When Faced with an Employee Performance Problem, Managers Tend to Experience

question 117

Multiple Choice

When faced with an employee performance problem, managers tend to experience two primary emotions: anxiety and anger; anxiety, because the situation often leads to conflict, and anger because the manager realizes, "I did not create this problem.The employee did." No matter how well an attendance policy is written, there are those who will abuse it or push the limits._____ theory can be used to acknowledge positive behavior with rewards and encourage others to improve their sub-par performance.

• A)Scientific management
• B)Goal-setting
• C)Reinforcement
• D)Equity
• E)Expectancy

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Definitions:

Stamp Act

A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring all legal and commercial documents in the American colonies to bear an official tax stamp, leading to widespread protests and contributing to the American Revolutionary movement.

Differential-compound

Refers to a type of compound wound DC generator or motor that combines both series and shunt windings to achieve specific electrical characteristics.

Cumulative-compound

Refers to a type of DC generator where both series and shunt field windings add their magnetic fluxes to produce the total output voltage.

Shunt Field

A coil wound with small wire and having many turns designed to be connected in parallel with the armature of a DC machine.