Employees Learn What Is Valued Most in an Organization by Watching

question 17

True/False

Employees learn what is valued most in an organization by watching what attitudes and behaviors leaders pay attention to and reward and whether the leaders' own behavior matches the espoused values.

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Definitions:

Creativity at Work

The ability to generate innovative and useful ideas and solutions within a professional context.

Direction of Effort

The orientation or focus of an individual's or group's work and energies towards achieving a particular goal or task.

Motivation

The internal drive or external stimuli that prompt and direct behavior towards achieving personal or organizational goals.

Partial Reinforcement

Means rewarding a behavior only part of the time rather than all the time (it can be applied to punishment as well, but the reward case is simpler).