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Chapter 9 | INP 4004 - Industrial Organizational Psychology, Quizzes of Industrial and organizational psychology

Class: INP 4004 - Industrial Organizational Psychology; Subject: Industrial & Applied Psych; University: University of North Florida; Term: Fall 2013;

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2012/2013

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TERM 1
growth need strength
DEFINITION 1
The extent to which individuals value higher-order needs or
desire to fulfill them.
TERM 2
work motivation
DEFINITION 2
A force that drives people to behave in a way that energizes,
directs, and sustains their work behavior.
TERM 3
expectancy
DEFINITION 3
An individual's belief about the likelihood of achieving a
desired performance level when exerting a certain amount of
effort
TERM 4
need
DEFINITION 4
A force that organizes perceptions, beliefs, cognitions, and
actions, giving rise to behaviors that reduce the force and
bring about a steady state.
TERM 5
equity
sensitivity
DEFINITION 5
An individual difference indicating the extent to which people
are affected by overreward or underreward situations.
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growth need strength

The extent to which individuals value higher-order needs or desire to fulfill them. TERM 2

work motivation

DEFINITION 2 A force that drives people to behave in a way that energizes, directs, and sustains their work behavior. TERM 3

expectancy

DEFINITION 3 An individual's belief about the likelihood of achieving a desired performance level when exerting a certain amount of effort TERM 4

need

DEFINITION 4 A force that organizes perceptions, beliefs, cognitions, and actions, giving rise to behaviors that reduce the force and bring about a steady state. TERM 5

equity

sensitivity

DEFINITION 5 An individual difference indicating the extent to which people are affected by overreward or underreward situations.

instrumentality

The perceived relationship between the performance of a particular behavior and the likelihood that a certain outcome will result from that behavior. TERM 7

job enrichment

DEFINITION 7 The process of increasing the motivating potential of jobs, often by strengthening the key motivating characteristics identified by job characteristics theory. TERM 8

organizational justice

DEFINITION 8 The study of people's perceptions of fairness in organizational contexts. TERM 9

organizational-behavior management (OBM)

DEFINITION 9 The application of the principles of behavioral psychology to the study and control of individual and group behavior within organizational settings. TERM 10

job crafting

DEFINITION 10 The process through which employees are allowed to customize, modify, and craft their own job with respect to tasks, responsibilities, and processes.