The term for a set of forces that causes people to behave in certain ways and is relatively unchanging over your lifetime. Determines individual performance and decisions. 

You always volunteer to take on extra tasks even though it is not required in the job description such as showing up early and taking on extra tasks because you know that it will be beneficial to the organization.  What type of activity is this?

A list of the observable major job elements, tasks, duties, and responsibilities for a particular job. Ex: Create Syllabi, lecture, grade papers

What do you call the prevailing wage rate for a given job in a given labor market. Based on cost of living, competitiveness, civil service, location

Using a numbered list, List the 3 causes of job dissatisfaction as shown in class (6 pts)

 You were just hired at ACE Manufacturing and you can choose work from 7am until 4pm or from 8am until 5pm. What type of alternative work arrangement is this?

 Maslow’s theory says our needs are ___________, This means our needs that are capable of motivating behavior at any given time. Ex: physiological needs, if we’re starving, we don’t worry about anything else.

 According to Herzberg’s dual-factor theory, many people expect to get a good paycheck, but they are not actually motivated by pay. In this case, what type of factor is pay?

  This theory is based on the idea that owners have different motivation than managers. Managers are less likely to take risks and more likely to focus on short-term goals. Most companies want their managers to become more like owners than just employees.

 This aspect of the job characteristics approach is the extent to which you know how well you are performing. For example, your supervisor is telling you that you are doing a good job, or that you need to improve on a certain part of the work. Sometimes it comes during performance appraisal, but should really happen more often.