A. Decrease: decrease
B. Increase: no change
C. Increase: increase
D. No change: decrease
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following characteristics are contributors to job satisfaction, as identified in Hackman and Oldham’s (1976) influential job characteristics theory? 1: Variety 2: Recognition 3: Task identity 4: Task difficulty
A. 1,2 & 3
B. 1 & 2
C. 2 & 3
D. 3 & 4 - Which of the following is most likely to lead to high job satisfaction?
A. Matching personality with occupation
B. Promotion practices based on seniority
C. Having an out going personality
D. Working alone
E. None of these - Hackman and Oldham (1976) identified which qualities to be most important for job satisfaction?
A. Having a variety of tasks to perform
B. Feedback about job performance
C. Type of leadership
D. a and b
E. a, b and c - Carlos is so friendly and likable that is job supervisors and co-workers often appraise his work skills and performance more positively than is actually warranted. This best illustrates evaluators’ vulnerability to:
A. halo errors
B. the experience of flow
C. homeostasis
D. homeostasis - Mr. Walters has many years of experience as a personal officers for a large corporation. He does not review most job applicants’ reference files because he is confident of his ability to predict their future work performance based on his direct face-to-face conversations with them. Mr. Walters’ confidence best illustrates:
A. the interviewer illusion
B. social leadership
C. 360-degree feedback
D. the halo error - Which of the following are likely to make us find a situation stressful? 1: Having knowledge are experience of the job. 2: Poor relationships at work. 3: Reduced autonomy over work. 4: Neurotic temperament.
A. 1 & 2
B. 1,2 & 3
C. 2,3 & 4
D. 1 & 4 - By scripting specific job-relevant to be asked of all those applying for a particular work position, a personnel psychologist is most clearly developing a frame work for:
A. a refractory period
B. the experience of flow
C. structured interviews
D. 360-degree feedback - in the traditional learning experiment, the effect of practice on performance is investigate(d) performance is the ______________ variable.
A. independent
B. extraneous
C. dependent
D. control - All of the following are direct determinants of job performance except:
A. Motivation
B. Procedural knowledge and skill
C. Personality factors
D. Declarative knowledge - According to Campbell, which of the following is a performance component that is essential at some level for every job?
A. Demonstrated effort
B. Motivation
C. Personal accountability
D. General proficiency
