Your manager tells you the best way of ensuring fairness in reward distribution is to keep the pay a secret. How would you respond to this assertion?
When distributing bonuses or pay, how would you ensure perceptions of fairness?
What are the differences between procedural, interactional, and distributive justice? List ways in which you could increase each of these justice perceptions.
Using examples, explain the concept of expectancy, instrumentality, and valence.
Some practitioners and researchers consider OB Mod unethical because it may be viewed as a way of manipulation. What would be your reaction to such criticism?
Many managers assume that if an employee is not performing well, the reason must be a lack of motivation. Do you think this reasoning is accurate? What is the problem with the assumption?
Review Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Do you agree with the particular ranking of employee needs?
How can an organization satisfy employee needs included in Maslow’s hierarchy?
Which motivation theory have you found most useful in explaining the way people behave in a certain way? Why?