TRUE/FALSE
1.The burden of finding ways to motivate workers to engage in appropriate behavior is on the shoulders of employers.
2.Getting a good feeling after successfully completing a challenging assignment is an example of an intrinsic reward.
3.According to the expectancy theory of motivation, workers make conscious decisions about how hard they are going to work based on perceptions of what they can gain from working hard.
4.It is not necessary for employers to offer valued rewards to implement a successful productivity improvement program.
5.Pay-for-performance programs link employees’ financial rewards directly to their performance.
6.The most effective rewards are those given as soon as possible after the good behavior occurs.
7.To contribute to competitive advantage, performance standards in pay-for-performance programs should be easy to achieve.
8.Merit pay plans grant employees annual pay raises based on their level of job performance.
9.Merit pay guidecharts show the size of pay raise relative to seniority earned by the employee.
10.The size of the merit pay pool has little to do with the effectiveness of a merit pay plan.