Successful Organizations Are Effective in Motivating People

question 28

Multiple Choice

Successful organizations are effective in motivating people.Employees work best when

• A) they are asked to do their best.
• B) work requirements are vague and unclear.
• C) they are striving toward specific goals.
• D) they are guided by an abstract mission statement.

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Definitions:

Penis Envy

A controversial psychoanalytic concept proposed by Freud, suggesting that during development, females experience anxiety and feelings of inferiority upon realizing they do not have a penis.

Neo-Analytic Theorists

The psychodynamic theorists who came after Sigmund Freud and took his ideas in new and interesting directions.

Sigmund Freud

Originating from Austria, he was a neurologist who pioneered psychoanalysis, which involves treating mental health issues through discussions between therapists and patients.

Collective Unconscious

A concept in psychology referring to the part of the unconscious mind which is derived from ancestral memory and experience and is common to all humankind.