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The term for a set of forces that causes people to behave in certain ways and is relatively unchanging over your lifetime. Determines individual performance and decisions. 

Using a numbered list, List the 3 causes of job dissatisfaction as shown in class (6 pts)

This is a chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work activity and often takes years to manifest. For example, black lung disease in coal miners.

Using the company organization chart, you created a systematic planning for future promotions into top management positions, their potential and performance rating. What is this called

 Your company decided to increase the total number of tasks that the workers perform in order to increase productivity.  What is this called?

 According to Herzberg’s dual-factor theory, many people expect to get a good paycheck, but they are not actually motivated by pay. In this case, what type of factor is pay?

Using a numbered list List the 5 performance indicators of good/poor performance

 Maslow’s theory says our needs are ___________, This means our needs that are capable of motivating behavior at any given time. Ex: physiological needs, if we’re starving, we don’t worry about anything else.

These are demands that are stressors and come from a set of expected behaviors such as overtime or job ambiguity.

 As the boss, you make sure to congratulate your team each time they reach a goal in hopes that they will keep repeating that behavior.  What type of reinforcement theory is this?