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Compensation Management Ch. 3+4
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A behavioural framework provides a conceptual toolkit for understanding which aspect of compensation?
a. | The organizational context within which compensation management takes place |
b. | The managerial strategy that best fits an organization |
c. | How the structural variables interact to produce employee behaviour |
d. | The behaviour that various compensation plans will likely produce |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 61 OBJ: 9
BLM: Remember
2. As the owner of a furniture moving company you require physically fit workers. The average weight of your workers is 240 pounds. You designed a special incentive program to encourage employees to lose weight. Three hundred dollars was given to the employee who lost the most weight over a three month period. The winner dropped thirty-five pounds but gained it all back to compete again in the competition. This example demonstrates which type of reward problem?
a. | Failure to produce desired behaviour |
b. | Production of desired behaviour and undesirable consequences |
c. | Production of reward dissatisfaction |
d. | Unfair compensation practices |
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 64 OBJ: 1
BLM: Analyze
3. What three key employee behaviours are desired by most employers?
a. | Membership, task, and citizenship |
b. | Classical, human relations, and high involvement |
c. | Prospector, analyzer, and defender |
d. | Motivation, satisfaction, and commitment |
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 64 OBJ: 2
BLM: Remember
4. You are extremely happy with your job and would not hesitate to recommend your company as a good place to work. Which key employee attitude are you expressing?
a. | Organizational identification |
b. | Motivation |
c. | Job satisfaction |
d. | Commitment |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 64 OBJ: 3
BLM: Understand
5. What is the definition of membership behaviour?
a. |...