factors.

B.hygiene factors.

C.motivator factors.

D.subsistence factors.

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Question 13

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A number of research efforts have been undertaken to replicate the two-factor theory, and they:

.

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A.cast doubt on Herzberg's findings.

B.support Herzberg's findings.

C.are unable to either refute or support Herzberg's findings.

D.prove Herzberg's findings to be utterly worthless

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Question 14

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In work motivation, those factors internally controlled, such as responsibility, achievement, and the work itself are referred to as:

Group of answer choices

A.job process factors.

B.job inducement factors.

C.job content factors.

D.job context factors.

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Question 15

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Achievement motivation theory is associated with the work of Harvard psychologist:

Group of answer choices

A.Geert Hofstede.

B.Abraham Maslow.

C.Frederick Herzberg.

D.David McClelland.

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Question 16

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The theory that focuses on how motivation is affected by people's perception of how fairly they are being treated is the:

Group of answer choices

A.goal-setting theory.

B.equity theory.

C.motivation theory.

D.expectancy theory.

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Question 17

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Espectancy theory that postulates that motivation is influenced by a person's beliefs that effort will lead to:

Group of answer choices

A.performance.

B.complacency.

C.stereotyping.

D.bureaucracy.

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Question 18

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In the context of job design and work centrality, the acronym QWL stands for:

Group of answer choices

A.Quantity of Work Load.

B.Quality of Work Life.

C.Quality of Work Load.

D.Quality of Work Level.

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Question 19

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__________ designs are job designs that blend personnel and technology.

Group of answer choices

A.Sociotechnical

B.Sociocultural

C.Socioengineering

D.Sociohostilic

One reason that Americans and Japanese work such long hours is due to:

Group of answer choices

A.high stress levels.

B.low employee turnover.

C.high cost of living.

D.employee complacency.