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Compare and contrast the job characteristics model and mutual assistance programs in terms of how they lend meaning to an employee's role.

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What is an advantage of bonuses over merit-based pay plan?

A) Employees don't view bonuses as a part of their salary.
B) Bonuses improve flexibility of the workforce.
C) Bonuses are paid based on a formula.
D) Bonuses improve performance of the group as a whole.
E) Employees are rewarded for recent performance.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Core-plus plans consist of ________.

Which of the following is the distinct characteristic of participative management programs?

Employees who use the flextime option have to ________.

________ is not a benefit of flextime.

When the profits of Emm Corp rose steadily over two quarters three years back, the employees of the company were given the offer of purchasing the company's shares at subsidized rates. Many of the employees who bought the shares have become extremely rich after the phenomenal growth Emm Corp has had in the following years. This is an example of a bonus.

The periodic shifting of an employee from one task to another with similar skill requirements at the same organizational level is defined as ________.

Discuss the relationship between social and physical work context and employee satisfaction.

A variable-pay program bases a portion of an employee's pay on some individual and/or organizational measure of performance.

List and describe the various flexible benefits plans.

Recent studies indicate that employee recognition programs are associated with self-esteem, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction and the broader outcomes from intrinsic motivation are well documented.

Feedback is the degree to which carrying out work activities generates direct and clear information about one's own performance.

To be effective, an employee involvement program must ________.

Which of the following is an example of a piece-rate plan?

Participative management is characterized by the symbolic representation of employees in work councils and board meetings.

An arrangement that allows two or more individuals to split a traditional 40-hour-a-week job is called ________.

Sally Peterson, who works as an entry-level editor, wants to go for dental reconstruction surgery and sent a query to her HR department asking for a list of preferred hospitals. The HR looked through her healthcare plan, which provides only a minimum coverage for routine drugs and vision care. Consequently, the HR manager informed her that if she wishes to carry on with the dental procedure, she will have to pay for it on her own. Which of the following benefits plans should she choose to meet her needs?

________ bases a portion of an employee's pay on some individual and/or organizational measure of performance.

Amanda McPherson is a working mother with one child and an ailing parent to look after in addition to her duties as a wife and job responsibilities as a legal consultant. Since Amanda always feels pressed for time, the news that the consultancy she works for would allow her to work from home two days a week came as a great relief to her. She now feels more motivated to work for the company, as the company has taken into account her personal and professional needs. The company has allowed Amanda to use the option of ________.