What do unclear standards in performance appraisal usually result in?
Correct answer D. Both A and B
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Loyalty awards given to employees for completing several years of service are an example of what?
Correct answer C. Non-financial rewards
What is the method of ranking all employees on a specific trait by comparing them in pairs called?
Correct answer A. Paired comparison method
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Showing employees graphs of their performance and quantitative data is an example of what?
Correct answer C. Performance feedback
What does ‘direction sharing’ mean in performance management?
Correct answer D. Communicating company’s higher-level goals
With which sales compensation plan are occasional incentives, such as bonuses and sales prizes, most commonly paid?
Correct answer A. Salary plan
What is the motivation model proposed by B. F. Skinner called?
Correct answer D. Both A and B
According to psychologist Edwin Locke, what do specific and challenging goals lead to?
Correct answer A. Higher task performance
According to Frederick Herzberg, what are a person’s higher-level needs?
Correct answer D. Accomplishment and recognition
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According to Herzberg, how are job salary and incentives classified?
Correct answer C. Hygiene factor
What does Edward Deci’s motivation theory explain?
Correct answer A. Extrinsic rewards causes detraction
What is the basic difference between piecework and a standard hour plan?
Correct answer D. Percent premium
A mix of salary and commission is part of which sales compensation plan?
Correct answer C. Combination plan
According to Frederick Herzberg, how are a person’s higher-level needs classified?
Correct answer D. Motivators
How are the needs for food, water and shelter classified?
Correct answer A. Physiological needs
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What do enterprise incentive management systems include?
Correct answer D. All of the above
How are praise and expressions of approval delivered through a formal programme best classified?
Correct answer A. Social recognition program
According to Frederick Herzberg, how are a person’s lower-level needs classified?
Correct answer B. Hygiene factors
Which plan avoids having to recalculate piece rates whenever hourly wage rates change?
Correct answer B. Standard hour plan
Providing qualitative or quantitative information so that performance can be maintained or changed is part of what?
Correct answer A. Performance feedback