1. Recall a present or past job; were you dissatisfied or not dissatisfied with the maintenance factors? Were you satisfied or not satisfied with the motivators? Identify the specific maintenance factors and motivators, and explain your response.

LO: 11-2: Compare the four content motivation theories.

2. Give an example of how goal(s) affected your motivation and performance or that of someone you work with or have worked with.

LO: 11-3: Compare the three process motivation theories.

3. Give a few examples of the types of reinforcement and the schedules used at a present or past job.

LO: 11-4: Explain the four types and two schedules of reinforcement.

4. Select an organization that you work for or have worked for and briefly describe its rewards and recognition.

LO: 11-6: Identify some of the rewards and recognitions organizations use to motivate employees.

Additional Work Application Questions (not in the book)

5. Describe how your needs at each of Maslow’s levels are addressed by an organization you work for now or were addressed by one you worked for in the past.

LO: 11-2: Compare the four content motivation theories.

6. Explain how your need for achievement, power, and/or affiliation has affected your motivation on the job.

LO: 11-2: Compare the four content motivation theories.

7. Give an example of how equity theory has affected your motivation or someone else’s you work with or have worked with. Be sure to specify if you were under rewarded, over rewarded, or equitably rewarded.

LO: 11-3: Compare the three process motivation theories.

8. Give an example of how expectancy theory has affected your motivation or someone else’s you work with or have worked with. Be sure to specify the expectancy and the valence.

LO: 11-3: Compare the three process motivation theories.