Managing Employee Motivation and Performance

What is the primary goal of implementing an Incentive Reward System?

• To create strict penalties to deter employee mistakes.

• To improve employee motivation, engagement, and performance.

• To minimize operational costs for the company.

• To tightly control employee behavior.

Which of the following is NOT typically a component of an executive compensation package?

• Base salary

• Performance-based bonuses

• Stock options

• Health insurance

What is the essence of motivation?

• Motivation is the effort and endeavor to achieve a goal.

• Motivation is comfort and satisfaction with the current situation.

• Motivation is acceptance and freedom from all worries.

• Motivation is imposition and coercion from others.

There are a fixed number of categories in total?

• 4

• 2

• 3

• 5

_____ cause dissatisfaction in the workplace, are extrinsic to the work itself, and linked to compensation and job security.

• 1. Progression principles

• 1. Hygiene factors

• 1. Job enrichment factors

• 1. Motivators

_____ are linked to employee motivation and arise from intrinsic conditions of the job itself.

• 1. Motivators/satisfiers

• 1. Leadership issues

• 1. Progression principles

• 1. Hygiene factors

Equity theory is……

• a psychological concept that individuals strive for fairness and perceive fairness in the distribution of rewards and resources in the workplace

• an approach to managing and carrying out activities within an organization

• a psychological theory that suggests that goal setting can be difficult and can be measurably more productive than not setting goals or setting distracting goals.

• a motivational model developed by Lyman W. Porter and Edward E. Lawler III

What are the main challenges when implementing a performance bonus system and how can they be overcome?

• Ensure fairness and transparency in the evaluation process

• Performance bonus systems are only for large enterprises

• Difficulty in changing employee habits

• The performance bonus system is ineffective