Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives – MCQs

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1.What is the fundamental distinction between a piecework system and a standard hour plan?

2.According to Edward Deci's theory of motivation, what effect do extrinsic rewards have?

3.In Herzberg's theory, how are salary and incentives categorized?

4.What did Fredrick Herzberg identify as the individual's 'higher-level' needs?

5.According to psychologist Edwin Locke, what is the effect of setting specific and difficult goals?

6.Which motivation theory was introduced by B.F. Skinner?

7.Which payment method is typically used for occasional rewards like bonuses and sales incentives?

8.Providing employees with visual performance charts and numerical data is an example of which practice?

9.What type of reward is given to employees as recognition for their long-term service?

10.According to Vroom's expectancy theory, motivation results from the combination of which factors?

11.Which of the following best describes public acknowledgment, like receiving an award at a formal event?

12.Which motivation theory highlights the negative effects of extrinsic rewards?

13.Which concept best describes employees' belief that achieving good performance will result in receiving rewards?

14.What is the name of the payment system where a worker receives a bonus for producing more than a predetermined output standard?

15.What is the term for the compensation provided to employees who surpass established performance criteria?

16.What term is used to describe the expected amount of work output for a job?

17.How can managers enhance 'instrumentality' for their employees?

18.What type of plans are created to encourage employees to achieve short-term performance goals?

19.Which concept is associated with the theories developed by Frederick Herzberg, Abraham Maslow, and others?

20.What is the name of the theory that suggests individuals are driven by a sequential hierarchy of needs?