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51) Ron is motivated by the freedom to select the tasks that he will take on and approach them in the way he sees fit. This freedom increases Ron’s ________ motivation. a. extrinsic b. expectant c. valence d. intrinsic e. cognitive 52) Alfie Kohn supports ________, and proposes that employees are actually punished by rewards. Kohn believes that employees do lower quality work when they are given rewards such as ________. a. cognitive evaluation theory; pay incentives b. contingency evaluation theory; money c. cognitive evaluation theory; challenge d. cognitive experimental theory; money e. contingency experimental theory; incentives 53) Ahmed is always careful to make clear to his employees that what they are doing matters so that they should feel good about what they are doing. In this way, he is trying to increase their ________ motivation. a. extrinsic b. cognitive c. procedural d. distributive e. intrinsic 54) The four key sets of behaviours that managers can use to create intrinsic rewards for employees, as put forth by Professor Kenneth Thomas, are a. leading for opportunity, establishing credentials, goal-setting, and creating a feedback system. b. creating opportunity, creating feedback, empowerment, and goal setting. c. recognition of accomplishments, leading for competence, leading for meaningfulness, and leading for progress. d. leading for choice, leading for competence, leading for meaningfulness, and leading for progress. e. leading for choice, empowerment, goal setting, and leading for progress. 55) A real estate salesperson whose pay is based on the price of the home he or she sells is an example of a. a gainsharing plan. b. commission pay. c. piece-rate pay. d. a modified gainsharing plan. e. skill-based pay. 56) Sarbani has just started her new job as a sales representative with one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. She is very excited about her new position and company because she has the right to buy stocks in the company at a later date for a guaranteed price of $41.87 a share. This is an example of a a. stock option plan. b. profit sharing plan. c. gainsharing plan. d. variable pay plan. e. bonus pay plan. 57) Peter is pleased to be working for an organization that uses organization-wide programs that distribute compensation based on an established formula designed around a company’s profitability. These programs are known as a. variable pay programs. b. ESOPs. c. gainsharing. d. piece-rate plans. e. profit-sharing plans. 58) Sam works in an autobody shop where he sprays paint eight hours a day. Using the job characteristics model, Sam has a job with a. low task identity. b. high task identity. c. low skill variety. d. high skill variety. e. low task identity and low feedback. 59) SCENARIO 4-4 Bill Leung is the HR director for Copper Inc., a mining firm. The business has been losing money over the past three years due to a worldwide slump in copper prices, and no end is in sight. The pressure is on to reduce labour costs. Bill has been asked to recommend an incentive pay program for miners to attempt to increase the amount of ore they extract from each site, while still meeting quality targets. Safety issues are also very important, as even minor accidents add tremendously to costs. The miners work in teams, so the plan must not upset their team interactions; however, the miners have little involvement in the company outside of their immediate jobs. Referring to SCENARIO 4-4, what kind of incentive plan should Bill recommend for the miners?a. piece-rate plan b. profit-sharing plan c. ESOP d. team-based pay e. gainsharing 60) SCENARIO 4-4 Bill Leung is the HR director for Copper Inc., a mining firm. The business has been losing money over the past three years due to a worldwide slump in copper prices, and no end is in sight. The pressure is on to reduce labour costs. Bill has been asked to recommend an incentive pay program for miners to attempt to increase the amount of ore they extract from each site, while still meeting quality targets. Safety issues are also very important, as even minor accidents add tremendously to costs. The miners work in teams, so the plan must not upset their team interactions; however, the miners have little involvement in the company outside of their immediate jobs. Referring to SCENARIO 4-4, Bill must also recommend a plan for the research department staff. It is more difficult to assess researchers’ performance because of the kind of work they do. Recently, a number of researchers have been laid off because of the company’s losses, and so each staff member must get involved in new kinds of projects. Flexibility and communication between project team members is very important. What kind of incentive plan should Bill recommend for the research staff?a. skill-based pay plan b. piece-rate plan c. profit-sharing plan d. ESOP e. gainsharing