Research on the Social Information Processing View of Job Design

question 50

Multiple Choice

Research on the social information processing view of job design supports the view that:

• A) while objective task complexity may be a motivator, social interaction may be an important additional source of motivation.
• B) people's perceptions and reactions to their jobs are shaped by objective job characteristics.
• C) objective job characteristics are unimportant and do not affect organizational workers' motivation.
• D) an objective estimate of a task's difficulty is more important to a person's motivation than a subjective feedback of others.

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Definitions:

Unit Wages

The cost of labor per unit of output, measuring how much is paid in wages for the production of one unit of a good or service.

Employed Workers

Individuals actively engaged in a job or business who are receiving compensation for their labor.

Price Elasticity

The measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good.

Substitutability

The degree to which one good or service can be replaced by another in consumption, affecting consumer choices and market competition.