A Desire for Having Personal Responsibility and Reaching Desirable Goals

question 69

Multiple Choice

A desire for having personal responsibility and reaching desirable goals is an example of McClelland's:

• A)need for affiliation.
• B)need for power.
• C)need for esteem.
• D)need for achievement.

Understand the importance of designing and administering organizational reward systems.

Understand the concept of power, including its sources and effects within organizational contexts.

Distinguish between different sources of power such as expert, referent, coercive, reward, and legitimate power.

Recognize the impact of power dynamics on organizational behavior and personal integrity.

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Definitions:

X and Y

Often used in economic models to represent variables, products, or factors that can influence outcomes in analyses.

Consuming

The act of using up goods and services to satisfy wants or needs.

Maximizing Utility

The process of choosing the allocation of scarce resources that provides the highest possible satisfaction or happiness to an individual or society.

Marginal Utility

The change in overall satisfaction or utility obtained by consuming one additional unit of a good or service.