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Meetings to discuss performance tend to make managers appear judgmental rather than supportive.

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Employees generally don't want managers to tell them how to improve performance.

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Many companies practice job redesign to make jobs more interesting and challenging.

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Labor-union _____ has steadily _____ since the mid-1950s.


A) density / declined
B) bargaining power / increased
C) diversity / decreased
D) density / increased

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According to Herzberg, giving somebody a raise or improving a person's working conditions will lead to increased job satisfaction.

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Low turnover is particularly important in the _____ industry because it depends on service-oriented personnel to generate repeat business.


A) wholesale
B) just in time-supplier
C) retail
D) food processing

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Employers who provide for flextime set guidelines and allow employees to designate starting and quitting times.

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You put a lot of effort into an assignment and get a C while your roommate, who put in less effort, gets a B+.According to the _____ theory of motivation, you're feeling that you've been treated unfairly relative to your roommate makes sense.


A) expectancy
B) enrichment
C) relativity
D) equity

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Expectancy theory focuses on our perceptions of how fairly we feel we're being treated relative to others.

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When a union declares a _____, workers walk away from their jobs and refuse to return until the issue at hand has been resolved.


A) strike
B) boycott
C) picket
D) grievance

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_____ are nonunion workers who are willing to cross picket lines to replace strikers.


A) Picketers
B) Strikebreakers
C) Boycotters
D) Blockade runners

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Don left a high-paying, high-status job on Wall Street to run for governor of his state.Which need level would Maslow say Don is striving to fulfill by running for office?


A) Physiological
B) Self-actualization
C) Esteem
D) Social

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According to hierarchy?of?needs theory, our highest need is for _____.


A) esteem
B) social security
C) self-actualization
D) safety

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Workers who are paid by the hour earn salaries.

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If a business decides to hire internally, LinkedIn and Facebook are good spots for posting ads.

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Benefits are forms of compensation other than salaries.

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When employees at the consulting firm, Booz Allen Hamilton, visit a "technology petting zoo" at the companies training headquarters, the employees are engaged in:


A) off-the-job training
B) on-the-job training
C) employee orientation
D) advancement training

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Public?sector organizations are more likely to be unionized than private?sector organizations.

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If the demand for labor is going to outstrip the supply, a(n) _____ manager may hire more workers and encourage current workers to put in extra hours.


A) operations
B) first-line
C) middle
D) Human Resources

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Under a _____ policy, you can work fewer than 40 hours a week if you're willing to have your pay and benefits adjusted accordingly.


A) compressed work week
B) flextime
C) part-time employment
D) job sharing

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