71.Which of the following approaches to job design focuses on job satisfaction as the major outcome of interest?
71.Which of the following approaches to job design focuses on job satisfaction as the major outcome of interest?
A. Administrative approach
B. Mechanistic approach
C. Biological approach
D. Perceptual-motor approach
E. Motivational approach
72.As a manager, you want to redesign a job because your most recent attitude survey indicated that individuals were very bored with the monotony of their jobs. Which job design approach would be most helpful to you?
A. Administrative approach
B. Mechanistic approach
C. Biological approach
D. Perceptual-motor approach
E. Motivational approach
73.Which of the following is true about outcomes when the core job characteristics are high?
A. Fall in performance quality
B. Lower job complexity
C. Reduced job satisfaction
D. Higher external work motivation in individuals
E. Critical psychological states are high
74.Within the Job Characteristics Model, the degree to which the job allows an individual to make decisions about the way the work is carried out is called _____.
A. task identity
B. task discretion
C. skill variety
D. autonomy
E. task significance
75.The degree to which a job requires completing a whole piece of work from beginning to end is _____.
A. task identity
B. skill variety
C. autonomy
D. task significance
E. task discretion
76.The extent to which the job has an important impact on the lives of other people is _____.
A. task identity
B. skill variety
C. autonomy
D. task significance
E. task discretion
77.Which of the following is a psychological state associated with the Job Characteristics Model?
A. Experience
B. Authority
C. Social interaction
D. Information
E. Responsibility
78.Within the Job Characteristics Model, the extent to which a person receives clear information about his/her performance from the job itself is termed _____.
A. autonomy
B. communication
C. feedback
D. task identity
E. appraisal
79.Which of the following is true about job designs emphasizing the motivational approach?
A. They tend to focus on increasing the complexity of jobs.
B. Much of the work on task specialization had its roots in motivational approach.
C. Leadership is the sole prerogative of one person.
D. Distribution of leadership affects group performance.
E. Interventions emphasizing motivational approach may have dramatic effects on employee motivation.
80.Adding more decision-making authority to a job to increase its motivational potential is known as _____.
A. job enlargement
B. job rotation
C. job involvement
D. job enrichment
E. job leadership
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