The three components of ____ are initiation of effort, direction of effort, and persistence of effort.

When self-control is used, leaders and managers provide workers with clear boundaries within which they may guide and control their own goals and behaviors.

Since there are no consistent trait differences between leaders and nonleaders, or between effective and ineffective leaders, trait theory is wrong.

The term “data mining” refers to the process of discovering unknown patterns and relationships in large amounts of data.

Customer satisfaction surveys are an accurate and effective way to answer the balanced scorecard question, “How do customers see us?”

As the manager at a McDonald’s restaurant, Bob is more likely to worry about how fast orders from the drive-through window are filled than the company’s long-term operating expenditures.

Raw data contain useful information that communicates a clear and readily understandable message to the person for which the data were gathered.

Higher productivity is good not only for individual companies that achieve it, but also for the countries in which they do business.

A group of actors gather to read the critical reviews of the new play they presented to audiences last night. The actors are looking for ____ rewards.

Piecework, sales commission, profit sharing, employee stock ownership plans, and stock options are common pay-variability options.