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1. Vance and Jared were both recently hired to be program directors at an urban university. Vance attended a large, historic university while Jared attended a branch campus of a regional university. Jared is paid 15 percent more than Vance. The best explanation for this is ________.

Jared's position is worth more to the university

the institution is not competitive within the industry

Vance did not do well in school

Vance's position is not important to the university

Jared is a better negotiator

2. Anya is a graphic designer in a firm specializing in making logos for their clients. Last week, she got client specifications on how to make a new logo. She was able to create a prototype, and having got it initially reviewed by her immediate supervisor, she made changes until the client was satisfied with her final product. Based on this description, it's safe to say that Anya's job is high in ________ and ________.

autonomy; skill variety

feedback; skill variety

task identity; feedback

skill variety; autonomy

task significance; feedback

3. ________ is a formula-based group incentive plan that uses improvements in group productivity from one period to another to determine the total amount of money allocated.

Gainsharing

An employee stock ownership plan

Profit sharing

A merit-based pay plan

A piece-rate pay plan

4. An advantage of the ________ plan is that benefits accrue to groups of workers, high-performing workers pressure weaker performers to work harder, improving performance for the group as a whole.

profit sharing

piece-rate pay

gainsharing

skill-based pay

merit-based pay

5. In thinking about the Motivating Potential Score (MPS), if jobs score high on motivating potential, the model predicts that motivation, performance, and satisfaction will improve, while ________ and ________ will be reduced.

gossip; recidivism

turnover; counterproductive work behaviors

absence; turnover

recidivism; absence

counterproductive work behaviors; gossip