You Have Just Hired Several New Employees Who Are Motivated

question 26

Multiple Choice

You have just hired several new employees who are motivated, able to perform their jobs, and have adequate resources.However, they are not sure what tasks are included in their job.According to the MARS model, these new employees will likely:

• A)emphasize the utilitarianism principle in their decision making.
• B)have lower job performance due to poor role perceptions.
• C)have high job performance because they are motivated and able to perform the work.
• D)have above-average organizational citizenship.
• E)have a high degree of differentiation according to Holland's classification of occupations.

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Definitions:

Over-Justification Effect

The phenomenon where extrinsic rewards decrease a person's intrinsic motivation to perform a task because the action is seen as driven by the reward, not personal interest or enjoyment.

Self-Reference Effect

The finding that information bearing on the self is processed more thoroughly and more deeply, and hence remembered better, than other information.

Public Self-Awareness

Looking outward on the public aspects of the self that others can see and evaluate.

Private Self-Awareness

Looking inward on the private aspects of the self, including emotions, thoughts, desires, and traits.