B.
external competitiveness
C.
employee contributions
D.
pay system management
24.
The decisions to implement pay for performance, flat rate pay, and profit sharing are examples of _____ policy decisions.
A.
internal alignment
B.
efficiency
C.
employee contributions
D.
management
25.
According to the text, which of the following decisions should be made jointly?
A.
Internal alignment and management decisions
B.
External competitiveness and employee contribution decisions
C.
Employee contribution and internal alignment decisions
D.
Management and external competitiveness decisions
26.
Which of the following policy decisions directly affects employees' attitudes and work behaviors?
A.
Employee contributions
B.
Internal alignment
C.
External competitiveness
D.
Management
27.
You are an HR manager, and your boss has told you to find the best way to raise job performance. After some research, you find that _____ have the greatest instrumental value.
A.
job responsibilities
B.
training and skill development programs
C.
goal setting and job enrichment
D.
monetary incentives
28.
Which of the following is NOT a question to ask for determining if research has value?
A.
Is the research useful?
B.
Can alternative explanations be ruled out?
C.
Was the research conducted by PhD researchers?
D.
Is correlation separated from causation?
29.
A measure of how changes in one variable are related to changes in another variable is the:
A.
standard deviation
B.
analysis of variance
C.
correlation coefficient
D.
mean deviation
30.
The best way to establish _____ is to account for competing explanations, either statistically or through control groups.
A.
causation
B.
profitability
C.
correlation coefficient
D.
internal alignment
True / False Questions
31.
When unemployment increases, the proportion of the population covered by health insurance decreases.
True False
32.
The degree to which pay influences individual and aggregate motivation among employees is called the sorting effect.
True False
33.
Base wage is the overtime pay given to employees who are exempt from regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
True False
34.
Commissions are an example of incentives.
True False
35.
Most U.S. firms use merit pay increases.
True False
36.
Base wage reflects both the value of the work and individual employee skills and experience.
True False
37.
Pension and health benefits are a very large component of total compensation for many large companies such as American Airlines and GM.
True False
38.
A major challenge facing most employers is the rising cost of health care benefits.
True False
39.
Procedural fairness suggests that the way a pay decision is made is of less importance to employees than the results of the decision.
True False
40.
If the objective is to increase customer satisfaction, then incentive programs and merit pay might be used to pay for performance.